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 Nigerian army has done little to counter the advancing Islamist militia as they head towards the northern city of Maiduguri. With soldiers deserting, residents have fled towns and villages. Over one million people live in thecity of the northern Nigerian state of Borno and Boko Haram fighters are moving ever closer. Gwoza, Bama, Gulak, […]
Barely a week after a major debate about the dwindling quality of education in Ghana, a new survey has also revealed that majority of pupils in basic schools can neither read nor understand English or any Ghanaian Language properly. This was published in the National Education Assessment (NEA) report. The survey was carried out by […]
by Drew Hinshaw in Gombe, Nigeria, and Dion Nissenbaum in Washington Recent U.S. surveillance flights over northeastern Nigeria showed what appeared to be large groups of girls held together in remote locations, raising hopes among domestic and foreign officials that they are among the group that Boko Haram abducted from a boarding school in April, […]
By Holly Yan and Josh Levs A nurse in Nigeria. A businessman in Saudi Arabia. A Spanish priest in Liberia. With the World Health Organization announcing Wednesday that 932 deaths had been reported or confirmed as a result of Ebola hemorrhagic fever, Saudi Arabia joined the list of countries with suspected cases. “This is the […]
by Sarah Boseley US tells Nigeria region would have to wait months for supplies because such small quantities exist, says health minister West African patients infected with the Ebola virus will not have access to experimental drugs being used to treat American cases of the disease for several months, if at all, Nigerian health authorities […]
In Uganda, an anti-gay law that triggered cuts in Western aid, has been thrown out on a technicality. Rights groups welcome the move, but say colonial-era penalties on homosexuality remain in force. A Ugandan court struck down an anti-gay law on Friday, saying it had been wrongly passed by parliament and was null and void. […]
By Alanna Petroff Just over two years ago, it was President Obama’s model African nation. Now Ghana is looking for a bailout. The small West African nation won many admirers for growing rapidly and reducing poverty. But the poster child for progress in Africa, hailed by Obama in March 2012 as a “wonderful success story,” […]
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 […]