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."
AKINWUMI OGUNDIRAN The Ọ̀ṣun Òṣogbo festival is the most important annual event in Òṣogbo, south-west Nigeria. It draws thousands of devotees and tourists from across Nigeria and worldwide. The festival is a devotional event, and a civic ritual dedicated to Ọ̀ṣun, a principal female deity in the Yorùbá pantheon. Ọ̀ṣun is the deity of femininity […]
After seven-week hijack, Puntland locals say they are victims of foreign trawlers. But China calls the attack ‘vicious’. MOHAMED GABOBE *The names of the hijackers are pseudonyms on condition of speaking to Al Jazeera. Liban Hassan* has spent most of his adult life fishing off Somalia’s northeast coast – often finding himself with a […]
ABIODUN JAMIU About 45% of Nigerians do not have access to electricity. The government plans to power rural communities with funds recovered from a former oil minister and her associates. On Friday, January 10, the government announced that millions in recovered funds linked to former Petroleum Resources Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke will be used to fund […]
As illegal and small-scale mining contaminates rivers and soil, many worry President John Mahama will allow such practices to continue. SHOLA LAWAL When activist Oliver Barker Vormawor saw reports in September that Ghana’s water agency would not be able to supply some parts of the country with water due to extreme contamination of main rivers […]
Verdict of crimes against humanity for kidnap of mixed-race children could pave way for wider justice, activists say JENNIFER RANKIN A historic court ruling that found Belgium guilty of crimes against humanity during its colonial rule of central Africa has been hailed as a turning point that could pave the way for compensation and other […]
WYCLIFFE MUIA Sierra Leone has recalled its ambassador from neighboring Guinea after seven suitcases containing suspected cocaine were found in an embassy vehicle. On Monday, January 13, Guinean authorities impounded a vehicle belonging to Sierra Leone’s embassy and detained its occupants on suspicion of possessing “substances suspected to be cocaine”, Sierra Leone’s Foreign Minister Alhaji […]
Undocumented workers often pay taxes that help fund programs like Social Security — even if they can’t collect from them in the future. TARA SIEGEL BERNARD The Social Security Administration receives billions in free money each year from an unexpected source: undocumented immigrants. This group paid an estimated $25.7 billion in Social Security taxes in […]
PAOLA VARGAS ARANA The transatlantic slave trade was one of the most devastating and inhumane processes in human history. It is the subject of many studies, but the individual life histories of the arrival and survival of enslaved people in foreign lands remain largely untold. A lawsuit filed against a slaver in 1589 in Antioquia […]
Ghana has been ranked the 2nd safest place to live in Africa in 2025. This was disclosed by Altezza Travel, a destination management company headquartered in Tanzania. The ranking attributed the West African country’s position to its independent judicial system, multiparty democracy, freedom of speech, and free press. In terms of the Global Peace Index, […]
Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama in his second coming has vowed to stem corruption by any means possible. He has set up a five-member committee charged with investigating suspected and perceived corruption, looting, and state capture of public assets and to reclaim same. Even though the committee, appropriately themed Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL), was […]