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."
Anglican and Catholic churches must not forget or ignore the boys who suffered horrific abuse at the hands of predatory priests across the continent. PETINA GAPPAH The Church of England is facing a long overdue reckoning in Africa. Its leader, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, announced his resignation in November after an independent review brought […]
Electoral support for former freedom fighters is dwindling across the region due to their inability to deliver ethical and effective governance after decades in power. TAFI MHAKA On December 3, the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) announced that Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah of the ruling South West Africa People’s Organization (SWAPO) party, has emerged victorious in the […]
ALON BEN-MEIR The UN, which was established to foster global peace and stability, has now become a paralyzed institution that inadvertently contributes to raging conflicts because it is constrained by an archaic structure that no longer meets the dramatically changed world order. The United Nations, established in 1945 at the end of World War II, […]
Imposing a reciprocal visa regime will not damage tourism if done properly. In fact, it could benefit South Africa economically and politically. LINDANI ZUNGU In an abrupt move, earlier this year Namibia decided to introduce visa requirements for 31 countries, citing the lack of reciprocity. In June, the government announced the new visa regime will […]
To end the suffering in Sudan and across the region, global community should ensure all state and non-state actors uphold the law. HUSSEIN AWAD ALI I drew attention in a previous article to the inadequacy of the international community’s response so far to the war of aggression being waged by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) […]
LAUREN JOHNSTON China-Africa relations have deepened over the past two decades, characterized by increased economic cooperation, investment and infrastructure development. China is now Africa’s largest trading partner, with partnerships focused on building roads, railways and energy projects. As the ninth Forum on China–Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) kicked off earlier this month in Beijing, a new, green […]
FATMA TANIS Is there famine in Sudan? Last month a group of United Nations-backed experts looked at the data and concluded the answer is yes. But no official declaration of famine has been made. As it turns out, making such a pronouncement comes with its own set of rules and regulations. So … what constitutes […]
Talks to forge South Africa’s post-election unity government will need to bring together parties with goals as contradictory as seizing white-owned farms and mines, ditching Black empowerment policies and tearing up the constitution. How well the African National Congress (ANC) harmonizes these divergent and mutually hostile visions will determine the government’s stability, its ability to […]
EMMANUEL AKINWOTU & KATE BARTLETT South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party has lost its outright majority for the first time in a devastating blow for the party once led by Nelson Mandela. The ANC has dominated South African politics since winning in the first post-apartheid elections 30 years ago. The ANC was braced for […]
YUCHEN LI & CHIA-CHUN YEH A recent investigation has revealed evidence that China’s distant-water fishing fleet, the world’s biggest in scale, commits environmental and labor abuses in the southwest Indian Ocean off the coast of East Africa. “There was no such word as ‘rest’ on Chinese fishing vessels,” explained a former crew member to a […]