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."
Essex County College (ECC), Newark, New Jersey, United States of America (USA) played host to African Royalty with all its color, glamor, drumming and dancing on Friday, April 21, 2023, as a renowned King from one of the ancient dynasties of Ghana came calling. It was not, however, all pomp and pageantry as the College’s […]
AMBAR CASTILLO For many years, there’s been considerable debate about the best age for women to initiate breast cancer screening. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends that women start getting screenings around age 50, while groups such as the American Cancer Society recommend screenings begin at an earlier age. Now a large new study […]
Human rights activists have criticized Ethiopia’s continuing recruitment of women for domestic work in Saudi Arabia. ZECHARIAS ZELALEM In early March, Hirut was playing with her toddler at her home in Addis Ababa’s Mekanisa district, when she got a call from an unknown number asking if she wanted to work in the Middle East. It […]
The World Bank was established in 1944 to help rebuild Europe and Japan after World War II and initially named the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD). It was also created to help restore and sustain the benefits of global integration, by promoting international economic cooperation. As we write, a rival establishment, the New […]
Many foods and nutrients have been linked to reduced inflammation and a lower risk of cancer or type 2 diabetes. Here’s how—and why—the foods we consume affect our bodies. Michael F. Roizen, M.D. & Michael Crupain
MARC JONES, RACHEL SAVAGE, KARIN STROHECKER & LIBBY GEORGE The record number of developing nations at risk of a debt crisis will be high on the agenda next week when central bankers, finance ministers and political leaders convene for the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund (IMF) spring meetings. Ballooning inflation, escalating borrowing costs […]
VITALIO ANGULA The administrator of the National Energy Administration of China, Zhang Jinhua, on Friday March 31, paid a visit to Namibia President Hage Geingob. The visit is aimed at establishing cooperation in the area of green hydrogen production. Namibia is positioning itself as a future green hydrogen producer to attract investment from the globe’s […]
When US Vice President Kamala Harris arrived in Zambia on Friday March 29, for the final stop of her week-long trip across Africa, she touched down at an airport that’s doubled in size and features glittering new terminals. Rather than a symbol of promising local development, it’s a reminder of China’s deep influence. Beijing financed […]
VINCENT OWINO Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) will need to cut trade costs by at least half to reinvigorate global trade which has been in decline since mid-last year, the World Bank has warned. The lender said world economy growth rate is set to slump to a three-decade low if nothing is done urgently to boost productivity, […]
‘I felt like I was being told, “This is not your special day”,’ says 18-year-old of graduation ceremony JUSTIN McCURRY Strict rules on hairstyles at schools in Japan have attracted criticism after a mixed-race teenager was separated from other students at their graduation ceremony because he had plaited his hair into cornrows to pay tribute […]