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."
A SURVIVOR hidden in a tree says he watched Boko Haram firebomb huts and heard the screams of children burning to death, among 86 people officials say died in the latest attack by Nigeria’s homegrown Islamic extremists. Scores of charred corpses and bodies with bullet wounds littered the streets from Saturday night’s attack on Dalori […]
Written by Malaria Consortium Malaria was the cause of over 430,000 deaths last year, despite good progress in recent years and in sub-Saharan Africa a child dies every minute from the disease. Pneumonia is the single biggest killer of children worldwide, accounting for nearly a million deaths in 2015. Combined with diarrhoea and acute malnutrition, […]
Abuakwa North Member of Parliament, Joseph Boakye Danquah Adu, has been stabbed to death at his residence at Shiashie in Accra. It is not clear whether the New Patriotic Party (NPP) legislator was killed by armed robbers or a hitman but police have begun investigations into the killing. Greater Accra Region Police Commander, COP George […]
The Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Mr Min Zhu, has cautioned the government against borrowing to pay interest on its loans. The caution comes as interest payment has become a major factor behind the country’s fiscal deterioration, besides wages and salaries, and requires serious attention. In the 2016 Budget, interest payments […]
ADDIS ABABA, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) — Since childhood, Ethiopian Asme- lash Zeferu has dreamed to become a pilot. Decades later, although not a pilot, the 35-year-old built his own plane. The aircraft with a two-seat cockpit was made from pieces of material including wood, metal, and aluminum. Born in Tigray region, northern Ethiopia, Asmelash has […]
A South African king who is a nephew of the late Nelson Mandela has begun a 12-year prison sentence for kidnap- ping, assault and arson. King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo reported to prison after his legal attempts to overturn his conviction failed. The case against King Dalindyebo was related to a dispute he had with some of […]
The international community is keeping a close watch on Burundi. The UN, African Union and the European Union have all warned that political division threatens to create a deep and violent regional crisis in the East African state. Some observers speak of “possible genocide” as the conflict which erupted after the controversial re-election of President […]
In 2011, Shell and Eni paid US$1.1bn for one of West Africa’s largest oil fields, situated off the coast of Nigeria. The payment was equivalent to 80% of Nigeria’s proposed 2015 health budget, but the money did not benefit the country’s citizens. Instead it went to a company called Malabu Oil and Gas, which was […]
When Muhammadu Buhari clinched victory in Nigeria’s presidential elections in March, stocks soared as investors looked to the former military ruler to reverse decades of economic mismanagement and policy inertia. Now hopes have fizzled in his ability to turn around Africa’s largest economy and oil producer. Money that flowed into stocks and bonds in the […]
Government has rubbished reports that Ghana has been ranked the second most corrupt country in Africa. One of the indicators in the latest survey by Transparency International puts Ghana among the three worst performing countries with the highest perception of corruption. Ghana came second to South Africa followed by Nigeria in third place. The majority […]