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."
An anti-gay group in Liberia distributed fliers over the weekend with a hit list of people who support gay rights, and one member of the group threatened to “get to them one by one.” The fliers mark the latest development in an increasingly hostile national debate about gay rights in this country on Africa’s western […]
Shortages in Mali as coup sanctions start Malians scramble to stockpile fuel and other items as post-coup embargo by West African neighbors begins to take hold. Malians have lined up outside gas stations holding jerry cans, water bottles and plastic jugs, as the West African nation braces itself for sanctions imposed as a consequence of […]
Walter Nana Wilson The African Union, AU, has given a resounding support to the candidacy of Nigerian Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for president of the World Bank. Nominations for the post expired on Friday, March 23. In a statement, the AU said the “impeccable credentials of Dr. Okonjo-Iweala make her the best candidate for […]
The West African regional body Ecowas has suspended Mali after last week’s military coup. A delegation of several Ecowas heads of state is to go to Mali to press the coup leaders to restore democracy. The decision to suspend Mali was taken at an emergency meeting held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. “We cannot allow this […]
Buya Jammeh, AfricaNews reporter in Dakar, Senegal The African Union and ECOWAS Observer missions have commended Senegalese for the political maturity shown during the presidential run-off poll; the missions further stated that Senegal’s election in which incumbent President Abdoulaye Wade conceded defeat was an example to all African leaders Speaking to journalists at a press […]
Misheck Rusere, AfricaNews reporter in Harare, Zimbabwe Zimbabwe’s much touted literacy rate of more than 90% has been disputed as having been outdated since the figures are based on data collected by UNESCO and the government more than a decade ago. We roughly estimate that the literacy rate for those over 15 is dropping […]
By the CNN Wire Staff Envoy cites “imminent and growing danger” in explaining failure to inform Rome sooner Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) — In a meeting Friday with his Italian counterpart, British Foreign Secretary William Hague sought to explain why Rome had not been consulted before a failed rescue attempt that resulted in the deaths […]
LONDON (AFP) – The Libyan transitional government on Friday won possession of a plush London mansion belonging to a son of the late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi. High Court judge Andrew Popplewell said he was satisfied that the swanky eight-bedroom neo-Georgian house was “wrongfully and unlawfully” purchased by 38-year-old Saadi Kadhafi’s company using Libyan state […]
The Advertising Association of Ghana (AAG) has expressed grave concern over campaign advertisement by political parties during general elections, pledging it would organize ethical tutorials for the parties to moderate the already charged atmosphere. Mr. Joel E. Nettey, Vice President of AAG gave the assurance when the Executive Council of the Association paid a courtesy […]
A campaign by US activists to capture alleged Ugandan war criminal Joseph Kony has gone viral on the web. Invisible Children’s half-hour film on the use of child soldiers by Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army has been viewed nearly 10 million times on YouTube. The group aims to bring Kony to justice at the International Criminal […]