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."
ZEINAB MOHAMMED SALIH A demand by Sudan’s Hausa community to be recognized as traditional custodians of some land in Blue Nile state has erupted into deadly violence. Clashes broke out late July with members of another ethnic group that considers itself native to the area. More than 100 mainly unarmed people were killed, and thousands […]
VICTOR OLUWOLE Botswana leads, followed by Uganda and Ghana, as the countries with the most women business owners globally. The research indicates women entrepreneurs in Africa are resilient and adaptable. The 2021 Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs (MIWE) has, for the third consecutive year, ranked Botswana (38.5%), Uganda (38.4%) and Ghana (37.2%) as the countries […]
ZELDA CALDWELL China is exploiting children in the Democratic Republic of Congo, forcing them to work under hazardous conditions to mine the cobalt that powers electronic devices and electric cars, witnesses at a congressional hearing on human rights violations testified this week. “On the backs of trafficked workers and child laborers, China exploits the vast […]
HANNANE FERDJANI A proposed bill at the Ivorian parliament that would legalise polygamy – but only for men – has prompted strong reactions from women’s rights advocates, which have dubbed it a step back in the fight for equality. Polygamy is prohibited in many parts of the world but remains widespread in West African countries. […]
FAUSTINE NGILA Tanzania is testing its new electric rail line as part of its commitment to reducing carbon emissions by moving away from diesel powered trains used by its regional peers. Electric trains started plying the Dar es Salaam – Morogoro on July 4, a 300km distance after the government awarded a $1.92 billion contract […]
BAHIRA AMIN Under the steady hum of a ceiling fan, Ahmed Othman weaves golden threads through black fabric, creating Koranic verses, a century after his grandfather’s work adorned the Kaaba in Mecca’s Grand Mosque. A ceremonial hanging of the kiswa, huge pieces of black silk embroidered with gold patterns, over the cubic structure that is […]
The law supposedly protects widowed women, but patriarchal culture and colonial-era legal influences often win out, leaving women in poverty CAROLINE KIMEU Within months of the death of her husband in 2014, Doreen Kajuju Kimathi, from Meru, eastern Kenya, was told that his bank accounts had been frozen, and she had been forced out of […]
JULIA SIMON As Europe scrambles to replace the Russian natural gas that funds Moscow’s war effort, fossil fuel companies are using this moment to push for new gas projects all over the world. Much of the industry lobbying centers on almost a dozen countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The European Union’s new blueprint for getting the […]
Gabon and Togo’s recent decision to join the Commonwealth seemed like a blow to France – but was it? PETER FABRICIUS On the face of it, France seems to be losing ground in Africa. It was forced out of Mali and appears to be losing popular support elsewhere in the Sahel. And then last week, […]
Against the backdrop of denunciations, admonitions and condemnations from some quarters, including the ruling party, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at a June 30, 2022 cabinet meeting instructed the minister of finance to begin an engagement process to invite the International Monetary Fund to intervene in restructuring the Ghanaian economy, the government’s statement said on […]