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."
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 […]
For more than 200 years, the São José Paquete d’Africa lay hidden off Cape Town’s shore. Its excavation in 2014 uncovered a tragic story of enslavement and commerce from the time of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. ROFF SMITH For three weeks, since the Portuguese São José Paquete d’Africa lifted anchor in Mozambique, the 512 enslaved […]
French government says it is open to dialogue but does not acknowledge responsibility in letter seen by the Guardian EROMO EGBEJULE More than a century after its troops burned villages and looted cultural artifacts in the quest to include Niger in its west African colonial portfolio, France has signaled willingness over possible restitution but is […]
MOSES KOLLIE GARZEAWU Liberia’s former President William Tolbert has had a symbolic reburial, 45 years after he was murdered during a coup and his body was believed to have been dumped in a mass grave. Ten days after the president’s killing, following trials by a kangaroo court, 13 of his cabinet were stripped, tied to […]
Germany is desperate for foreign skilled workers. But despite its revamped consular services website and special visa program, few workers are relocating to Germany. How come? Silja Fröhlich Grace Ochieng (not her real name) began the visa application process a year ago to come study in Germany. “And then the insanity with the visa started,” […]
WESLEY RAHN Togolese civil society groups have called for an investigation after they said several people were killed during anti-government protests in the capital. Several people were killed during anti-government demonstrations over the last weekend last month in Togo’s capital, Lome, according to civil society groups. The unrest comes as Togo’s long-time leader, Faure Gnassingbe, […]
Algeria’s parliament approved legislation allowing foreign companies to own as much of 80% of mining projects, a step change for the OPEC country seeking to diversify its economy. A majority of lawmakers in attendance voted in favor of the new law on Monday. Authorities say it will streamline the investment process, boost extractive industries and […]