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."
Neda Boin (22), Sierd van der Bij (23) and Christiaan Triebert (21) are the lucky Dutch trio who began on 1 October a three-month-long hitchhiking trip from Groningen in the Netherlands to Cape Town, South Africa. They are part of the Thumbs Up Africa project, which aims at raising global awareness about sustainability. Sierd kicks […]
By Phyllis D. Osabutey THE WEST African Gas Pipeline Company (WAPCo) says it has begun repairs of its damaged pipelines that occasioned a load shedding exercise in the country over the past one month. According to the Managing Director (MD) of WAPCo, Mr. Charles Adeniji, the company will at the latest complete and resume […]
By Marishka Van Steenbergen Nyamizi, a 73-year-old widow from Sukumaland, Tanzania, was returning home from work one night when she was attacked by a man with a machete. He chopped off her hand and slashed her head, knocking her unconscious. She had earlier received a threatening letter telling her to leave her village. Nyamizi […]
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 […]
By Marishka Van Steenbergen Nyamizi, a 73-year-old widow from Sukumaland, Tanzania, was returning home from work one night when she was attacked by a man with a machete. He chopped off her hand and slashed her head, knocking her unconscious. She had earlier received a threatening letter telling her to leave her village. Nyamizi […]
By Matthew Onah It was a black Independence Day for the inhabitants of Mubi town, Adamawa State, as at least 46 persons, mostly students of three tertiary institutions, in the town were massacred in cold blood on Monday night by unknown gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram. The casualties, believed to […]
Addis Ababa — Sudan rejected a proposal submitted by the African Union mediation aiming at breaking the deadlock over Abyei referendum saying it ignored that the eligibility of Misseriya was the main cause of discord. Khartoum was reacting to the proposal on the final status of Abyei by the African Union High Implementation Panel (AUHIP) […]
By Yetneberk Tadele Following the death of the late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi made public, Ethiopians have been overwhelmed with activities in his memory, as his unexpected death left the nation in a grip of uncertainty. The induction to office of his successor was hoped to break a month long ambiguity over the historically […]
By Dominic Wabala Nairobi — Kenya Defence Forces and their Somalia National Army counterparts fighting al Shabaab in Somalia’s Lower Jubba area have begun investigations into the circumstances leading to the killing of seven Somali men in Jana Cabdalla village on Sunday. Seven civilians all men, were reportedly shot dead by Amisom troops marching […]
By Intagrist El Ansari Nouakchott — Since the Tuareg rebellion and the capture of north Mali by Islamist groups, refugees have been overwhelming M’Bera. This camp in south-western Mauritania is home to over 107,000 occupants. And here it is youth who are playing the most important role: not only in terms of internal organization, […]