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."
‘These days a son can even kill his father over money.’ SAMUEL MEYERSON In the Karamoja region of northeastern Uganda, a four-year outbreak of violent livestock raiding is finally subsiding – the result of a ruthless, informer-driven disarmament campaign by the army. But even as stability returns, divisions arising from class tensions, inter generational friction, […]
Years of symbolic bans by traditional chiefs have done nothing to curb the harmful practice. DOUNARD BONDO In 2022, the National Council of Chiefs and Elders of Liberia (NACCEL) announced a three-year moratorium on female genital mutilation (FGM). A year later, the council made another proclamation to ban FGM and then held ceremonies to end […]
Two Belgian teenagers were charged Tuesday, April 15, with wildlife piracy after they were found with thousands of ants packed in test tubes in what Kenyan authorities said was part of a trend in trafficking smaller and lesser known species. Lornoy David and Seppe Lodewijckx, two 19-year-olds who were arrested on April 5 with 5,000 […]
On April 16, Cameroon’s Minister Delegate for Finance, Yaouba Abdoulaye, revealed that customs authorities at Douala International Airport had intercepted two drug shipments, totaling 70 kilograms. The drugs, a mixture of methamphetamines, ephedrine, and cocaine, were concealed in air compressors shipped from South Africa. They were carried by a RwandAir flight and were hidden in […]
DARIUS von GUTTNER SPORZYNSKI Hot cross buns aren’t just a sweet snack that appears around Easter. They carry centuries of storytelling in their dough. From ancient gods to modern supermarkets, these sticky spiced buns have crossed many borders and beliefs. Today, you can buy them in all kinds of flavors. But their story is far […]
Officials have been working to assess the damage and loss in hopes of one day restoring the museum FATMA KHALED Inside the museum, display cases stand empty and shattered and a mummy lies exposed in an open storage box. All the gold artifacts have been looted. This is the scene in Sudan’s biggest museum where […]
Zambian customs officials said on Saturday, April 19 they had arrested an Indian national who had attempted to smuggle more than $2 million in cash and gold worth $500,000 through the country’s main airport. The 27-year-old was on his way to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates when his attempt was thwarted by a multi-agency […]
FRANCK KUWONU Gorée Island, off the coast of Dakar, is a somber reminder of the transatlantic slave trade. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, it embodies both the duty to remember and the challenges of passing on a painful past. But Gorée is not stuck in history; it’s an inhabited island, where heritage preservation, […]
A Pentecostal church in South Africa celebrated Easter Sunday -on April 20 – with mass wedding ceremonies for around 3,000 people, with many of them entering into polygamous marriages. The International Pentecost Holiness Church said mass weddings are part of its Easter festivities and the tradition of polygamy, which is observed in some African cultures, […]
INSA WREDE China is halting the export of certain critical raw materials that are essential for future technologies and the defense industry. It’s a move that will hit the US and the EU hard. Could Canada fill the gap? The New York Times reported recently that the Chinese government was to halt exports of six […]