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."
New York — UN Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Helen Clark today urged UN Member States to focus on strengthening rule of law, which she described as critical to sustained development and stable, accountable government. “The rule of law enables citizens to invest in their own futures and exercise their rights. It enables governments to govern […]
Africa’s twin education crisis is reinforcing inequalities and fuelling political instability, according to a new report published today by the Africa Progress Panel, referring to both the quality and quantity of African education. Between 2000 and 2009, the number of children out of school dropped from 42 million to 30 million, but – with the […]
A member of the British House of Lords, David Alton, has accused a London-based charity organization, Al-Muntada Trust Fund, of financing the operations of Boko Haram. According to the London-based Guardian newspaper, the parliamentarian raised concerns about the Al-Muntada Trust Fund’s activities with Foreign Office Minister Lord Howell in July, as well as with the […]
It was not so long ago that the international community was misled into a war that United States chose to wage on Iraq. The world is yet to recover from the misadventure of U.S. president George W. Bush and his front row supporter, British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Both Bush and Blair are out […]
By Richard Davies Pretoria — Put down your weapons and stop committing violence, or face the full might of the law, Justice Minister Jeff Radebe warned striking miners on Friday. In an announcement made in Pretoria, following a meeting of security cluster ministers and other Cabinet members, he said government would no longer tolerate […]
By Sophie Van Leeuwen It’s been sleepless nights for a young man in the Netherlands ever since Gambia’s president announced that 47 prisoners would be executed this month. The news haunts this man, who immigrated to Europe for love and who on a past visit to his native Gambia, fell into the violent hands […]
By Kimeng Hilton Ndukong Members of the Senegalese Parliament on Wednesday September 12 voted overwhelmingly to scrap the country’s Senate. Radio France Internationale, RFI, reported that the move came a few days ahead of elections into the Upper House of the National Assembly initially scheduled for this Sunday, September 16. Members of the ruling […]
By Donat Muamba Mbuji Mayi, DR Congo — Despite the desperate lack of access to water for domestic use in Mwene Ditu, in the central Democratic Republic of Congo, Dieudonné Ilunga spent a good part of July blocking up residents’ wells. “They’ve dug them in old cemeteries, in newly-demarcated lots, next to toilets,” said […]
The Judicial Conduct Committee has recommended that a tribunal be appointed to investigate a complaint by Constitutional Court judges against Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe. “The committee considered that this complaint, if established, will prima facie indicate gross misconduct which may lead to impeachment,” the committee said in a statement on Thursday. “Accordingly, the […]
The Nigerian Navy says it has rescued the oil vessel, MT Abu Dhabi Star, hijacked by pirates off the Nigerian territorial waters early on Wednesday morning. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the vessel, which was carrying products belonging to Exxon Mobil when it was hijacked on Wednesday at about 3:00 a.m., had […]