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."
Dr. Lily Wu is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Rochester Health Consult, the only Vascular Specialist Clinic in Ghana. Sited in a prime location in Accra (Labone, a suburb in the capital), it serves as the sole Vascular Specialist care center, not only for Ghanaian patients, but also for other West African neighbors. Dr. […]
The President of the Republic of Ghana, H. E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo conferred Ghanaian citizenship on the legendary American Musician and Songwriter, Steveland Morris, popularly known as Stevie Wonder at a ceremony at the Jubilee House in Accra, on Monday May 13. This marks a significant milestone in the country’s efforts to attract diasporan […]
Authors of an investigation reveal that companies sourcing cocoa from Côte d’Ivoire are promoting the destruction of forests in Liberia. The conclusions of the field investigation, presented by the Initiatives for Community Development and Forest Conservation (IDEF) representative Bakary Traoré, released at a major event held late last month in Brussels, highlight that the traceability […]
The company maintains that its talc products don’t cause cancer BRUCE GIL Johnson & Johnson announced Wednesday, May 1 that it plans to pay nearly $6.5 billion over 25 years to settle all pending and future U.S. lawsuits alleging that its baby powder and other talc-based products caused ovarian cancer. This is the company’s third […]
Gen Z and millennial consumers feel more pressure to tip FRANCISCO VELASQUEZ As consumers continue to deal with elevated levels of inflation, their tipping habits also appear to be feeling the impact of ‘tipflation.’ According to market research firm Talker Research, consumers in the U.S. are reluctantly spending nearly $500 a year on tipping. That’s […]
BASILLIOH RUKANGA Benin has prevented neighboring Niger from using its port to export its first crude oil, as a border dispute rages between the two nations. President Patrice Talon’s government is demanding that landlocked Niger reopens its side of the border if it wants to use Benin’s ports. Mr Talon accused Niger of treating its […]
YUCHEN LI & CHIA-CHUN YEH A recent investigation has revealed evidence that China’s distant-water fishing fleet, the world’s biggest in scale, commits environmental and labor abuses in the southwest Indian Ocean off the coast of East Africa. “There was no such word as ‘rest’ on Chinese fishing vessels,” explained a former crew member to a […]
BOUREIMA BALIMA & ABDEL-KADER MAZOU On a hospital bed in Niger, a 96-year-old woman lay motionless attached to a drip – one of thousands of possible victims of West Africa’s worst heatwave in living memory, which a report said on Thursday was linked to fossil fuel-driven climate change. In late March and early April, days […]
Portugal this at the end of April marked the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution – a pivotal moment in the country’s history and its relationship with its African colonies. DAVID COFFEY On 25 April 1974 – after almost half a century of dictatorship – the military coup opened a new era. Led by low-ranking […]
The African practice of libation had a significant impact on setting forth our understanding of hospitality, tokens of fellowship and respect, for family living and dead, continuity and contact. WILLIAM E. FLIPPIN, Jr. I have always been fascinated by the practice of libation. I first saw this done in a movie over twenty years ago […]