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."
by By Jared Ferrie Weapons manufactured by China and sold to Sudan have been funnelled to rebels in South Sudan, where two Chinese peacekeepers were recently killed. The London-based Conflict Armament Research group has told IRIN that in May it documented 1,300 boxes of ammunition captured by the government military, which is still referred to […]
By Eka Williams Africa is home to approximately two-thirds of the global population living with HIV and— despite a decline in HIV infection rates and AIDS mortality— the epidemic continues to take a toll across the continent. At the same time, Africa is also home to 15 of the 20 countries with the highest prevalence […]
By Samuel Okiror Uganda’s announcement earlier last month that it plans to withdraw troops hunting the feared Lord’s Resistance Army has triggered alarm that it could encourage a resurgence in attacks and abductions by the notorious rebel group. Uganda has 2,500 troops, backed by US special forces, hunting the LRA and its elusive leader Joseph […]
By Dasmani Laary in Accra Ghana has threatened to crackdown on hate speech following claims by an opposition legislator that the head of the country’s electoral body got her job after sleeping with influential people as well as threats by two political commentators to kill certain judges. Kennedy Ayapong, a Member of Parliament claimed Electoral […]
By Tiffany Ap, CNN Helium may best be known as the lighter-than-air gas used to fill party balloons, but it’s also key to medical applications like MRI scans and for nuclear power. For years, there have been global shortages of the element — Tokyo Disneyland was once forced to suspend sales of its helium […]
When conducted in a true democratic spirit and not just as an exercise justifying an otherwise undemocratic hold on power, elections can deepen democracy, resolve conflict and bestow on a government the legitimacy necessary to govern effectively,” former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has said. He was speaking at a recent high-level meeting on elections […]
by Abayomi Azikiwe, Editor, Pan-African News Wire In February of 2008 under the administration of President George W. Bush, Jr., the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) was officially launched with its base in Stuttgart, Germany. The reasoning behind the creation of AFRICOM has evolved over the last eight years from being a necessary security measure […]
Critics of Gambia’s government are increasingly fearful of arrest, torture and imprisonment as the west African nation clamps down on free speech ahead of polls expected to land President Yahya Jammeh a fifth term, Amnesty International said Thursday. Opposition politicians, journalists, human rights defenders and religious figures have all faced a crackdown on their right […]
By Ivan R. Mugisha Rwanda plans to remove visa requirements for African nationals travelling to the country by 2018, as it seeks to woo more investors and tourists from the continent. This is in line with an African Union target of abolishing visa requirements for Africans in African countries by 2018. The 2016 Africa Visa […]
A special court in Senegal on Monday sentenced former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre to life in prison after convicting him of rape and crimes against humanity. “Hissene Habre, this court finds you guilty of crimes against humanity, rape, forced slavery, and kidnapping,” said Gberdao Gustave Kam, president of the special court. Habre was also found […]