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."
He was once one of the most feared men in Libya. Now Abdullah al-Senussi, Muammar Gaddafi’s former spy chief, is back in the country – after being … ( Resource: Gaddafi Spy Chief in Libyan Hands Tripoli — Muammar Gadhafi’s former spy chief Abdullah al-Senussi was taken into Libyan government custody on Wednesday after being […]
By Irene Naidoo Durban — From preventing children from being used in armed conflicts to putting a stop to killer diseases, an effective civil registration system and accurate vital statistics can improve lives on the African continent. This is according Dr. Dimitri Sanga, Director at the African Centre for Statistics at the United Nations […]
Angola’s democracy is about to turn another page as the nation votes under its new constitution. Women wait outside a polling station in Sumbe town, to cast their votes in the country’s first national elections.(PHOTO ESSAY: Angola Faces New Era With Third Election ) Luanda — The Electoral Observation Mission of the African Union (AU) […]
press release 31st August 2012 is Africa Traditional Medicine Day. The theme for marking the Day is “A Decade of Traditional Medicine Development: What Are the Impacts?” Ghana has since 1991 followed a consistent policy of developing aspects of traditional medicine that has the potential of contributing immensely to healthcare in the country. The […]
By Eleanor Whitehead As the US announces a new strategy for Africa, its delay in extending a crucial preferential trade agreement has cost thousands of African jobs. Is America losing competitiveness on the continent? Three years after President Obama visited Ghana on his first state trip to Africa, amid rising criticism over the lack […]
By Oluwaseun Oluwarotimi Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Desmond Tutu has called on the International Criminal Court [ICC] to try former British Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair and George Bush, a former American President for their role in the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. Tutu, the retired Anglican Church’s archbishop of South Africa, wrote on […]
By Sir Fazle Hasan Abed “We need to put the child student where she belongs, at the center of the learning process, where she can harness her skills and look forward to a prosperous adulthood,” says Sir Fazle Hasan Abed Across the developing world, more children are enrolled in formal education than ever before. […]
By Julius Phiri CARITAS-Chipata Good Governance Programmes Coordinator, Mthaziko Zulu has appealed to the judiciary to mete out stiffer punishment to anyone harassing journalists in Zambia. Mr. Zulu said the victimization and harassment of journalists was not health adding that meting out stiffer punishment would stop people victimizing journalists. He said in Chipata yesterday […]
Mogadishu, Somalia — President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed announced on Saturday that candidates rejected as members of parliament by the selection committee will be judged by Mogadishu’s high court, Garowe Online reports. President Sharif at a press conference on Saturday night stated that Mogadishu’s high court would be giving the final judgment on candidates rejected by […]
Lafia, Katsina, Minna, Yola — Floods wreaked havoc in several states in the North at the weekend, killing at least 15 people in Adamawa State and another four in Niger State. Hundreds of homes and farmlands were destroyed in floods in Katsina State, while roadways and bridges were submerged in Nasarawa State. The Adamawa flood […]