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."
If you are a Ghanaian boy of Akan origin who was born on a Sunday, it is very likely that you are named Kwasi. You share the same name as a bitter medicinal plant whose importance in the food and beverages sector is unrivaled – as far as bitters go. If you have ever had […]
On the agenda of a recent AU summit in Addis Ababa was the spate of coups in the West African region. The ‘wave of unconstitutional changes of government’ was found disturbing. The Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States, Ghana’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo bemoaned the trend, describing it as and ‘contagious.’ […]
HANSI Lo WANG There’s a reality about race in the U.S. that has confounded many people of Middle Eastern or North African descent. The federal government officially categorizes people with origins in Lebanon, Iran, Egypt and other countries in the MENA region as white. But that racial identity has not matched the discrimination in housing, […]
As the Sahel region “stares down a horrendous food crisis”, the UN emergency food relief chief warned on Wednesday that the number of people on the brink of starvation has “increased almost tenfold” over the past three years and “displacement by nearly 400 per cent”. The vast Sahel, which runs nearly the breadth of the […]
In Madagascar, child sex abuse is “widespread and tolerated” in tourist hotspots, UN-appointed rights experts said on Thursday February 17. In a call to the authorities to take action to protect youngsters from child prostitution and other violations, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child heard that the majority of children who had sex for money, do […]
ABU MUBARIK A Black-owned tech firm based in Miami, Florida, has begun manufacturing self-driving vehicles called JéGO Pods. The firm will start releasing the pods in late 2022 and will be used to mobilize healthcare services. JéGO Technologies Inc is founded by Frederick Akphoghene, a Nigerian immigrant, who started his career in tech as early […]
Sudan has condemned neighboring Ethiopia for launching power generation at a controversial dam on the Blue Nile without the agreement of downstream nations, saying the “unilateral move” violated international commitments. Sudan “has emphasized its rejection of all unilateral measures with regard to filling and operation” of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, the spokesman for its […]
Feb. 14 wasn’t always about chocolates and flowers. Learn about Valentine’s Day’s surprisingly naughty origins. On Valentine’s Day, millions present flowers, chocolates and cards to their sweethearts. While the holiday’s traditions really became cemented in the 1800s, historians link its roots to wild pagan revelries from before the birth of Saint Valentine himself. Read on for […]
Thousands took to the streets as relations between Mali and its former colonial power have been steadily deteriorating. Thousands of anti-French demonstrators have poured into the street of the Malian capital, Bamako, to cheer at the expulsion of the French ambassador. The celebrations on Friday, February 4, where people waved Russian flags and burned cardboard […]
The International Court of Justice orders Kampala to pay the damages which is a fraction of the $11bn demanded by Kinshasa. The UN’s top court on Wednesday February 9 ordered Uganda to pay the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) $325m in reparations over a brutal war between the African neighbors that began in the […]