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."
Electoral support for former freedom fighters is dwindling across the region due to their inability to deliver ethical and effective governance after decades in power. TAFI MHAKA On December 3, the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) announced that Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah of the ruling South West Africa People’s Organization (SWAPO) party, has emerged victorious in the […]
“In Slavery’s Wake,” at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, looks beyond the United States to tell a global story. JENNIFER SCHUESSLER “In Slavery’s Wake,” a new exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, deals in huge themes and vast numbers. Over four centuries, an […]
MQONDISI DUBE Botswana has issued 400 elephant hunting licenses amid fresh opposition from conservationists. International hunters pay up to $50,000 to obtain a license in order to hunt an elephant. In a recent notice from the Wildlife and National Parks department, the elephants are among other wildlife species that will be offered to hunters. Botswana’s […]
PATRICK MAUNDU Baobab trees grow in arid and semi-arid parts of Africa, and have deep cultural and ecological significance. Some of these trees are thousands of years old. Global demand for baobab products has surged in recent years, driven by the fruit’s nutritional and health benefits. However, this growing demand has become a double-edged sword, […]
In one of the largest repatriation operations of its kind, almost 1,000 trafficked lemurs and tortoises were successfully returned from Thailand to Madagascar. ANA NORMAN BERMUDEZ In Chonburi, eastern Thailand, as night falls, a team of wildlife officers and veterinarians’ springs into action. In a carefully rehearsed routine, they enter the lemur enclosure, nets in […]
CECIL MENSAH Environmental Non-Governmental Organization A Rocha Ghana has dismissed claims that repealing the Environmental Protection (Mining in Forest Reserves) Regulations, 2022 (L.I. 2462) could lead to unregulated mining in forest reserves. The organization described these concerns, raised by the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Director of Mining, Mr. Michael Sandow Ali, as unfounded and misleading. […]
AYANA ARCHIE Adultery is no longer a crime in New York. Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday November 22, signed off on repealing a 1907 law prohibiting the act. New York’s penal law previously said that “a person is guilty of adultery when he engages in sexual intercourse with another person at a time when he […]
The island has great beaches, clear blue water, and a huge jungle, but still cannot attract tourists. CHARLIE BRADLEY Holidaymakers are spoiled for choice when it comes to beautiful islands off the continent of Africa. Mauritius, Seychelles, and Zanzibar are a few of the most popular destinations where tourists can enjoy hot weather and clear […]
Commemoration prompts renewed calls for an investigation into the killing of African soldiers by the French army in 1944. Senegal has commemorated the 80th anniversary of a colonial-era massacre of African soldiers who fought for France during World War II and were shot by French soldiers in 1944 for demanding fair treatment and payment on […]
JOSHUA KORBER HOFFMAN Kennedy Johnson was 15 years old when she gave birth to a baby girl in a Detroit foster home for teen moms, in February 1996. Twenty-five years later, when Johnson found herself in northern Ghana being made a queen, she couldn’t quite believe where life had led her. In front of an […]