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."
The war between two generals for power in Sudan has separated family members and driven tens of thousands to flee. Many had returned after the 2019 revolution with hopes for a more democratic future. VIVIAN YEE It was the middle of the night, but the first thing Mawahib Mohammed did was make a beeline for […]
CATHERINE NICHOLLS & NIMI PRINCEWILL Uganda’s parliament has passed an amended version of the controversial Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2023 on Tuesday, May 2. Under the new proposed bill, homosexual conduct will still be illegal, but identifying as homosexual without conducting in homosexual acts will not be outlawed. The bill, however, retains its more extreme elements, including […]
Westerners should ask instead what kind of partnerships their own countries offer to the continent. HOWARD W. FRENCH A question that was crude in its simplicity trailed me for years in the wake of a book that I wrote about Chinese migration to Africa. In the place of nuance, Western reporters and the curious readers […]
LARYEA AKWETTEH Accra, Ghana’s capital, is a noisy cosmopolitan city of almost three million people. Its active nightlife, commercial markets and factories create a deafening mix of sound trails day and night. These synthetic sounds have practically drowned out the natural everyday sounds of Accra. And the most important of these is the steady drone […]
VICTOR OLUWOLE Africa is projected to become the world’s fastest-growing region, with six out of the ten fastest-growing economies in 2023 being African countries. The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) presents a huge opportunity for the continent, with a ready market of over 1.4 billion people surpassing that of the EU and other […]
ELAINE CHEN Many Black Americans would have to travel across county lines just to find an open spot with a cardiologist, a new analysis found. About 16.8 million Black Americans — roughly 1 in 3 — live in counties with little or no access to heart specialists, according to a report from GoodRx, a telehealth […]
AMANDA SEITZ Widespread loneliness in the U.S. poses health risks as deadly as smoking a dozen cigarettes daily, costing the health industry billions of dollars annually, the U.S. surgeon general said Tuesday in declaring the latest public health epidemic. About half of U.S. adults say they’ve experienced loneliness, Dr. Vivek Murthy said in a report […]
An Australian oil and gas exploration company says it has found high quality natural gas deposits in northeastern Zimbabwe, after months of exploration. Invictus Energy announced that the analysis of samples it collected last year in the north of Zimbabwe, near the border with Mozambique, “definitively proves the presence of hydrocarbons in multiple reservoirs pay […]
KOFI AYIM Charles III was crowned king of the United Kingdom and 14 other sovereign states of the Commonwealth realms on May 6. More than 18 million viewers in the United Kingdom were estimated to have tuned in to watch the elaborate ceremony for the first time in 70 years. Among the royal regalia in […]
The coronation of King Charles III has rekindled calls for Britain to return to South Africa the world’s largest diamond — the centerpiece of the scepter he held at Saturday’s May 6 ceremony. The 530-carat First Star of Africa was unearthed in 1905, when South Africa was under British rule, and donated two years later […]