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 F. Brinley Bruton, Rohit Kachroo and Becky Bratu, NBC News QUNU, South Africa – Speeches, songs and artillery fire rang out across Nelson Mandela’s childhood home on Sunday as South Africa said a final farewell to the man who united the country when it teetered on the edge of bloody conflict. “A great tree has […]
Harare — ELECTION rigging allegations involving Nikuv International Projects (NIP), a shadowy Israeli security company which deals with voters’ rolls and handling of election results, deepened this week amid revelations the former Mossad spooks used several methods, including producing different copies of the voters’ rolls and setting up sneaky polling stations, to fix elections in […]
By Adu Domfeh, AfricaNews Reporter in Accra, Ghana The first-ever genetically modified (GM) crop to be planted in Ghana is the Nitrogen Use Efficient (NUE) rice. The Crops Research Institute (CRI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is presently conducting the field trails in the Ashanti region. Other crops like sweet […]
Petitioners in the Election Petition hearing have accused the Electoral Commission Chairman of misleading the court by printing four sets of pink sheets for each polling station. The Electoral Commission has always held the position that it printed only two sets of pink sheets for the 2012 election. But when court resumed hearing on the […]
By Aaron Hall and Sasha Lezhnev There is a new urgency to the latest round of talks in Kampala between the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and its foes in the M23 rebel group. For several months the parties have been going around in circles on issues ranging from a comprehensive political transition […]
By Imogen Mathers London — There is a widespread belief across the global development sector that aid project accountability is not only a moral obligation, but can also transform project effectiveness, sustainability and efficiency, according to a report launched last week (21 June). But tangible evidence of the link between accountability and effectiveness remains patchy, […]
By Dele Momodu Fellow Africans, this is a very tense moment for all of us, from Pretoria to Cairo. First, our greatest statesman, Madiba Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, the first Black President of South Africa, is lying critically ill in the hospital and apparently hanging to a life support machine for life. May God almighty be […]
By David Garmaise Earlier this year, the Global Fund approved 10 re-submitted proposals under the Transitional Funding Mechanism (TFM) with a total value of $82.2 million. The original proposals from these applicants had been rated Category 4 by the Technical Review Panel (TRP), which meant that the proposals were not recommended for funding but that […]
Niamey — Further to the sixth African Union Conference of Ministers of Economy and Finance and Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the launch of yearly Economic Report on Africa (ERA) 2013, will be organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Sub-Regional […]
By Jan Piotrowski Developing countries are the most efficient innovators, achieving results in areas such as scientific research, infrastructure and technology production with relatively low inputs, a report indicates. But an “innovation divide” persists because overall innovation levels still lag well behind those of richer nations, according to ‘The Global Innovation Index 2013’, launched this […]