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."
An industry-wide expulsion of the chemicals has been a years-long ambition of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. NIAMH ROWE Nestlé USA announced Wednesday, June 26 that it will completely eliminate synthetic food dyes from all its U.S. food and beverage products by the middle of 2026. The company said the shift will be finalized […]
WESLEY RAHN Togolese civil society groups have called for an investigation after they said several people were killed during anti-government protests in the capital. Several people were killed during anti-government demonstrations over the last weekend last month in Togo’s capital, Lome, according to civil society groups. The unrest comes as Togo’s long-time leader, Faure Gnassingbe, […]
Ghana transitioned to a republic under its first President Kwame Nkrumah in 1960 and commemorated July 1 as Republic Day and a statutory public holiday. Under the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government the holiday was adjusted and moved. The current National Democratic Congress (NDC) government brought back the July 1 public holiday, highlighting it as […]
OUGNA CAMARA Guinea’s interim parliament proposed that presidential term limits be extended, months before the country is scheduled to hold elections after four years of military rule. The National Transitional Council wants the West African nation’s constitution to allow the president to serve for seven years, instead of five, with a limit of two terms, […]
CHRIS EWOKOR Mali’s military leader Gen Assimi Goïta has been granted a five-year presidential term by the transitional parliament, which is renewable without elections. The junta leader, who has seized power twice, had promised the return of democracy last year, but it never materialized. The bill granting his new mandate said it could be renewed […]
The 80-year-old leader pledges economic growth from today’s GDP of $66bn to $500bn within the next five years. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has confirmed he will contest next year’s presidential election, setting the stage for a potential extension of his nearly 40-year rule. The 80-year-old announced late on Saturday, June 28, that he had expressed […]
Algeria’s parliament approved legislation allowing foreign companies to own as much of 80% of mining projects, a step change for the OPEC country seeking to diversify its economy. A majority of lawmakers in attendance voted in favor of the new law on Monday. Authorities say it will streamline the investment process, boost extractive industries and […]
LOIDE JASON Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has signaled possible investment interest in Namibia following his group’s record-breaking energy and industrial expansion across 12 African countries, including a newly completed oil refinery – the largest in the world. During a high-level meeting at State House on June 19, President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah and the Nigerian billionaire […]
RACHEL AMA ASAA ENGMANN Thousands of sculpted heads – captive African men, women, and children – meticulously created by the artist Kwame Akoto-Bamfo, emerge from the soil at the Nkyinkyim Museum, as a sacred gathering of ancestors. Together, they form a powerful monument to the horror, violence, and resistance to enslavement, as well as the […]
Duncan Miriri PAPSS payment system allows trade settlement in local currencies Experts say move aims of lowering trade costs South Africa using G20 presidency to advance local payments US President Trump warns against de-dollarization efforts Africa’s push for local currency payments systems – once little more than an aspiration – is […]