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."
Some believe the mask gives fighters magical powers Whenever a Belgian king takes an interest in the Congo, history looms large. In the late 19th century King Leopold II turned the territory into a giant slave plantation, murdering, raping and slicing off limbs in a ruthless bid to profit from its resources. So, when Philippe, […]
CAI NEBE In the early days of colonialism, many unsafe vaccinations were tested on African subjects without their knowledge or consent. This unaddressed trauma may explain vaccine hesitancy to this day. Why was Germany interested in developing medical cures in the colonies? During 1870s and 1880s, European nations scrambled to acquire territories across Africa. The […]
The United States joins more than 50 other countries that have banned the deadly carcinogen, although the phaseout will take more than a decade. Coral Davenport The Biden administration on Monday March 18, finalized a ban on the only type of asbestos still used in the United States, the first time since 1989 the federal […]
JOMO KWAME SUNDARAM Developing countries wanting to pursue industrial policy were severely reprimanded by advocates of the ‘neoliberal’ Washington Consensus. Now, it is being deployed as a weapon in the new Cold War. Industrial policy vs colonialism Industrial policy is often seen as pioneered by Friedrich List. But List was inspired by George Washington’s first […]
GERALD C. KOINYENEH Nearly one million Liberians live in extreme poverty and 2.5 million live in absolute poverty, says the World Bank in its latest poverty assessment report on Liberia. “The report finds that nearly 6 out of every 10 Liberians live in poverty based on the national poverty line. And in the context of […]
As the war in Sudan enters its second year next month, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) on Monday, March 18 warned of a staggering toll of the crisis on children, with an estimated 24 million teetering on the brink of a “generational catastrophe”. Since the conflict erupted in April 2023, […]
U.S. Air Force veteran is challenging Bill Pascrell in NJ-9 DAVID WILDSTEIN Billy Prempeh crushed a perennial candidate March 19 to capture the Bergen County Republican organization line, giving him a clear path for a rematch with Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-Paterson) in New Jersey’s 9th district. Prempeh won the Bergen GOP convention by a more […]
Mr. Gething, 50, was narrowly elected leader of Wales’s governing Labor Party, and then was elected first minister by the Senedd, or Welsh Parliament. SOPAN DEB Vaughan Gething on Thursday March 21 became the first Black person to lead a national government in Europe, a day after he was elected the first minister of Wales. […]
Black people make up about 14 percent of the U.S. population. Many of them are wondering what it would be like to be part of a majority. Colette Coleman Jes’ka Washington lives in a six-bedroom house on a hill with avocado trees and a spectacular view, not far from the rabbit farm she runs. For […]
Global warming has shrunk crop yields in farming communities. Some have poured their frustration into making wine. COLLETTA DEWA Regina Mukandawire has been growing bananas on her small farm in the Karonga district in northern Malawi for more than 16 years. But heatwaves, floods and disease outbreaks that have hit the country since 2010 have […]