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."
The first plane carrying Iranian, Afghan, Turkish and Georgian migrants deported from the United States arrived in Bangui in the Central African Republic on Friday, June 12 evening as part of a controversial US program to send undocumented foreigners – some of whom have legal protections – to third countries. The Central African Republic is […]
Former Cameroonian presidential candidate Issa Tchiroma Bakary says he’s filed two complaints with the Paris Judicial Court against President Paul Biya, citing the principle of universal jurisdiction. The former minister, now living in exile in The Gambia, said on Friday, June that the complaints relate to the crackdown on protests following the 12 October 2025 […]
NIMI PRINCEWILL “Kenya is not an American colony!” That was the chant echoing through Nairobi and other Kenyan cities last week as furious protesters vented their anger at plans for a US-funded isolation ward for Americans exposed to Ebola abroad. The controversial proposal has sparked fears of Ebola entering a country that has never recorded […]
Washington is set on a trade-focused shift in Africa, but critics say it facilitates further plundering of Africa’s natural resources. FEDERICA MARSI When veteran naval officer Frank Garcia was appointed by the United States Senate as assistant secretary of state for African affairs this week, he praised the administration of Donald Trump for affirming Washington’s […]
Sierra Leone, Togo, Ghana, Nigeria and several more countries in West Africa are in the midst of an overlooked opioid crisis that’s crippling the population and devastating families. The drugs that are fueling this crisis aren’t made in makeshift labs but imported by the millions from India’s pharmaceutical industry. DIYA GUPTA For more than a […]
HELGA DICKOW In most multilingual African countries, language policy is a highly charged and controversial issue. It touches on regional identity, religion and political power – as is evident in Chad, in central Africa. Around 130 languages are spoken in the multi-ethnic and multi-religious Chad. The two official languages are Standard Arabic and French. Neither […]
The Bundibugyo strain of Ebola has a fatality rate of up to 50 percent and no approved vaccine as yet. PRIYANKA SHANKAR The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that the latest outbreak of a rare strain of the Ebola virus in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda is a “public health emergency […]
STEVEN GORDON Anti-immigrant marches in several major South African cities (such as Tshwane and Johannesburg) in early May 2026 once again led to questions being asked about xenophobia in post-apartheid South Africa. In the wake of the protests President Cyril Ramaphosa called on South Africans to embrace solidarity with their African neighbors. For their part, […]
BOUBA JALLOH President John Mahama wants to criminalize employers demanding sex in exchange for work. But can a new law — that falls into a legal grey zone — be enforced? President John Mahama’s call to criminalize so‑called “sex for jobs” marks one of the clearest signals yet that Ghana’s leadership is willing to confront […]
“They kept saying we had to go back to our country.” AUGUSTINE PASSILLY Sudanese authorities have deported thousands of South Sudanese from the country over the past year, driving abusive raids that have led to killings, family separations, confiscation of personal belongings, prolonged detention, and verbal harassment. The New Humanitarian spoke to six recent deportees […]