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."
Cape Town – President Jacob Zuma has called on the business sector to seize investment and trade opportunities in Burundi following his first official meeting with Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza. President Jacob Zuma said this when briefing journalists at Tuynhuys in Parliament on Tuesday when he received the Burundi President on his first ever official […]
The African Union (AU) has given Burkina Faso’s military a two-week deadline to hand power to a civilian ruler or face sanctions. The AU said the army had acted unconstitutionally when it took over after President Blaise Compaore was forced to resign on Friday. The military said a civilian-led transitional government would be established as […]
By Tim Cocks OTA, Nigeria, Oct 12 (Reuters) – When a guesthouse belonging to one of Nigeria’s leading Christian pastors collapsed last month, killing 115 mostly South African pilgrims, attention focused on the multimillion-dollar “megachurches” that form a huge, untaxed sector of Africa’s top economy. Hundreds of millions of dollars change hands each year in […]
Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Phoebe Parke and Florence Obondo Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) — On the bustling streets of Nairobi, hundreds of motorcyclists are weaving in and out of the already congested traffic. Without fear of incident, countless drivers put themselves at risk every day on these gridlocked roads. Up to 13,000 people die in traffic accidents on […]
As Spain reports the first case of Ebola contracted on EU soil, DW speaks to one of Germany’s leading virologists Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit about the threat the deadly virus may pose to Europe. There was always a chance that the virus would be imported to Europe, but the fact that it was contracted by a nurse […]
By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent LONDON, Oct 5 Scientists have used Ebola disease spread patterns and airline traffic data to predict a 75 percent chance the virus could be imported to France by October 24, and a 50 percent chance it could hit Britain by that date. Those numbers are based on air […]
A top official in the office of Nigeria’s National Security Advisor (NSA) told AFP that the country had an agreement to buy $5.7-million worth of military hardware in a deal brokered by a South African firm. The official, who asked that his name be withheld, said Pretoria had frozen the cash wired to the South […]
By Russell Padmore Business reporter Mobile phone users in Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda will soon enjoy cheaper cross border calls, after telecom operators agreed to cut roaming charges. Charges for making or receiving calls in other countries in East Africa will be cut by more than 60%. Kenya’s communications minister revealed mobile phone users would […]
The President, Mr John Dramani Mahama, has urged Ghanaians in the diaspora to make a strong case to the Electoral Commission (EC) to implement the Representation of the People Amendment Law (ROPAL) passed in 2006. He said the directive issued by the Supreme Court in its ruling on the 2012 Presidential Election Petition to the […]
by Peter Huck Demographics alone — its 1.1b people will double by 2050 — means African continent can’t be ignored. As Muammar Gaddafi’s regime began to unravel in 2011, amid chaotic fighting between Libya’s military and rebels, foreign nations rushed to withdraw their citizens. The rescued included about 35,000 Chinese workers in an evacuation supported […]