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 Keith Somerville Africa inherited its borders – they were not created by those who live within them, are divided by them or who cannot easily trade across them. The many straight lines on the map (or even the wiggly ones that follow rivers or other features) are one of the banes of the continent. […]
By Faiza Jama Mohamed Female genital mutilation is a global outrage, with 100-140 million women and girls affected worldwide. Since 1992, Equality Now has been working to end all forms of violence and discrimination against women and girls. Eliminating FGM globally is one of our key priorities. Although progress has been slow at times, recent […]
Arusha — A special tribunal to try Chad’s ex-dictator Hissène Habré, two former Rwandan ministers acquitted, and a Congolese acquitted by the International Criminal Court still detained in an asylum seekers’ centre in the Netherlands. These are some of the top stories of the week. SENEGAL/HABRE Tribunal to try Habré: Senegal on Friday inaugurated a […]
Nairobi — The recent execution in Somalia of a soldier convicted of rape and the detention of a journalist investigating sexual assault have given the traditionally taboo issue of gender-based violence an usual degree of prominence. Even the president has weighed in. Speaking from Washington, DC, where he met with US President Barack Obama on […]
By Mohammed S. Shehu Western interventionist policies in Africa, culture of impunity by African leaders and unviable structures created by colonial powers were the factors responsible for the inability of many African countries to properly tackle challenges of nation building, Director of the Africa Research and Development Agency Dr Sule Bello said in Abuja yesterday. […]
The United Nations General Assembly today established a working group that will focus on the design of a set of sustainable development goals (SDGs) to promote global prosperity, reduce poverty and advance social equity and environmental protection. The 30-member working group, which will consist of countries from all regions, will prepare a report containing a […]
By Eleanor Whitehead The International Finance Corporation is set to launch its first naira-denominated bond. The International Finance Corporation will issue a five-year naira-denominated bond aimed to deepen Nigeria’s non-sovereign debt market. The private sector arm of the World Bank winds up investor meetings in Abuja and Lagos today, and will auction the paper “imminently”, […]
By Blake Evans-Pritchard Although the United States remains outside the International Criminal Court, ICC, it is increasingly showing support for the court, and more generally for international efforts to bring the perpetrators of atrocities to justice. Over the past 12 months, the US government has ratcheted up efforts to catch Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony, […]
By Walter Menya Plan to give existing African court powers to handle international-scale crimes come under scrutiny as skeptics question whether it could be independent and sustainable. Ahead of an African Union summit in Addis Ababa this week, legal experts are urging caution over plans to expand the jurisdiction of the African Court on Human […]
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday described the Islamic terror group, Boko Haram, as a threat not only to Nigeria, but also to the entire African continent and called for international efforts to curb its activities. Jonathan, while fielding questions on a CNN program, Amanpour, from the World Economic Forum, Davos said the sect was not fuelled […]