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."
ANDREW FIRMIN Sudan’s civil war grinds on. It’s close to three and a half years since the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia began their battle for supremacy, and the two forces and their allies continue to slaughter civilians with impunity. As a recent UN report makes clear, the killing […]
PHILIPP SANDNER As a UN resolution alters the standard global map to reflect the continent more accurately, initiatives to decolonize African schools and a campaign to present positive developments are changing the way Africa is seen. The Correct the Map resolution to promote map projections that more realistically reflect the true size of continents endorsed […]
TIMOTHY A. WISE & JOMO KWAME SUNDARAM As AGRA turns 20, a new report exposes its worsening failure to double productivity and incomes and halve undernourishment in participating African nations as promised. AGRA still failing Africa’s farmers The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, now known simply as AGRA, was established in 2006. The […]
The priorities are clear: reach every affected area, protect frontline workers, and turn commitments into action. DR. TEDROS ADHANOM GHEBREYESUS, MOHAMED YAKUB JANABI & JEAN KASEYA Each time we travel to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), we first go to listen. In Bunia, we have met dozens of community representatives: survivors, women, young […]
TIGHISTI AMARE The new prime minister can achieve significant results in Africa if he sets clear ambitions, strengthens the UK’s partnerships and implements a more joined-up approach. The UK’s Approach to Africa, developed in 2025 under former Foreign Secretary David Lammy following consultations with African partners, outlines a pragmatic vision for partnership in which trade […]
The solution is real socio-economic change in the country, and the labor movement is best positioned to push for it. ZWELINZIMA VAVI South Africa is witnessing a dangerous escalation of anti-migrant sentiment. In recent months, vigilante groups have marched through communities, businesses have been targeted, and migrants have increasingly been blamed for crime, unemployment and […]
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 […]