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."
PORT HARCOURT, 4 November 2015 (IRIN) – The thick, acrid smoke billowing above the tree line is the telltale sign of local refining of stolen crude oil in Nigeria’s troubled Niger Delta. It is an environmentally catastrophic business, in a region already fouled by the spills and pollution of the international oil companies, who for […]
Former President Hilla Limann was not a weak leader as he was perceived by his critics, just because he did not arrest coup leader Jerry John Rawlings and “eliminate” him, Prof Ivan Addae-Mensah, former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana has said. Limann led Ghana from September 24, 1979, to December 31, 1981. He came […]
DAKAR, 1 October 2015 (IRIN) – Burkina Faso’s interim government adopted a decree last week dissolving the Presidential Security Regiment, which mounted a short-lived coup two weeks ago. But despite promises to disarm and subsequent interventions by the army, some RSP members still refuse to give up their weapons, leaving many to wonder if the […]
BANGUI, 6 October 2015 (IRIN) – Six days of fighting that ended in Central African Republic’s capital last week has left a heavy toll: dozens dead, hundreds wounded, thousands displaced, and hope of an imminent resolution to the country’s protracted and complex political crisis fading fast. The latest fighting was triggered on 26 September by […]
Accra — The news that high profile judges were filmed while taking bribes has sent shock waves through Ghana. The revelations came after two years of undercover work by the country’s foremost investigative journalist. 22 of the judges who took bribes sit in lower courts in Ghana. They were caught on video and audio recordings […]
By Prince Collins Monrovia — More than 5,900 Liberian children lost one or both parents to Ebola. Some are with a surviving parent, others found loving homes with friends or relatives, but many have been left orphaned on the streets or are finding it tough to adapt to new lives with host families. Sitting outside […]
Refugees from all across the world – including Africans hoping for a respite from their many problems – have been pouring into Germany. But Germany does not always live up to Michael Williams, a 29-year-old from Nigeria, lives with 20 other African refugees in a hostel in Bornheim, western Germany. His room, which normally would […]
By Fred Muvunyi (AFP, Reuters) Burkina Faso’s interim government announced on October , that General Gilbert Diendere and his accomplices are to face military justice after their short-lived coup. The leader of Burkina Faso’s brief coup was in police custody on Oct 1 after handing himself in. Meanwhile the authorities have ramped up a probe […]
By Emeka Aginam A Nigerian, Ogbonnaya Bassey has won the young innovators competition in the ITU Telecom World 2015 Young Innovators competition sponsored by Intel. The Young Innovators Competition is an integral part of ITU Telecom World events and seeks gifted young entrepreneurs with ideas for innovative social enterprises, in response to a series of […]
Thousands of protestors have taken to the streets of South Africa to march against corruption. There is growing frustration over the government’s involvement in graft scandals and stubborn inequality in society at large. Organizers hope the marches will evolve into a broad civic movement campaigning against corruption in the government and public services. DW has […]