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."
Milei is carrying forward a state tradition that has long equated whiteness with progress. FEDERICO PITA In late March, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a landmark resolution, spearheaded by Ghana and backed by the African Union and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), recognizing the transatlantic slave trade and chattel slavery as the gravest crime against […]
KRISTALINA GEORGIEVA It is very appropriate that this Africa Forward Summit is being held in Kenya. Two weeks ago, a Kenyan marathon runner, Sabastian Sawe, did what had been considered impossible: by running a marathon in under two hours! What we have set ourselves here is also a marathon—and we must show the same resilience […]
Diplomacy that does not disrupt the flow of foreign weapons, finance, and logistics into Sudan is underwriting, rather than ending the war. HUBERT KINKOH It is three years since conflict broke out between the two armed centers of power in Sudan: the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The war has […]
Tensions in the Strait of Hormuz have slowed fertilizer shipments which could put harvests at risk. Here is what African states can do about it. MARTIN FREGENE & CHAKIB JENANE Food security in Africa could face major disruptions due to continuing uncertainty in the Strait of Hormuz. The conflict between the United States, Israel and […]
SERTAN SANDERSON Turkey is about to drill for oil off the Somali coast. Who stands to gain the most from the growing partnership between the two nations amid wider regional tensions involving Iran? Turkey is ready to look for oil off the coast of Somalia: The country’s deep-sea exploration vessel Cagri Bey arrived off the […]
OPE ADETAYO Lagos taxi driver Adegbola Isaac went to the gas station twice at the end of last month. Each time, the price in the Nigerian city had climbed further and hit 1,350 naira ($0.99) per liter, a nearly 35% increase since the Iran war started. That’s wiped out most of his daily profit. “It […]
US health agreements across the continent promise funding, but demand access to sensitive data and pathogen samples with few guarantees of equitable benefit-sharing. TAFI MHAKA Late in February, Zimbabwe pulled out of a proposed $367m United States health funding agreement after objecting to provisions requiring broad American access to sensitive health data. The five-year program […]
SIDI TIEMOKO TOURE & ESSAM YASSIN MOHAMMED It is an indictment on the global food system that, despite having some of the richest and most endowed natural resources in the world and a burgeoning youth population, West Africa spends more than $2 billion a year importing aquatic foods to feed its people, almost half of […]
“I would rather die before I returned to Burundi.” CLAYTON BOEYINK, JEAN-BENOIT FALISSE & STEPHANIE SCHWARTZ For years, Burundian refugees living in Tanzanian camps have faced coercion by the Tanzanian authorities to return home to where they risk crushing poverty, government persecution, and the potential violence of local land conflicts. Now, yet again, the Tanzanian […]
INES M. POUSADELA When Ugandans went to the polls on 15 January, the outcome was never in doubt. As voting began, mobile internet services ground to a halt, ensuring minimal scrutiny as President Yoweri Museveni secured his seventh consecutive term. Far from offering democratic choice, the vote reinforced one of Africa’s longest-running presidencies, providing a […]