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."
GLORIA ARADI Togo has delayed parliamentary and regional elections amid tensions following controversial constitutional reform. The reform approved by lawmakers late last month replaced the presidential system with a parliamentary one. It also hands executive power to the prime minister, reducing the presidency to a symbolic role. Opposition parties have rejected the reform, fearing it […]
Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023 imposes penalties of up to life in prison for consensual same-sex relations and possible death in ‘aggravated homosexuality’ cases. Uganda’s Constitutional Court has rejected a petition seeking to annul an anti-gay law that has been roundly condemned internationally as one of the toughest in the world. The court found on Wednesday April […]
Mariama Sonko’s voice resounded through the circle of 40 women farmers sitting in the shade of a cashew tree. They scribbled notes, brows furrowed in concentration as her lecture was punctuated by the thud of falling fruit. This quiet village in Senegal is the headquarters of a 115,000-strong rural women’s rights movement in West Africa, […]
STUART BRAUN The number of countries around the world banning plastic bags is growing, but enforcement is still an issue, especially in regions like Africa. In January, Nigeria became the latest African country to fight a mounting waste crisis by banning single-use plastics. Nigeria’s Lagos State government said it would outlaw Styrofoam packaging and gradually […]
Community-oriented recycling initiatives offer glimmer of hope as Kenya struggles for sustainable solutions to waste crisis ANDREW WASIKE – Kenyan companies are pioneering innovative solutions to sort out recyclable waste from landfills and incentivize recycling at the consumer level At Dandora, a dumpsite in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, the acrid tang of burning plastic hangs […]
Some believe the mask gives fighters magical powers Whenever a Belgian king takes an interest in the Congo, history looms large. In the late 19th century King Leopold II turned the territory into a giant slave plantation, murdering, raping and slicing off limbs in a ruthless bid to profit from its resources. So, when Philippe, […]
CAI NEBE In the early days of colonialism, many unsafe vaccinations were tested on African subjects without their knowledge or consent. This unaddressed trauma may explain vaccine hesitancy to this day. Why was Germany interested in developing medical cures in the colonies? During 1870s and 1880s, European nations scrambled to acquire territories across Africa. The […]
Global warming has shrunk crop yields in farming communities. Some have poured their frustration into making wine. COLLETTA DEWA Regina Mukandawire has been growing bananas on her small farm in the Karonga district in northern Malawi for more than 16 years. But heatwaves, floods and disease outbreaks that have hit the country since 2010 have […]
NYASHA NYAUNGWA Namibian communities whose ancestors were massacred by German colonial forces and had their property seized more than a century ago are calling for fresh talks with Berlin to negotiate the return of ancestral land. Germany agreed in May 2021 to fund projects worth $1.2 billion over 30 years to make up for the […]
Nearly 100 million children and youth aged 5 to 19 across Africa are not socially integrated simply because they are out of school, African Union (AU) Commissioner for Education, Science, Technology and Innovation Mohammed Belhocine said Thursday, February 15. These children and youth are vulnerable to all sorts of scourges, and they can be easily […]