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US Intel executive ‘actively responsible’ for driving anti-LGBTQ+ agenda in Africa, say campaigners

Greg Slater is co-founder with his wife Sharon of Family Watch International, a US group accused of financing propaganda about sexual and gender diversity CAROLINE KIMEU A group of human rights organizations in Africa renewed their calls last week for the American multinational Intel Corporation to dismiss a senior employee over his alleged involvement in […]

Roadway hazards in Ghana

Concluding our two-part series on transportation in Ghana In our last issue, we looked at a brief synopsis of the transportation system in Ghana. We now look at some hazards on Ghana’s roadways KOFI AYIM Roadway hazards are inevitable, but some could be resolved by education and enforcement of existing and new traffic and roadway […]

Niger, China Discuss Uranium Mine and Other Deals

HAMID MAHMUD The West African nation of Niger and China have been discussing deals that include an industrial park, an oil pipeline and a uranium mine. The Chinese ambassador to Niger, Jiang Feng, said China would build an industrial park that would impact industries including agro-food, manufacturing, mining and real estate, according to a tweet […]

Amandla interviews the MD of Ghana’s SIC Insurance Plc

Mr. Stephen Oduro, the Managing Director of SIC Insurance Plc, Ghana, was voted the CEO of the year 2022 for General Insurance in May 2023 by CEO Network of Ghana. Amandla brings you an interview it recently had with him Amandla. Good morning Mr. Oduro. At the 7th Edition of the Ghana CEO Summit, you […]

The Okada Menace in Ghana

Okada, the imported transportation system introduced into Ghana from neighboring West African countries, has become “unofficial but thriving mobility option,” write Oteng Ababio, et al in the African Studies Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 4, Sept. 2015. They add that the problem of policy failure owing to pressure on authorities from riders and some civil society […]

The Fits and Starts of African’s Peace trip to Ukraine and Russia

The fits in the trip to help resolve the war between Russia and Ukraine by Africa started in Poland with the grounding of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s flight leading to a delay by Polish authorities. It was Ukraine that meted out a similar humiliation to African students at the beginning of the war in […]

Textile Queen Maman Creppy Has Died – the Last of West Africa’s Legendary Wax Cloth Traders Has Left Her Mark

NINA SYLVANUS Dédé Rose Gamélé Creppy, who has died aged 89, was one of west Africa’s most influential wax cloth traders. She was the youngest, and the last living, “Nana Benz” – the legendary first generation of women cloth traders from Togo. Wax cloth was a European adaptation of a classic Indonesian batik hand printing […]

Trump: Running for President, Pardon, and Power?

UCHENNA EKWO Whatever anyone thinks about Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States remains the most dominant political force in the country for about a decade and counting. Over the course of his entry into politics without any previous experience, Trump has mastered how to manipulate the rich, the poor, and the so […]

Intra-and Intercity Transportation Systems in Ghana

KOFI AYIM The transportation system is the basis of socioeconomic development in a nation. It enables the movement of goods and people from an origin to a destination point.  It provides mobility for the purposes of work, trade/business, education, and leisure/pleasure. In carefully planned environments such as cities in developed nations, the transportation system is […]

A force for unity or simply toothless? The African Union at 60

The African Union is celebrating 60 years of unity in 2023. The organization has achieved much since its creation, but ongoing conflicts have exposed the difficulties it faces in bringing peace and prosperity to the continent. MELISSA CHEMAM The African Union is often criticized as an institution without real power, but for political analysts, the […]

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