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."
The 2012 Vice Presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has alleged that the Bank of Ghana, under governing National Democratic Congress, has spent $6.5 billion from 2009 to date, but has failed to stabilise the value of the Ghana cedi. In a press statement, submitted by the communications team of […]
By Javier Blas In London/Financial Times Ghana, the country that epitomised the ‘Africa rising’ narrative of strong economic growth and improved governance, is to seek help from the International Monetary Fund. The reversal of fortunes underlines the challenges the continent still faces. The west African nation will turn to the fund for financial assistance after […]
Aminu Abubakar, for CNN Kano, Nigeria (CNN) — Suspected Boko Haram militants kidnapped at least 20 young women over the weekend in northeastern Nigeria, 8 kilometers from a town where more than 200 schoolgirls were taken nearly two months ago, local officials said Monday. The incident in the village of Garkin Fulani is the latest […]
The world must do more to unleash Africa’s full potential in agriculture, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said while also urging the continent’s leaders and development partners to combat growing social and economic inequalities. “Greater equity presents a common challenge to the continent as a whole and can help foster peace and stability,” Secretary-General […]
by Husseini Yushau BabalWaiz The recent kidnapping of the 276 Nigerian school girls by the Islamist group—Boko Haram, (a phrase in Hausa language that means; western education is unlawful) has generated immense passion and attention from around the world. The media attention has been obsessive and viral. The hash tag created on social media; #Bring […]
MAMDOUH THABET, The Associated Press MINYA, Egypt (AP) — An Egyptian judge sentenced to death the Muslim Brotherhood’s spiritual leader and 682 other people Monday in the latest in a series of high-stakes mass trials that have been unprecedented in scope, drawing sharp condemnation from international rights groups. The verdicts — which were appealed by […]
by Adeleke Mainasara Education Ministers in Africa are key to Africa’s rising to occupy its place in the global arena, Dr. Martial De-Paul Ikounga, Commissioner for Human Resources Science and Technology (HRST) of the AU said at the opening of the Sixth Ordinary Session of the Conference of Ministers of Education of the African Union […]
Some of the schoolgirls abducted by suspected militant Islamists in northern Nigeria are believed to have been taken to neighbouring states, a local leader has told the BBC. Pogo Bitrus said there had been “sightings” of gunmen crossing with the girls into Cameroon and Chad. Some of the girls had been forced to marry the […]
US Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday May 2 made a surprise visit to South Sudan where a power struggle between supporters of President Salva Kiir and his rival, former deputy president Riek Machar, has been raging since December 2013. Both sides have been accused of widespread atrocities. Before Kerry met with President Kiir, […]
and private collections, out of the reach of their true owners’ hearts, minds and memories. In a recently-released film, The Monuments Men, in which a group of Second World War soldiers embark upon a mission to save pieces of art before they are destroyed by the Nazis, Lieutenant Frank Stokes, played by George Clooney, notes: […]