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."
CAI NEBE Most Cameroonians have only known one leader: President Paul Biya. But, at 91, he is rarely seen in public. Opposition figures worry that simmering conflicts may worsen after Biya’s reign. When Cameroon’s president, Paul Biya, landed in Yaounde after weeks abroad, a crowd greeted him. Biya was filmed shaking hands with officials, and […]
Since it took control over the country in a July 2023 coup, Niger’s military junta has been cutting ties with France and forging stronger ones with fellow juntas in Burkina Faso and Mali. One example of this shift is Tuesday’s – October 15 – rebranding of a major avenue in Niamey after Djibo Bakary – […]
Baudelaire Mieu Ivory Coast has raised the price it pays farmers for their cocoa above Ghana, even as growers in both countries will continue to receive far less than the global market. The world’s top producer of the chocolate-making ingredient increased the farmgate price by 20% to 1,800 CFA francs ($3.06) per kilogram for the […]
As many parents migrate to South Africa for job opportunities, children are left with relatives, nannies, and more recently at schools. ZACHARIAH MUSHAWATU It’s a bright, cloudless day in Maseru and within the confines of a small green-and-white-fenced compound, about a dozen children in yellow school uniforms – many of them toddlers – run around. […]
JACK WITTELS Hundreds of ships have been sailing under the flag of Eswatini without the African country’s permission to do so, according to a letter from the landlocked nation’s government. A large number of vessels have been noted as sailing under the African country’s flag, Eswatini’s government said in a letter to the International Maritime […]
CARLA BABB The U.S. is returning Special Forces troops to Chad after leaving at the country’s request nearly five months ago. Maj. General Kenneth Ekman, who oversaw the recent U.S. withdrawal from Niger at the request of U.S. Africa Command chief Gen. Michael Langley, told VOA in an exclusive interview Thursday September 19, that the […]
Kenya has pledged to send 600 more police officers to Haiti in the coming weeks to help fight gangs controlling much of the capital, Port-au-Prince, and nearby areas. This would bring the Kenyan contingent, deployed incrementally since June to help the Caribbean nation’s beleaguered police force, up to 1,000. During a visit to the country, […]
Coca-Cola will invest $1 billion in Nigeria over the next five years, foreseeing “significant social and economic advancements” as the West African nation tries to fix the economy. President Bola Tinubu’s media adviser Bayo Onanuga said that the beverage giant announced the plan during a meeting between Tinubu and Coca-Cola’s global leadership. Several multinationals have […]
ANTONY SQUAZZIN A plan to bring electricity to 300 million Africans by 2030, backed by an initial pledge of $30 billion from the World Bank and the African Development Bank, has begun to be implemented with an assessment of the first potential beneficiaries. Some of the world’s most prominent climate organizations — the Rockefeller Foundation, […]
Namibia plans to cull 723 wild animals, including 83 elephants, and to distribute the meat to people struggling to feed themselves because of a severe drought across southern Africa, the Environment Ministry said. The cull will take place in parks and communal areas where authorities believe animal numbers exceed available grazing land and water supplies, […]