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."
KEMO CHAM In Sierra Leone, a cheap, synthetic drug is ravaging youth. Trash-strewn alleys are lined with boys and young men slumped in addiction. Healthcare services are severely limited. One frustrated community has set up what it calls a treatment center, run by volunteers. But harsh measures can be used. The project in the Bombay […]
And the combination of conflict and climate change effects, such as once fertile land rapidly turning into useless arid sand in northern Nigeria, has produced a cheap workforce for mining sites. The arrests of “both Chinese nationals and young Nigeria’s government is cracking down on illegal mining, making dozens of arrests of unlicensed miners since […]
JEREMIAH POFF The U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling on Wednesday May 15 in a case arising from Montgomery County, Maryland, that will have broad and devastating implications for parental rights. In a 2-1 ruling, a three-judge panel ruled that parents who send their children to school in the Maryland county are […]
YIRGA GELAW WOLDEYES A large number of artifacts held in Western museums and libraries are known to have been appropriated over the ages through conquest and colonialism. The looting of African objects anthropologists, curators and private collectors took place in war as well as in peaceful times. It was justified as an act of benevolence; […]
MALU CURSINO Scientists believe they may have solved the mystery of how 31 pyramids, including the world-famous Giza complex, were built in Egypt more than 4,000 years ago. A research team from the University of North Carolina Wilmington has discovered that the pyramids are likely to have been built along a long-lost, ancient branch of […]
UK and Rwanda agree deal to extend cohort of those eligible to be forcibly removed to east African country DIANE TAYLOR Tens of thousands of people who have been refused asylum in the UK have been added to the group of people at risk of being forcibly removed to Rwanda, the Home Office has announced. […]
ARIANA FIGUEROA The Biden administration announced Thursday May 9, it’s proposing changes to the asylum system that would allow immigration officials to reject asylum seekers who have a criminal record that poses a threat to national security or public safety and quickly remove them. Those changes will occur during the initial screening stages, a senior […]
Global HIV, viral hepatitis epidemics and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) continue to pose significant public health challenges, causing 2.5 million deaths each year, according to a new WHO report – Implementing the global health sector strategies on HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections, 2022-2030. New data show that STIs are increasing in many regions. […]
A comment by SJAAK VAN dcr GEEST, University of Amsterdam The act of libation contains a rich mixture of religious, social and cultural ingredients. It is a prayer to the ancestors and gods for their blessing; it is a social ritual binding together the members of the audience by emphasizing their common roots; it is […]
ANA MONTEIRO In Burundi’s capital, it’s not uncommon to see hippos and crocodiles roaming muddy roads after months of flooding that has driven thousands of people from their homes. Bujumbura lies on the northeastern shores of Lake Tanganyika, the longest freshwater lake after Baikal in Siberia. The city is bearing the brunt of a climate […]