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."
LOIDE JASON Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has signaled possible investment interest in Namibia following his group’s record-breaking energy and industrial expansion across 12 African countries, including a newly completed oil refinery – the largest in the world. During a high-level meeting at State House on June 19, President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah and the Nigerian billionaire […]
FAROUK CHOTHIA Tanzania has decided to block access to social media platform X because it allows pornographic content to be shared, the information minister has said. The content was contrary to the East African state’s “laws, culture, customs, and traditions,” Jerry Silaa told a local TV station. Tanzanians have reported that access to X has […]
More immigrants coming to France have degrees – and most now come from Africa rather than the rest of Europe, new figures from the country’s statistics bureau show. Insee, France’s national statistics agency, examined migration trends between 2006 and 2023. The number of people moving to France rose steadily in that period – from 234,000 […]
Guinea’s military government has cancelled 129 minerals exploration permits, it said in a statement late on Monday, May 26 as the West African nation tightens control over its assets. A senior official at the Ministry of Mines said the decision was taken to free unused resources for other investors. “We’ve simplified it by digitizing the […]
Adele Koue Sungbeu, a 45-year-old midwife from Ivory Coast, is among 28 women who recently underwent reconstructive surgery to repair the effects of female genital mutilation (FGM). The procedure, carried out at a public hospital in Abidjan, is part of a groundbreaking initiative aimed at offering free surgeries to FGM victims, to help heal both […]
Tech mogul says: “Every country in Africa should be on a path to prosperity’ MAYA YANG US tech mogul Bill Gates has pledged the majority of his $200bn fortune towards health and education services in Africa. Speaking at an event in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Monday, June 2, the 69-year-old said that his pledge would […]
LENNART DODOO After 62 years, Liberia has returned to the global spotlight, securing a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) with a commanding 181 votes—its first since 1964. The historic election, held on June 3 at the UN Headquarters in New York, marks a major diplomatic milestone for the West African nation, […]
FAROUK CHOTHIA A charismatic 37-year-old, Burkina Faso’s military ruler Capt Ibrahim Traoré has skillfully built the persona of a pan-Africanist leader determined to free his nation from what he regards as the clutches of Western imperialism and neo-colonialism. His message has resonated across Africa and beyond, with his admirers seeing him as following in the […]
SHERMAIN BIQUE-CHARLES The Air Services Agreement between the governments of Antigua and Barbuda and the Republic of Rwanda was ratified in Parliament on Monday May 19. The bilateral agreement which is governed by international law was signed on 23rd June 2022 in Rwanda but was brought before the Lower House for ratification as a treaty […]
Kenyan authorities have admitted to cooperating in the kidnapping of Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye – who is now on trial for treason in his home country – on its territory last year. Besigye, 68, who appeared in court for the latest hearing of his treason trial on Wednesday, May 21, was abducted by armed […]