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 Boureima Balima and Jennifer Lazuta Boko Haram came to 25-year-old Fanna Liman Mustafa’s home in Baga in northeastern Nigeria in November and burnt it to the ground. She took her four children and fled across the border into Niger. As fate has it, she is one of the lucky ones. The Islamist militants returned […]
By Sylvestre Tetchiada More than a week after floods caused by heavy rain in Cameroon’s economic capital, Douala, killed at least four people and destroyed the homes and businesses of thousands of others, displacing at least 2,000 people and directly affecting more than 30,000, the city remains devastated. Fallen electric poles are a grim reminder […]
The National Diabetes Association (NDA) Ghana is frantically chasing a $40 million lifeline from the World Diabetes Foundation (WDF) which appears to have disappeared in a black hole. According to the association, the money was given to the Ghanaian partner, National Diabetes Management and Research Centre, at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, headed by Prof Albert […]
The civil war in Libya has made it easier for smugglers to transport people through the country. As a result, the number of people fleeing war and poverty in Africa and the Middle East to reach Europe via the Mediterranean Sea has surged since last year. So far this year more than 1,800 migrants may […]
By Kristy Siegfried The European Commission has fleshed out its plans to manage record levels of irregular migration to the European Union’s shores, but there are still question marks around how, when and to what degree the proposals will be implemented. Here’s an overview of the key issues and potential stumbling blocks: Resettlement scheme The […]
y Dr. Uchenna Ekwo Nigeria’s President-elect Muhammad Buhari is being inaugurated today as the country’s third democratically elected president since its return to constitutional democracy in 1999. Since his election in March, a lot has been said about the historic transition of power from an incumbent president to an opposition candidate. Many have savored Nigeria’s […]
On International Albinism Day (13.06.2015), rights groups are raising awareness of the plights of albinos. In East Africa, albinos are considered outsiders and in Tanzania they face daily threats to their lives. Mohamed Mabula does not have it easy. He fends for his family with a small bicycle taxi business in Ndembezi, a village in […]
Ghana’s high debt burden, reduced debt affordability and large gross borrowing requirements are among the key credit constraints reflected in its B3 rating with a negative outlook, Moody’s Investors Service says in its annual Credit Analysis for the Government of Ghana published today. The concurrence of economic headwinds and adverse commodity export developments amid a […]
by Kwabena Opong The death of Upper East Regional Chairman of Ghana’s main opposition party New Patriotic Party (NPP) sounds an unfortunate warning to the Danquah/Busia tradition that it has gone too far with the feuds and distrust that has engulfed the party. Mr. Adams Mahama was killed May 21 when an assailant spilled a […]
The smugglers are not one cohesive organisation, getting to the kingpins is near impossible, and air strikes won’t keep migrants from trying to make the trip In the small Libyan port of Zuwara, one of the main points of departure for migrants seeking to reach Italy, dozens if not hundreds of fishing boats line the […]