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."
Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi said he’s prepared to seek another five years in office if asked to do so after a referendum, highlighting a growing trend of term-limit evasion in Africa. MICHAEL J. KAVANAGH Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi said he’s prepared to seek another five years in office if […]
A growing number of men across the continent say they are being promised jobs in Russia, only to be forced into the war. Some go as mercenaries, but many more are drawn unwittingly. MATTHEW MPOKE BIGG, JOHN ELIGON, & ZIMASA MATIWANE James Kamau Ndungu told only a few friends that he was heading to Russia. […]
MATTHEW LEE The Trump administration has imposed sanctions on former Congolese President Joseph Kabila for his alleged role in funding and providing political support to rebel groups operating in the east of his country. The Treasury and State departments announced Thursday, April 30 that they had targeted Kabila, who served as Congo’s president from 2001 […]
Uganda is set to pass a foreign agents bill, whose sweeping provisions could be used to imprison journalists critically reporting on economics, foreign policy, or elections for up to 20 years, limit foreign media funding to about $100,000, and subject newsrooms to intrusive state oversight. The Protection of Sovereignty Bill says it aims to register […]
CAI NEBE Talks between Ghana and the US over a bilateral healthcare deal have stalled, after Accra voiced concerns regarding sensitive data sharing. Several African countries have pushed back on the deals, while some have signed. Concerns over the sharing of sensitive health data have reportedly led Ghanaian officials to abandon a health deal worth […]
Two women runners initially finished outside the top 10 in the Two Oceans Marathon in Cape Town before bib swap spotted. Two men have been disqualified from one of South Africa’s flagship marathon races after they finished in the top 10 of the women’s race. Their attempt at swapping bibs, which bear the identification numbers […]
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has described reparatory justice for colonialism, enslavement and the trade in enslaved Africans as “key to dismantling systemic racism.” Speaking on Tuesday, April 14 at the fifth session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, he lauded the advances in racial justice and […]
STEVE SWANN A former Nigerian oil minister accused of being treated to luxury home stays and lavish spending sprees in the UK in exchange for granting government contracts has denied asking for or taking bribes. Diezani Alison-Madueke, 65, told Southwark Crown Court on Monday, April 13 that she had “tried to push back on corruption” […]
De-dollarization drive targets cash and crime PAUL CHINEDU The Democratic Republic of Congo’s central bank has announced a sweeping restriction on cash dealings in US dollars and other foreign currencies, effective April 9, 2027, in a determined bid to curb money laundering and restore faith in the volatile local franc. Governor André Wameso described the […]
“Chattel slavery, a peculiar system of domination and exploitation was unique in the sense that, though the subjugation of one person by another has been in existence since the advent of time, it was the first time that a person would be denied human status and declared another person’s personal property. This opened the floodgates […]