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."
FRANCK KUWONU Gorée Island, off the coast of Dakar, is a somber reminder of the transatlantic slave trade. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, it embodies both the duty to remember and the challenges of passing on a painful past. But Gorée is not stuck in history; it’s an inhabited island, where heritage preservation, […]
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has warned ministers against dozing off during meetings, attributing their lack of attentiveness to “indulgence” and an absence of self-control. “In cabinet somebody’s sleeping at 10 hours – the question is where were they… if you can start conking there? To me that is a crime, a serious crime,” Hichilema said […]
Belgium responds by saying Rwandan diplomats no longer welcome as ties fray over respective roles in the DRC conflict. Rwanda says it has cut diplomatic ties with Belgium and ordered all of the European country’s diplomats to leave the country within 48 hours, drawing a swift response from Brussels. In a statement on Monday, March […]
Uganda’s role in eastern DR Congo has largely gone under the radar during recent violence but its complex approach aims to secure long-standing security and economic interests in the mineral-rich area, experts say. Backed by Rwanda, the M23 armed group has swept through the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, taking two regional capitals. […]
ZAHEER CASSIM Researchers warn that type 2 diabetes could affect millions more people in the coming decades after a study published this month revealed the disease is rising far faster among people in sub-Saharan Africa than previously thought. Take 51-year-old security guard Sibusiso Sithole, for example. Being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes came as a […]
France does not want “war with Algeria” but the North African nation is “aggressing” France by refusing to accept deportees, French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said on Wednesday, March 19. “We are not bellicose, we do not want war with Algeria. It is Algeria that is aggressing us,” Retailleau told Sud Radio. The minister’s comments […]
Zimbabwe expressed pride Friday, March 21 at the appointment of its sports minister as International Olympic Committee president but there was also criticism of the state of sports under Kirsty Coventry’s watch. The 41-year-old Zimbabwean, who has contributed seven of Zimbabwe’s overall Olympic medals tally of eight, on Thursday March 20, became the first woman […]
ANTOINETTE Antoinette RADFORD Warning: This report contains details of sexual assaults. Reader discretion is advised. Armed forces in Sudan’s ongoing civil war are perpetrating systematic sexual violence against young children, with one-year-olds the youngest survivors of rape, according to a new report from UNICEF, the United Nations’ (UN) children’s agency. The UNICEF report, released Tuesday, […]
BABA AHMED Mali said on Wednesday, March 5, it was suspending licenses for foreign artisanal gold mining companies after a series of fatal accidents in the West African country, one of Africa’s top three gold producers. Gen. Assimi Goita, president of Mali’s transitional government, ordered “the suspension of artisanal mining permits granted to foreigners,” according […]
MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN Nearly 100 people were killed and up to 60 others wounded when members of the Islamic State terror group launched a deadly attack on a military base belonging to security forces from Somalia’s Puntland region, officials said Tuesday, February 11. At least 27 Puntland soldiers and more than 70 militants were slain […]