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."
18 February 2016 Social media has been blocked in Uganda on the day of presidential elections to stop people “telling lies”, President Yoweri Museveni has said. Mr Museveni, 71, is seeking to extend his 30-year rule, in a race widely seen as the tightest in the East African state’s history. His main rival Kizza Besigye […]
March 20, 2016 Telephone, internet and SMS services shut down for 48 hours for “reasons of security” as Congo heads to the polls.Congo is holding its elections under a media blackout and the tense vote is expected to see President Denis Sassou Nguesso prolong his 32-year rule over the oil-rich but poor nation. Interior Minister […]
March 24, 2016 Months ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections in Zambia, political opponents are being arrested. President Edgar Lungu has a tenuous grip on power after narrowly winning a snap election in 2015. A Zambian opposition leader was arrested Monday and charged with defaming the president, after accusing him of partying at taxpayers’ expense […]
By Anjli Parrin The International Criminal Court has suffered a major blow as the final case in an investigation into crimes against humanity committed in Kenya in post-election violence eight-years ago was dismissed. A majority of the three-bench Trial Chamber yesterday threw out the charges against Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto and former journalist Joshua […]
By Habibou Bangré El Niño affects 550,000 people this season It wasn’t meant to be like this. The separatist rebels that had caused years of chaos in this southeastern corner of the Democratic Republic of the Congo were pacified. The people who had fled their homes were back farming. The rains on which they depend […]
The IMF has expressed renewed concerns over Ghana’s deteriorating debt situation. According to the Fund, “Ghana is at high risk of debt distress and faces exceptionally high gross financing needs”. In an exclusive email conversation with Business Finder, the fund recommended a change in the country’s borrowing strategy, to consider changing market conditions when assessing […]
By Jean-Pierre Campagne April 8 N’Djamena (AFP) – In the dry searing heat of Chad’s capital N’Djamena, a single face stares out from election campaign billboards, President Idriss Deby’s, though 14 candidates are running in Sunday’s presidential poll. After 26 years at the helm of the vast largely barren nation that is Africa’s fifth biggest, […]
A South African anti-apartheid veteran has called on President Jacob Zuma to resign following a scandal over improper spending at his private home. Ahmed Kathrada, who was jailed alongside Nelson Mandela, said that Mr Zuma’s resignation would end a “crisis of confidence” in the government. Mr Zuma said on Friday he would repay the money […]
by Lily Kuo The University of Cambridge has removed and may return to Nigeria a bronze statue of a cockerel that was stolen during a violent British raid in the late 19th century. In response to calls from students, the British university’s Jesus College took down the statue, better known as “okukor.” The statue has […]
When a Chinese clothing company swooped in and offered to sponsor Kenya’s famed runners, Nike panicked, Kenyan officials say. “Can we talk about the situation?” a Nike executive wrote to a Kenyan official after hearing the news that the Kenyans wanted to end their deal with Nike. “You and I go back a long way.” […]