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 James Karuhanga No matter how well intended African leaders may be, they do not rule in a vacuum as there are global interests that hinder the continent’s progress, a supporter of the Pan-African movement said at the just concluded international conference on democracy and good governance, at Parliament Buildings in Kigali. Brian […]
By C. Todd Lopez Washington, DC — As part of an effort to regionally align Army forces with specific unified combatant commands, or COCOMs, a brigade will begin serving in March 2013 as the go-to force for U.S. Africa Command, or U.S. AFRICOM. The 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, called the “Dagger […]
Central African Republic pulled one of the biggest surprises in African football by knocking out Egypt out of the 2013 Orange Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. Les Fauves advanced to the final round of the qualifiers of next year’s tournament after holding the seven-time winners to a 1-1 draw at a packed-Barthélémy Boganda Stadium in […]
By Jean De La Croix Tabaro, Rwanda Focus More than fifty eminent scholars from different universities, government institutions and international organizations mainly from Africa gathered in Kigali on Saturday in a high-level conference on governance and democracy. One day before the celebration of 50 years of independence and 18 years of liberation, Rwanda the […]
By Ibrahim Kasita Uganda’s progress in transforming the oil assets and the plan to build refinery project has attracted criticism, skepticism and resistance, a challenge that will test government’s stamina to make independent decision for the benefit of its citizens. This is after protracted efforts to search for oil and gas in the Lake […]
By Mackenzie C. Bab Washington — The United States is committed to continuing to expand trade and investment in sub-Saharan Africa, a region that “represents the next global economic frontier,” according to Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson. “In addition to hosting six of the 10 fastest growing economies in the […]
The future of mountains and mountain people got a much-needed boost at June’s U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in Rio de Janeiro. The Rio+20 declaration, “Our Common Vision”, adopted by heads of state and top-level government representatives from around the world, recognizes the global benefits of mountain ecosystems and the vital contributions of mountain […]
Last week London motorists and pedestrians were surprised to see a lone Cold War era military tank adorned with ‘Control Arms’ banner slowly navigating its way around the tourist hotspots of the British capital. Curiously, it was not a military exercise, but rather a publicity stunt by Oxfam and Amnesty International to draw attention to […]
By Russell South wood, Institute for Security Studies (Tshwane/Pretoria) London — There are now several online and mobile music TV platforms that have started in Africa. Some like Iroko Partners started with Nollywood film and went into music, whilst others like Spinlet have started with music and could easily go into TV programming. Orange […]
In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Supreme Court upheld his signature health care law’s individual insurance mandate in a 5-4 decision, upending speculation after hostile-seeming oral arguments in March that the justices would overturn the law. The mandate has been upheld as a tax, with Chief Justice John Roberts, a Bush appointee, […]