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."
This report names some of the major banks who have done business with corrupt regimes. By accepting these customers, banks are assisting those who are using state assets to enrich themselves or brutalise their own people. This corruption denies the world’s poorest people the chance to lift themselves out of poverty and leaves them dependent […]
Nigerian troops have arrested a suspected financier of the extremist sect, Boko Haram, the army said Tuesday. Mohammed Maina, who sells and supplies stimulants used by the insurgents, was arrested in Bama, Bama Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno State, the army said. “The suspect a native of Ngurosoye came from Shuari village in Bama […]
by Désiré Nimubona More than 130 people have been killed in Burundi since April. BUJUMBURA, 5 octobre 2015 (IRIN) – It’s not unusual to find dead bodies in Bujumbura these days. We discover them on the streets, in drainage channels, bushes and rivers. The UN has registered 134 killings since April, when President Pierre Nkurunziza […]
Dr. Anita Davis-DeFoe This was the first of more than 20 trips to West Africa that the couple has taken over the years. Africa became a compulsion. The couple first went to Africa to buy an African beer named Mamba. Over the years, the couple’s interest made an about-face. Africa was initially viewed exclusively as […]
By Fragkiska Megaloudi and Jennifer Lazuta ABUJA/DAKAR, 11 September 2015 (IRIN) – Families driven out of villages, farmers unable to tend crops, food stocks of entire communities raided: Boko Haram’s impact on the people of Western and Central Africa lingers long after the rape and slaughter. More than 5.5 million people living in conflict areas […]
by Kwabena Opong The Council of Elders in the NPP September 10 recommended to the Disciplinary Committee that the party’s national chairman Paul Afoko be suspended until the end of the general elections in 2016. This follows a meeting held to discuss reports on the activities of the chairman and General Secretary Kwabena Agyapong since […]
by By Katarina Höije, Bamako Many people in northern Mali had high hopes their lives would improve following the signing of a peace deal in June, but the ongoing fighting in the north of the country is increasingly threatening the livelihoods of millions, affecting everything from access to food, water, education and grazing. Since the […]
Every day, thousands of refugees arrive in Germany. But many African refugees do not see the journey over the Mediterranean as their first choice: hundreds of thousands are hoping for a better life in South Africa. They travel thousands of kilometers in trucks, cooped up like animals in the small cargo area. The young men’s […]
By Kristy Siegfried OXFORD, 4 September 2015 (IRIN) In the face of a surge in migrant arrivals, the EU Commission has urged member states to take a tougher stance on rapidlyreturning migrants who don’t qualify for asylum, but a European Court of Human Rights judgement this week may make countries think twice about fast-tracking repatriations. […]
The Vice Presidential candidate of Ghana’s opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia says claims by his party that there are some Togolese and other West African nationals registered to vote in Ghana are not unfounded. He said contrary to the response given by the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) suggesting that the NPP […]