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."
The United States on Saturday January 1, 2022 cut Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea from access to a duty-free trade program, following through on President Joe Biden’s threat to do so over alleged human rights violations and recent coups. “The United States today terminated Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea from the AGOA trade preference program due to […]
Amenhotep I ‘unwrapped’ digitally by Cairo scientists, revealing details from his grave jewelry to his teeth With his narrow chin, small nose and curly hair he physically resembles his father, said radiologist Sahar Saleem. Perhaps surprisingly for someone who lived about 3,500 years ago, he also has strikingly good teeth. Saleem is talking about the […]
AKOSUA OFORIWAA-AYIM Now in its 5th year, Afrochella has grown bigger and better over time. Last month, the “Made in Africa” themed festival welcomed over 8,000 attendees to Accra for several events taking place over the span of one week in the last days of December, 2021. Events ranged from a production masterclass with award-winning […]
DANIELLE HAYNES American citizens will be allowed to return to the United States on expired passports through the end of March, extending a COVID-19 relief measure originally set to end this month, the State Department announced Tuesday December 28, 2021. The measure allows U.S. citizens who have passports that expired on or after Jan. 1, […]
Catalytic converter thefts are on the rise in San Diego County and nationwide DAVID HERNANDEZ The job usually gets done in less than five minutes: Thieves jack up the vehicle, slide underneath and shear off the catalytic converter — an emissions control device in the exhaust system. It’s easy — and prevalent, police say. In […]
NATASHA ROBINSON & DAVID MILLS “China wasn’t my first option for a PhD. Honestly, in Ghana the perception about China or the Chinese system, Chinese products, Chinese whatever, it is not very positive.” Dr. Courage Simon Kofi Dogbe is one of the thousands of Ghanaians who recently got their PhDs from universities in China. In […]
President had put restrictions in place as the Omicron variant began spreading around the world, but it is now the dominant strain in the U.S. President Biden will lift a travel ban he imposed last month on non-U.S. citizens traveling from South Africa and seven other southern African countries, according to a senior administration official. […]
A commission in Gambia has suggested that former President Yahya Jammeh be brought before an international tribunal for crimes committed during his 22-year dictatorship. A truth and reconciliation commission in Gambia has found former President Yahya Jammeh responsible for a spate of killings, rapes and torture during his 22-year long dictatorship and recommended that he […]
Families who have lost loved ones to COVID-19 can apply for reimbursement from the federal government for up to $9,000 to cover the cost of funeral expenses STEVE LeBLANC When Wanda Olson’s son-in-law died in March after contracting COVID-19, she and her daughter had to grapple with more than just their sudden grief. They had […]
President had put restrictions in place as the Omicron variant began spreading around the world, but it is now the dominant strain in the U.S. President Biden will lift a travel ban he imposed last month on non-U.S. citizens traveling from South Africa and seven other southern African countries, according to a senior administration official. […]