Archive for: June, 2020

“Read your vehicle Manual” – A Master Mechanic advises

KOFI AYIM On a fenced wall tucked in the middle of Light Industrial Area, near Community 25 in Tema, Ghana is a facility embossed with the inscription SAMDUS Engineering Company. Inside the one-half acre land is a one-stop repair facility that comprises of an electro-mechanics repair shop, auto body workshop, and a spray shop. Mr. […]

Locally-manufactured electric buses hit the streets of Uganda

Electric buses made by students of the Makerere University in Uganda have now hit the road with improved health guidelines as the country battles Covid-19. The bus, called The Kayoola EVS Bus, was reportedly produced in January last year. According to local media, the EVS bus has an onboard Wi-Fi to ensure the travelers stay […]

Johnson & Johnson to End Talc-Based Baby Powder Sales in North America

The company has faced thousands of lawsuits from cancer patients who claim that its talc was contaminated with asbestos, a known carcinogen, and that the company knew of the risks. TIFFANY HSU & RONI CARYN RABIN Johnson & Johnson is discontinuing North American sales of its talc-based baby powder, a product that once defined the […]

Germany debates troop deployment to Africa’s Sahel

DANIEL PELZ German politicians largely agree that Germany should play a broader role in the volatile Sahel region to improve security, but they are divided about how to go about it. On Thursday – May 14 – Germany’s Parliament, the Bundestag, debated mandates governing the deployment of its troops in the Sahel, a vast swath […]

Traditional healers help doctors reach patients in Sierra Leone

In a country where most people visit healers, some are stepping in to bridge the trust gap between the old and the new. LAURENCE IVIL & ALICIA PRAGER Slipping through a gap in the wooden perimeter fence that surrounds the Mabai Village Medical Clinic, Adama Kabia walks into the thick bushes, bending low in search […]

We do not need outsiders to tell us what to do with herbs we have been using for ages – Dr. Arikana

 Richard Kwame Krah Dr. Arikana Chihombori-Quao, former ambassador for African Union to the United States and the current president of African Diaspora Development Institute, said in an interview that Africa does not need outsiders’ approval to commence with the usage of our age-long herbs. This comment was made during a Webinar themed the Dentaa Show, […]

The Bijagos of Guinea-Bissau where women rule and choose their own husbands

MILDRED EUROPA TAYLOR Once a woman becomes a mother among the Bijagos in Guinea-Bissau, she is given the maximum respect and gets immense prestige. And being a women-controlled society, the birth of a female is especially significant, given that she would grow up to become a major figure in the organization of family and village […]

Finding a cure for COVID-19 in Africa

The race for a remedy for coronavirus, otherwise known as Covid-19 has gathered full steam as the pandemic is unrelentingly devastating countries. In the United States, more than a million people have been infected with more than 104,000 dead at the time of writing. Finding a cure and relief for such a virus is a […]

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