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."
A series of diplomatic consultations in Cairo underscores the Horn of Africa’s growing strategic importance. A series of diplomatic consultations in Cairo involving Egypt, Somalia, Eritrea and a senior US envoy reflect growing efforts to coordinate approaches to security challenges in the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea. The discussions come as Ethiopia’s maritime […]
Zimbabwean farmers are reviving drought-resistant traditional crops through a community seed bank, helping them cope with worsening climate variability. The initiative, rooted in indigenous knowledge, is strengthening food security and offering a safety net against future droughts and floods. FARAI SHAWN MATIASHE Angeline Garwe monitors smallholder farmers bringing small grain seeds to a community seed […]
SERTAN SANDERSON Is Kenya Africa’s next major energy hub? A plan from Dangote Industries to build a massive refinery off the country’s coast could reshape fuel supply, trade and economic growth across East Africa. Nigerian billionaire and business tycoon Aliko Dangote last week confirmed the final location of his new oil refinery in East Africa: […]
KIZITO MAKOYE Every evening just before sunset, Salima Kitwana hobbles into her backyard holding a photograph. In the picture, her son Hemedi, wearing a green football jersey, smiles awkwardly into the camera, unaware that his fate would soon be engulfed in one of Tanzania’s darkest political chapters. At 57, Kitwana has lived with diabetes for […]
EMMANUEL AZUBUIKE British actor and entrepreneur Idris Elba has partnered with Google to provide about 100,000 African creators with access to artificial intelligence tools worth approximately $1 million. The move is aimed at helping creatives produce high-quality content faster, reduce production costs and compete globally. According to Bloomberg, the initiative was disclosed following Google’s AI […]
After two decades of delays, the colossal trans-Saharan gas megaproject to export Nigerian gas to Europe via Niger and Algeria is back in the spotlight with this month’s announcement that construction of the Algerian section had rebegun. The pipeline, once completed, could fundamentally reshape Europe’s energy map. David RICH/TAHAR HANI After several false starts, work […]
Cocoa prices reached a peak in 2024 before plummeting by nearly 75%, dealing a financial blow to millions of farmers in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire. Will the crisis mark a turning point for the sector? SILJA FRÖHLICH It’s a tough choice. “If I send my children to school and can’t bring in part of the […]
A Libyan warlord has been convicted of human rights violations reportedly committed at a detention facility in the country’s west, authorities said, over a year after Italy deported him despite an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court. Ossama Anjiem, also known as Ossama al-Masri, who led the Tripoli branch of the Reform and […]
THOMAS NAADI & HAFSA KHALIL Guinea has banned the export of unrefined gold in an effort to promote domestic processing of the precious metal. The policy – effective immediately – comes after Guinea’s President Mamadi Doumbouya met industrial and artisanal gold producers and buyers and aims to boost the economy and create more jobs. “Guinea […]
OLAMILEKAN OKEBIORUN The Democratic Republic of Congo has intensified its push to recover millions of colonial-era geological maps and records held in Belgium, as it seeks greater control over data showing the location of its copper, cobalt and other mineral resources. The Democratic Republic of Congo is pushing for the digitization and transfer of colonial-era […]