Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey "Only the best is good enough for Africa."
Kwame Nkrumah "The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa."
Every year in the United States and some European countries, people who have made significant contributions in their fields of endeavor are recognized for their works. The United States, for instance, has several such awards and honors for such people as entertainers, sports personalities, media practitioners, politicians, military personnel and public servants, scholars and ordinary […]
SHARON GUYNUP Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and traumatic brain injury can cause changes in behavior by altering brain anatomy. Now it seems the coronavirus can too. At the height of the COVID-19 tsunami that engulfed New York City in early 2020, a highly respected emergency room doctor, Lorna Breen, died by suicide. She had been serving as […]
KINGSLEY KOBO Digital currencies in Ghana and Nigeria are threatening two decades of work towards a common legal tender in West Africa. The adoption of the eco, a new currency for the entire region, would help remove trade and monetary barriers, boost economic activity, and improve living standards in the community of 385 million people, […]
European countries have not done enough to ensure safe access to vaccines and certificates for undocumented migrants. ALYNA C SMITH In July 2021, the European Union implemented a COVID-19 vaccination certificate mandate for intra-EU travel. Subsequently, a growing number of countries across Europe have adopted COVID-19 certificates as passes granting access to a host of […]
Official gazette refers to criminal gangs who carry out mass kidnappings of students, abduction for ransom, cattle rustling and destruction of property, among other crimes. Nigeria has branded criminal gangs known locally as bandits that are blamed for mass abductions of schoolchildren as “terrorist” groups, a designation aimed at containing growing insecurity in the north. […]
US fast-food chain KFC has triggered an online furor in Kenya after it ran out of fries, with local Twitter users threatening a boycott because it does not use locally-sourced potatoes. “You love our chips a little too much, and we’ve run out. Sorry!” KFC admitted on Twitter earlier this month, offering its customers various […]
EMMANUEL LUBEGA Authorities in Uganda have reversed their decision to demand proof of vaccination against COVID-19 on public transport. The directive attracted great ire among bus and taxi operators, as the country looked set to reopen. On the streets of Kampala, the public looks eager to get back to the life as they knew it: […]
The United States on Saturday January 1, 2022 cut Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea from access to a duty-free trade program, following through on President Joe Biden’s threat to do so over alleged human rights violations and recent coups. “The United States today terminated Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea from the AGOA trade preference program due to […]
Amenhotep I ‘unwrapped’ digitally by Cairo scientists, revealing details from his grave jewelry to his teeth With his narrow chin, small nose and curly hair he physically resembles his father, said radiologist Sahar Saleem. Perhaps surprisingly for someone who lived about 3,500 years ago, he also has strikingly good teeth. Saleem is talking about the […]
AKOSUA OFORIWAA-AYIM Now in its 5th year, Afrochella has grown bigger and better over time. Last month, the “Made in Africa” themed festival welcomed over 8,000 attendees to Accra for several events taking place over the span of one week in the last days of December, 2021. Events ranged from a production masterclass with award-winning […]