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."
A coronavirus vaccination can change the timing of when you get your period, according to research. For most people, the effect was temporary. AMANDA MORRIS Not long after the rollout of coronavirus vaccines last year, women around the country began posting on social media about what they believed was a strange side effect: changes to […]
CLAIRE DOYEN Inside a dimly lit mud dwelling nestled within a rocky mountain in the southern African kingdom of Lesotho, Mamotonosi Ntefane, 67, dusts off an animal skin. Her household is among a handful of families who still inhabit the Kome Caves, a heritage site in the north of the country, first occupied about 200 […]
JUSTIN CHANG One of the more heartening Hollywood comeback stories in recent years has been the return of the director Gina Prince-Bythewood with movies like The Old Guard and now The Woman King. It had been a long wait for many of us who adored her earlier films like Love & Basketball and Beyond the […]
SUGHNEN YONGO-OKOCHI The North American country is the newest country to return looted items to Africa. A West African sculpture originally belonging to a West African king is among the 31 artifacts that will be returned to the Nigerian government. This artifact was originally in the collection of items displayed at the Rhode Island Museum […]
The threat of terrorism and organized crime is becoming increasingly entrenched across Africa, the head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime told the Security Council on Thursday, October 6 warning that illegal trafficking is depriving millions of a decent livelihood. UNODC chief Ghada Waly said there were around 3,500 victims of terrorist acts […]
In the hills of northern Morocco, vast cannabis fields are ready for harvest, but farmers complain that a government plan to market the crop legally is yet to deliver them any benefits. The marginalized Rif region has long been a major source of illicit hashish smuggled to Europe while Moroccan authorities, wary of social unrest, […]
Western countries said they will spend about $25bn by 2025 to help Africa adapt to climate change but pledged only $55m Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has criticized Western nations for their low financial commitment to addressing issues caused by climate change on the continent. “$55m for 54 countries – this is not fair,” Akufo-Addo was […]
According to the United Nations, Sub-Sahara Africa is regarded as the fastest growing urbanizing region in the world. With an urbanized population of about 472 million as at 2018, it constitutes a growth rate of about 3.6 percent per annum. The effect of Africa’s urban population explosion is the unbridled expansion of towns and cities […]