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 Iya Foundation, (TIF) a 501c3 not-for-profit organization that is committed to educating and raising awareness on Chronic Kidney Disease has honored one of its esteemed patrons. Dr. Andrew Baddoo, a diplomate in Nephrology was honored by the Iya Foundation for meritorious services in the two year history of the organization. The conspicuous community medical […]
By Osmond Ekwueme Politics should not be put ahead of national interests nor ideology and hate dominate our thinking over everything. Now I am satisfied with someone being on the opposite side of the political spectrum from me, trying to keep in mind that one side in an argument rarely holds all the truth. However, […]
By Chris Simpson Fast-modernising Mauritania presents itself as something of a showcase for how “to do” countering violent extremism, or CVE, in Africa. Last year, the Sahelian country hosted a regional summit to discuss ways local communities could work with the authorities to confront radicalisation, an initiative warmly endorsed by the United States. US Assistant […]
Ruth Maclean in Dakar Gabon’s presidential guard has apparently bombed the opposition party’s headquarters during post-election violence that has threatened to split the country apart. Clashes between angry protesters and security forces broke out in the normally peaceable central African country after the incumbent president, Ali Bongo, was declared the winner of a hotly contested […]
Several months before a contentious Presidential election in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2011 a state mining company transferred, on the orders of the government, $10 million into an election fund. The millions were part of the proceeds from a secretive sale by the state miner of rich copper mines to offshore companies in […]
Bahar Gholipour The brain knows instinctively how to predict when accidents are about to happen If you’ve never been particularly good at physics in school, it might make you feel better to know that at the very least, your brain comes with a built-in “physics engine.” In a new study published Monday in Proceedings of […]
Evan Mawarire, a Zimbabwean clergyman, rose to prominence in the spring, when he draped the national flag around his shoulders and took to YouTube to call for change in his country, which has been ruled for more than three decades by President Robert Mugabe and is beset by chronic economic problems. “This flag, every day […]
By Kofi Ayim The Central Regional Chairman of the ruling NDC party in Ghana, Mr. Allotey Jacobs has pointed out that he is among the only four people who know exactly what killed Ghana’s former President John Evans Atta Mills. According to him, the others are Dr Cadman Atta Mills, Sammy Atta Mills brother and […]
By Korshie Quashigah Over the last few months, I have carefully followed the furore brewing ahead of the 2016 elections campaign as the expected fierce contest of national development ideas start their journey into our hearts and minds, hoping to convince us to cast our December 7 vote for the best of these campaign messages. […]
By Eromo Egbejule Boko Haram is on the run, and much of the credit must go to vigilantes in northeastern Nigeria who have risen up to protect their local communities from the jihadists. But there is a growing concern that they represent a whole new security threat. Abba Aji Khalli is an auditor employed by […]