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."
ADEKUNLE AGBETILOYE Burkina Faso inaugurates new cement plant, CISINOB SA, with 2,000-tonnes-per-day capacity. Plant is a mutually beneficial partnership between Burkina Faso and China. Part of Burkina Faso’s strategy to pursue economic development free from Western influence. Burkina Faso has inaugurated a new cement plant, Société Industrielle Sino Burkina de Ciments SA […]
KOFI AYIM The distance between Accra and Kumasi by road is approximately 250 km (155 miles) and the average travel time is theoretically 5 hours 30 minutes. The horrible, yet only major roadway that connects Accra, the capital city of Ghana, to Kumasi, the second biggest city, and points north and other parts of the […]
HAUWAU SAMAILA MOHAMMED Nigeria’s textile production was once a vibrant, booming sector and a key part of its economy. But the industry has since been brought to its knees by cheap imports from China. Is there a chance of recovery? In the 1990s, the textile industry in Nigeria was a key driver of the economy, […]
Belgium responds by saying Rwandan diplomats no longer welcome as ties fray over respective roles in the DRC conflict. Rwanda says it has cut diplomatic ties with Belgium and ordered all of the European country’s diplomats to leave the country within 48 hours, drawing a swift response from Brussels. In a statement on Monday, March […]
Uganda’s role in eastern DR Congo has largely gone under the radar during recent violence but its complex approach aims to secure long-standing security and economic interests in the mineral-rich area, experts say. Backed by Rwanda, the M23 armed group has swept through the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, taking two regional capitals. […]
ZAHEER CASSIM Researchers warn that type 2 diabetes could affect millions more people in the coming decades after a study published this month revealed the disease is rising far faster among people in sub-Saharan Africa than previously thought. Take 51-year-old security guard Sibusiso Sithole, for example. Being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes came as a […]
Stephen Appiah Takyi & Owusu Amponsah Urban parks in Kumasi, the capital city of Ghana’s Ashanti region, are fast disappearing or in decline. Kumasi was designed 60 years ago as a “garden city”, with green belts, parks and urban green spaces. These have been encroached on by developments and are in a poor condition. Like […]
ADAM EIHIRAIKA African countries should join hands to make the most of their own resources and build a formidable electric vehicle ecosystem that could help fast-track realization of SDGs. Africa has both the opportunity and the imperative to harness its vast resources for sustainable development. With the support from the United Nations Economic Commission for […]
France does not want “war with Algeria” but the North African nation is “aggressing” France by refusing to accept deportees, French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said on Wednesday, March 19. “We are not bellicose, we do not want war with Algeria. It is Algeria that is aggressing us,” Retailleau told Sud Radio. The minister’s comments […]
Zimbabwe expressed pride Friday, March 21 at the appointment of its sports minister as International Olympic Committee president but there was also criticism of the state of sports under Kirsty Coventry’s watch. The 41-year-old Zimbabwean, who has contributed seven of Zimbabwe’s overall Olympic medals tally of eight, on Thursday March 20, became the first woman […]