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."
Hundreds of environmental activists marched in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, Saturday November 11, demanding drastic curbs on plastic production, ahead of a meeting to negotiate a global plastics treaty. Representatives of more than 170 nations will meet in Nairobi Monday to negotiate what concrete measures should be included in a binding worldwide treaty to end […]
FRANCIS KOKUTSE Delegates at a reparations summit in Ghana agreed Thursday November 16 to establish a Global Reparation Fund to push for overdue compensation for millions of Africans enslaved centuries ago during the trans-Atlantic slave trade. The Accra Reparation Conference adds to the growing demands for reparations after about 12 million Africans were forcefully taken […]
GEETA PILLAI The Nile River, a lifeline of civilizations since antiquity, has undergone a startling transformation. Its waters, traditionally a life-giving blue, have inexplicably turned red, drawing the eyes of the world to Egypt’s storied riverbanks. The phenomenon has set off a cascade of interpretations, from apocalyptic prophecies to scientific inquiries, as people grapple with […]
—Weah tells Cabinet Ministers EMMANUEL WISE JIPOH President George Manneh Weah has admonished members of his cabinet to correct the wrongs and move on, having lost the 14 November 2023 presidential run-off election. During an emergency cabinet meeting on Wednesday, 22 November 2023, Mr. Weah urged his cabinet to maintain internal unity and solidarity as […]
KITSEPILE NYATHI CHINA on Thursday October 26, handed over to Zimbabwe a new $100 million parliament building that Harare says is a symbol of deepening relations between the two countries. The imposing structure on the outskirts of the capital Harare was built on a space of 33000 square meters and comprises a six-story office complex […]
Nigeria’s lawmakers on Thursday November 2, approved the new government’s first supplemental budget, which includes huge allocations for SUVs and houses for the president, his wife and other public officials, sparking anger and criticism from citizens in one of the world’s poorest countries. In the budget presented to lawmakers to supplement the country’s expenditures for […]
Authorities in Gabon have launched a legal battle to get back a precious wooden mask used in secret ceremonies by the Fang ethnic group, which was brought to France in colonial times and sold at auction earlier this year for €4.2 million. Lawyers for the transitional government in Gabon, whose long-time president was overthrown in […]
A new report accuses a Chinese company of illegal deforestation in Congo, but there’s debate over which country is responsible. Over a six-month period, last year, Congo King Baisheng Forestry Development exported $5 million – or about 30 million kilograms — in illegally logged hardwood to timber conglomerate Wan Peng through Zhangjigang Port, the environmental […]
GUILIA PARAVICINI & DAWIT ENDESHAW A fresh eruption of fighting in northern Ethiopia has raised concerns among residents about the safety of rock-hewn churches in the town of Lalibela dating back to the 12th and 13th centuries. Fano militiamen fighting the Ethiopian army in the Amhara region over-ran Lalibela and Gondar for several days in […]
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) expressed alarm on Friday November 3, over reports that in Sudan, women and girls are being abducted, chained and held in “inhuman, degrading slave-like conditions” in areas controlled by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Darfur. The stark report comes against the backdrop of a sharp uptick in fighting […]