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."
By Francis Ugwoke After years of concerted efforts, the international maritime community, including Nigeria, appears to have forced pirates to a retreat, with a 54 percent fall in attacks on ships as at June this year. Francis Ugwoke reports For a very long time, pirates operating in different parts of the globe have held […]
Nairobi — The Catholic Bishops of Kenya have strongly reacted to an article appearing on the Daily Nation newspaper of Friday July 13 2012 titled Kenya Joins Global Birth Control Push. According to the newspaper, Kenya is among countries that have signed up to a new Sh356 billion global drive to promote family planning services […]
By Ellen Van Den Bovenkamp Should top-level athletes fast or not during Ramadan? The Islamic month of fasting falls at the same time as the Olympic Games, and a quarter of the participants in the London Games are struggling with this question. If they fast, they might diminish their chances of winning an Olympic […]
By Edwin Musoni Following the decision by the United States to cut military aid to Rwanda on grounds that the latter allegedly supports rebel mutinies in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Foreign Affairs Minister Louise Mushikiwabo, has said the donor is free to dispense or withhold support, but that the premise is ill-informed. The […]
By Abiodun Oluwarotimi and Chuks Ohuegbe Nigerians resident in the United States of America have scheduled a solidarity march next Thursday at the country’s embassy in Washington, DC, to protest alleged corruption, money laundering, abuse of power and sundry civil rights violations committed by Ambassador Ade Adefuyi, the country’s ambassador to the US. The […]
Reports from the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) indicate a significant reduction in incidences of piracy in the Gulf of Aden in the first quarter of 2012. There were 163 instances in the first quarter of 2011; the first half of this year has so far seen 69 incidences, which indicates a drop in global piracy […]
London — Melinda Gates wants you to know this: if women in poor countries can get the contraceptives they want, millions of lives will be saved. By Tami Hultman She questions why modern contraceptives should be controversial, when they can reduce a staggering death toll. “We have 100,000 women who didn’t want to get […]
Center for Media & Peace Initiatives is organizing Africa Roundtable – a speaker series that will emphasize the rebranding of Africa through different media platforms.va
By Abiodun Oluwarotimi United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon welcomes the election of Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma of South Africa as Chairperson of the African Union Commission, and congratulates her on being the first African woman chosen to lead the regional body, his spokesperson said. “The Secretary-General looks forward to working closely with Dr. Zuma on […]
By Clara Nwachukwu, Okey Ndiribe, Emman Ovuakporie and Kunle Kalejaye Lagos — The Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company, SNEPCO, has been fined U.S.$5 billion over the massive oil spill that occurred at its Bonga oil field on December 20, 2011. This was disclosed yesterday by the Director General, National Oil Spill Detection and […]