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."
With her bag slung over her shoulder and an orange sweater tied tightly around her waist, 10-year-old Rokia Koumaré heads for the banks of the Niger River in Bamako, Mali. Every morning, at around 7:00 am, she and dozens of her classmates take to their school on Dialogun Island, a small pirogue with a straw […]
ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS Kangaroo care received a ringing endorsement in a study published in the British Medical Journal this week. It’s the latest affirmation of skin-to-skin care for small and preterm babies to reduce the risk of infection and mortality. Reviewing 31 trials that involved over 15,000 infants, the new study noted a reduction in childhood […]
FRED OLUOCH & AGGREY MUTAMBO The African Union’s proposal to expand the peace search in Sudan has received early backing from the West, suggesting mediation will now go beyond warring generals and rope in civilian groups. After Ugandan leader Yoweri Museveni chaired a meeting of the African Union Peace and Security Council last week, the […]
JAN VAN DER MADE Six African leaders plan to travel to Russia and Ukraine “as soon as is possible” to help find a resolution to the war, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has said. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky have agreed to receive the mission in both Moscow and Kyiv, Ramaphosa […]
Officials destroyed Sudanese passports on security grounds as they evacuated the Khartoum embassy. Now the passport owners are trapped in a war zone. DECLAN WALSH In the frantic days before American diplomats evacuated their Khartoum embassy under darkness by helicopter last month, one crucial task remained. Armed with shredders, sledgehammers and gasoline, American officials, following […]
GREGOIRE SAUVAGE Formerly praised for its stability and good governance, Ghana has been facing a severe economic crisis since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine. To prevent Accra from defaulting on its debt, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday approved a $3 billion loan in exchange for austerity measures. […]
CATHERINE NICHOLLS & NIMI PRINCEWILL Uganda’s parliament has passed an amended version of the controversial Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2023 on Tuesday, May 2. Under the new proposed bill, homosexual conduct will still be illegal, but identifying as homosexual without conducting in homosexual acts will not be outlawed. The bill, however, retains its more extreme elements, including […]
VICTOR OLUWOLE Africa is projected to become the world’s fastest-growing region, with six out of the ten fastest-growing economies in 2023 being African countries. The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) presents a huge opportunity for the continent, with a ready market of over 1.4 billion people surpassing that of the EU and other […]
An Australian oil and gas exploration company says it has found high quality natural gas deposits in northeastern Zimbabwe, after months of exploration. Invictus Energy announced that the analysis of samples it collected last year in the north of Zimbabwe, near the border with Mozambique, “definitively proves the presence of hydrocarbons in multiple reservoirs pay […]
UN experts are deeply concerned over delays in reaching an agreement on the restructuring of Zambia’s debt and its corresponding negative human rights impact on peoples’ lives. “We are worried that despite positive reforms undertaken by the Government of Zambia, the delays in sovereign debt restructuring compromise its ability to mobilize and maximize resources for […]