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 Gashegu Muramira Displaced families find shelter at an orphanage in Goma, two days after M23 rebels claimed control of the city (file photo). 23 rebels have declared unilateral ceasefire ahead of the second round of negotiations with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government in Kampala, Uganda. This raises hope that the eastern […]
Johannesburg — The Sunday Times was in shops across the country on Sunday in spite of an eleventh hour attempt by the National Prosecuting Authority to stop distribution of copies leading with a story on the “spy tape” case relating to President Jacob Zuma. The application by the NPA was made in the High Court […]
By Ryan Truscott, 18 November 2012 Harare — A Zimbabwean mining executive has been ordered to pay a huge sum of damages to the country’s spy chief, Happyton Bonyongwe, over comments published by the whistle-blowing website Wikileaks. Andrew Cranswick, the chief executive of African Consolidated Resources, allegedly told US diplomats that Bonyongwe and other […]
By Gilles Yabi, 19 November 2012 The Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) has agreed on a revised concept of operations for the deployment of an international military force of 3,300 soldiers to help the Malian state wrest control of the northern part of the country from Islamist fighters. This step, taken […]
By Abraham Dereje, 17 November 2012 Addis Ababa — The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that Africa is lagging behind to achieve in the scheduled period would continue to be development agenda in the continent after 2015, the Africa Union Commission (AUC) said. AUC Deputy Chairperson Erastus Mwencha told a press conference held at the […]
By James Karuhanga, 19 November 2012 Rwanda is the safest country to live in Africa, the latest report by Gallup Poll shows. The Global States of Mind: New Metrics for World Leaders report says Rwanda tops the list of countries where citizens are most likely to feel safe, at 92 per cent, followed by […]
A new global initiative ensuring the social protection of the world’s poorest people is a growing necessity, two United Nations independent experts said today, noting that without such a programme, chronic unemployment, food insecurity, and natural disasters would pose continuous impediments to those seeking to emerge from poverty. In a joint news release, Magdalena Sepúlveda […]
By Eliot Pence South Africa has spent over a decade defining itself as different from the rest of Africa. Now, as its foreign policy pivots back to Africa and seeks to cash in on the continent’s growth, the country has sought to define itself as the leader of, and commercial gateway to, the continent. […]
By Yunus S Saliu Fatou Mass Jobe-Njie, the minister of Tourism and Culture last Thursday attended the 7th Annual Africa Travel Association (ATA) Presidential Forum on Tourism held in New York University, USA. The high-level event focused on the benefits of tourism, particularly in relation to the economy, environment, and people and issues that […]
Speaking on the last day of General Assembly’s high-level debate, a range of African leaders and government officials today called for greater United Nations help in combating the twin scourges of war and poverty, at the same time seeking greater representation for Africa on the Security Council. “Since 1945 the essential rules governing the workings […]