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."
JACK WITTELS Hundreds of ships have been sailing under the flag of Eswatini without the African country’s permission to do so, according to a letter from the landlocked nation’s government. A large number of vessels have been noted as sailing under the African country’s flag, Eswatini’s government said in a letter to the International Maritime […]
CARLA BABB The U.S. is returning Special Forces troops to Chad after leaving at the country’s request nearly five months ago. Maj. General Kenneth Ekman, who oversaw the recent U.S. withdrawal from Niger at the request of U.S. Africa Command chief Gen. Michael Langley, told VOA in an exclusive interview Thursday September 19, that the […]
Kenya has pledged to send 600 more police officers to Haiti in the coming weeks to help fight gangs controlling much of the capital, Port-au-Prince, and nearby areas. This would bring the Kenyan contingent, deployed incrementally since June to help the Caribbean nation’s beleaguered police force, up to 1,000. During a visit to the country, […]
Coca-Cola will invest $1 billion in Nigeria over the next five years, foreseeing “significant social and economic advancements” as the West African nation tries to fix the economy. President Bola Tinubu’s media adviser Bayo Onanuga said that the beverage giant announced the plan during a meeting between Tinubu and Coca-Cola’s global leadership. Several multinationals have […]
ANTONY SQUAZZIN A plan to bring electricity to 300 million Africans by 2030, backed by an initial pledge of $30 billion from the World Bank and the African Development Bank, has begun to be implemented with an assessment of the first potential beneficiaries. Some of the world’s most prominent climate organizations — the Rockefeller Foundation, […]
Namibia plans to cull 723 wild animals, including 83 elephants, and to distribute the meat to people struggling to feed themselves because of a severe drought across southern Africa, the Environment Ministry said. The cull will take place in parks and communal areas where authorities believe animal numbers exceed available grazing land and water supplies, […]
Country is 1st West African nation to acquire state-of-the-art identification document OUMAR SANKARE The junta administration in Burkina Faso issued a new generation biometric passport Wednesday, September 4, without any mention or insignia of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), according to officials. The passports are equipped with an electronic chip for data […]
KITSEPILE NYATHI Zambia and Zimbabwe are facing the unprecedented prospect of having to shut down their major hydropower plants as the El Nino-induced drought takes its toll on the two economies. The drought, caused by climate change, has led to a significant drop in water levels at Kariba Dam — the world’s largest man-made lake […]
Foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Thursday August 22, that he wanted more African students to come to Italy, in remarks that may exacerbate a coalition squabble over immigration and citizenship rights. Tajani’s center-right Forza Italia party has urged the government to consider granting citizenship to foreign minors who have completed most of their education […]
The Somali government has threatened to suspend Ethiopian Airlines flights to Somalia unless concerns over “violations of Somali sovereignty” related to destinations served by Ethiopian Airlines are resolved. In a statement, the Somali Civil Aviation Authority (SCAA) said it had previous correspondence dating to August 14 with Ethiopian Airlines about the issue. It did not […]