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."
CECILIA JAMASMIE Burkina Faso is accelerating its drive to nationalize natural resources, requesting this week to acquire another 35% of West African Resources’ (ASX: WAF) Kiaka gold mine — a move that forced the miner into a trading halt on Thursday, August 28. The company said the government wants to raise its stake in Kiaka, […]
THOMAS NAADI Ghana’s President John Mahama has fired the country’s Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo following a recommendation by an inquiry. She had been on suspension since April after complaints were lodged against her in petitions by three individuals. A president-appointed commission then found that “grounds of stated misbehavior… had been established and recommended her removal […]
BIANKE NEETHLING Walmart has announced plans to open its first branded stores in South Africa before the end of 2025. The United States retail giant plans to offer groceries and a selection of family, home and entertainment products, including global brands. The retailer also plans to partner with local suppliers and entrepreneurs to stock locally […]
MUHAMADI MATOVU The grant, signed under Algeria’s International Cooperation for Solidarity and Development Agency, will fund the expansion and rehabilitation of Katakwi General Hospital to serve over half a million people in eastern Uganda. Uganda and Algeria have signed a cooperation agreement that will see the North African nation provide $13.7 million (about Shs50 billion) […]
Farmers face challenges with elephants raiding crops and sometimes causing harm ZELIPHA KIROBI & NICHOLAS KOMU A deadly conflict is escalating in Kenya’s Taita hills, where elephants, driven by ancient migratory paths, are increasingly encroaching upon farmland, destroying crops and posing a grave threat to human life. For farmers like 68-year-old Richard Shika, these encounters […]
South Africa has rejected a US government report accusing it of moving towards land seizures from white farmers, calling the allegation “deeply flawed” and “inaccurate”. The claim was made in the latest annual human rights report from the US State Department, which has faced criticism for softening language on the abuses of Washington’s allies while […]
France’s President Emmanuel Macron has formally recognized what he called France’s “repressive violence” in Cameroon during and after the country’s fight for independence in the late 1950s – a rare admission of a long-overlooked part of France’s colonial history. In a letter to Cameroonian President Paul Biya, published on Tuesday, August 12, but sent last […]
ASHLEY LIME Six people have been killed after a light aircraft belonging to a medical charity crashed in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, according to a local official. Charity Amref Flying Doctors said the Cessna plane took off from Wilson airport on Thursday, August 7 afternoon and was en route to Hargeisa in Somalia when it crashed […]
Several other government officials among the victims of the crash that occurred Wednesday morning, August 6 A helicopter crash has killed all eight people on board, including the nation’s defense and environment ministers, according to Ghana’s government. Defense Minister Edward Omane Boamah and Environment Minister Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed were among the victims of the crash […]
The Trump administration sent five deportees to Eswatini, an African kingdom, saying that their own countries would not take them. But Eswatini says it will send them home. JOHN ELIGON & HAMED ALEAZIZ The tiny African kingdom of Eswatini announced on Wednesday, July 16 that it would repatriate the five migrants who had been deported […]