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."
BY ELIAS MESERET ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — African leaders agreed to send 7,500 troops to fight the Boko Haram insurgency in northeast Nigeria, an African Union official said Saturday, as the international community, including long-time foes the U.S. and Iran, rallied in support of Nigeria against the militants. The move came after the council […]
By Robert Madu Daily and steadily, the United States, Britain and their allied passportpartners continue to lose the grip, scope and capacity of easily trashing Boko Haram as the terrorist network musters strength and sophistication. Such adds to the burden of the continent even as the entire North Africa still lives with the unending consequences […]
By NORIMITSU ONISHI MONROVIA, Liberia — Life is edging back to normal after the deadliest Ebola outbreak in history. At the height of the epidemic, Liberians met horrific deaths inside the blue-painted walls of the Nathaniel V. Massaquoi Elementary School, as classrooms became Ebola holding centers and the education of a nation’s children, shuttered in […]
Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to a $84m (£55m) settlement with residents of the Bodo community in the Niger Delta for two oil spills. Lawyers for 15,600 Nigerian fishermen say their clients will receive $3,300 each for losses caused by the spills. The remaining $30m will be left for the community, which law […]
A man found dead in Kenya over the weekend was a key witness for Deputy President William Ruto at his trial in The Hague, his lawyer has said.Meshack Yebei’s decomposed body was discovered in western Kenya after he was reportedly abducted on 28 December. The International Criminal Court (ICC) has said Mr Yebei declined to […]
ACCRA – Medical detective work will be the next big phase in the fight against Ebola when the United Nations deploys hundreds of health workers to identify chains of infection as the virus passes from person to person, top U.N. health workers said. The health teams will travel to each district and region of Guinea, […]
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s ruling National Resistance Movement has given him additional political powers ahead of possible changes to the constitution. At the NRM delegates conference in mid-December a monumental shift took place. More than 10,000 delegates assembled in Kampala approved a motion allowing the party chairman, President Museveni to appoint or dismiss party leaders. […]
TUNIS, Tunisia – Beji Caid Essebsi, an 88-year-old veteran politician, Monday December 22 won Tunisia’s first free presidential election after beating incumbent Moncef Marzouki with over 55 percent of the vote. The head of the electoral commission, Chafik Sarsar, who was visibly emotional, said Marzouki, 67, secured 44.32 percent of the vote. The former exile […]
by Dr. Kwasi Sarpong Afrifa The notion of a permanent seat for Africa on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) with all its trappings including the veto power is back on the international political and policy agenda. The new and now growing momentum for Africa is probably a reflection of the renewed importance of Africa […]
by Kwabena Opong, Accra, Ghana The flag bearer of Ghana’s leading opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) reiterated his call for education as the fuel that would oil the West African nation’s economic development and ensure a reliable future for the country. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo was delivering the second Aliu Mahama memorial lectures in […]