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."
A hugetrove of documents has revealed the secrets of offshore business, presaging tougher times for tax havens AS A young man, Ramon Fonseca considered taking holy orders. Instead he became an evangelist for offshore business. Now the law firm he co-founded is at the centre of a global storm, linked—unfairly, he insists—to a multitude of […]
by Yinka Adegoke Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms, played an influential role in driving transparency and change during Nigeria’s elections last year, as citizens shared images of verified results from polling units around the country ahead of formal results being announced. President Muhammadu Buhari’s 10-month old government recognizes both the advantages of the […]
by Kwabena Opong n general elections is heating up and the political rhetoric is increasingly becoming vitriolic. In most African countries, the name of the game is called “open sesame” in times like these. Ruling parties seek to find avenues to discredit their major opponents, while the latter scrutinizes any misstep by the government in […]
The Pentagon on Monday April 4 announced the transfer of two Libyan inmates from the Guantanamo Bay detention center to Senegal. “The Department of Defense announced today the transfer of Salem Abdu Salam Ghereby and Omar Khalif Mohammed Abu Baker Mahjour Umar from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to the government of Senegal,” the […]
A Free and Open To The Public Spectacular Celebrating The Best of Newark’s Arts, Entertainment and Culture. Newark Celebration 350 (NC 350) is proud to present Newark’s local hometown heroes and International recording artists Faith Evans, Naughty by Nature, Cissy Houston and India who are set to headline the Founders Weekend Festival Celebrating 350 Years […]
Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson has extended the designations of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for an additional six months. Although there have been significant improvements in the conditions in all three countries since their designations for TPS in November 2014, the lingering effects of the Ebola Virus Disease […]
18 February 2016 Social media has been blocked in Uganda on the day of presidential elections to stop people “telling lies”, President Yoweri Museveni has said. Mr Museveni, 71, is seeking to extend his 30-year rule, in a race widely seen as the tightest in the East African state’s history. His main rival Kizza Besigye […]
March 20, 2016 Telephone, internet and SMS services shut down for 48 hours for “reasons of security” as Congo heads to the polls.Congo is holding its elections under a media blackout and the tense vote is expected to see President Denis Sassou Nguesso prolong his 32-year rule over the oil-rich but poor nation. Interior Minister […]
March 24, 2016 Months ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections in Zambia, political opponents are being arrested. President Edgar Lungu has a tenuous grip on power after narrowly winning a snap election in 2015. A Zambian opposition leader was arrested Monday and charged with defaming the president, after accusing him of partying at taxpayers’ expense […]
By Anjli Parrin The International Criminal Court has suffered a major blow as the final case in an investigation into crimes against humanity committed in Kenya in post-election violence eight-years ago was dismissed. A majority of the three-bench Trial Chamber yesterday threw out the charges against Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto and former journalist Joshua […]