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."
ANDREW FIRMIN Sudan’s civil war grinds on. It’s close to three and a half years since the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia began their battle for supremacy, and the two forces and their allies continue to slaughter civilians with impunity. As a recent UN report makes clear, the killing […]
PAMELA APPEA Over 1,000 Ghanaians in the U.S. including religious leaders, civic and cultural organizations packed into the New York Society for Ethical Culture Adler Hall, on September 25 in a Town Hall event with H.E. John Dramani Mahama, President of the Republic of Ghana. The event was hosted by the Permanent Mission of Ghana […]
ELIA BORRAS The music is turned all the way up, sending vibrations through the rubber-covered stage as Yaya Sanou translates the beat with his face and gestures for a small group gathered around in Burkina Faso’s western city of Bobo-Dioulasso. The group of deaf and non-verbal dancers follow the rhythm and music through the vibrations […]
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are stepping up their joint media push with Tafouk TV, a new television channel aimed at challenging Western coverage and promoting the three military-led Sahel states’ own account of events. Broadcasting from Bamako and available through Canal+, the channel is part of a wider media network being developed by the […]
KHALID ABDELAZIZ Army and paramilitary RSF have been fighting since 2023 RSF has been trying to establish a parallel government US has said neither side represents legitimate governance Conflict has caused a massive humanitarian crisis A US ceasefire proposal to pause Sudan’s civil war could push the country towards a Libya-style […]
Guinness said that 5,042 people in Nigeria applied for a record between January 2022 and September 2026 OPE ADETAYO Two new Guinness World Record attempts were made in Nigeria in last month, including a seven-day dance marathon and a film premiere attended by more than 51,000 people, the largest audience ever recorded. A wave of […]
ZVAMAIDA MURWIRA GOVERNMENT has, to date, disbursed US$508 million in Treasury Bonds, while it has made cash payments of US$12.6 million to white former commercial farmers whose land was acquired during the country’s Land Reform Program. The compensation, which has seen 623 farmers paid in three batches, marks a significant milestone towards resolving the […]
Burundi is importing growing amounts of goods from Rwanda despite closing their common land border in January 2024, offering a striking example of how commercial needs can continue even as political relations deteriorate. Rwanda’s domestic exports to Burundi reached US$13.39 million (about Rwf 20 billion) in the second quarter of 2026 covering April, May, and […]
-Call for Stronger Links Between Universities, Jobs and Economic Growth September 25, 2026 African higher education leaders, government officials, development partners and industry representatives have called for a shared continental approach to transforming universities into stronger drivers of innovation, employment and economic development. The call emerged from the inaugural Higher Education Transformation Convening in Accra, […]
Extreme heat generated by this year’s El Nino is projected to cause up to 67,000 additional deaths across the Sahel over the next six months, with Nigeria facing the highest death toll of any country in the world. The Climate Impact Lab, a research group based at the University of Chicago, predicts there will be […]