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."
As the 44-year-old is sworn in after a crucial election, we chart the road to victory for Africa’s newest and youngest leader. NICOLAS HAQUE “Finally, we can breathe,” the cashier at the American Food Store supermarket in Dakar said while swiping a pot of Greek yoghurt through checkout. It was three days after Senegal’s contested […]
Ghanaian journalists become targets of political actors and security operatives ahead of 2024 elections. KENT MENSAH Edward Adeti has been on the run since 2019. That year, the young Ghanaian investigative journalist uncovered how a Chinese mining firm plotted with a senior judge to dismiss a case about gold theft from an Australian mine in […]
The alternatives will undoubtedly be worse Something has gone badly wrong in Africa. Sudan has collapsed into carnage, as two grasping warlords battle for control. Genocide has returned to Darfur: fighters loyal to one of those warlords are murdering every male they can find from one ethnic group, even shooting baby boys strapped to their […]
Border closures and a freeze on financial transactions imposed after soldiers seized power are hurting millions, while Western nations remain divided over what to do. ELIAN PELTIER Since a military coup in Niger this summer, workdays for Ahmed Alhousseïni have been consumed with calls from increasingly worried clients and colleagues asking the same questions. How, […]
The first time I saw God, I was eight years old. I had seen him plastered on posters hanging on the walls, but not inches from my face so I could trace his straight nose and mustache. My breath cut off. Jesus. Son of God. Three people in one person. And he was gazing at […]
KOFI AYIM The transportation system is the basis of socioeconomic development in a nation. It enables the movement of goods and people from an origin to a destination point. It provides mobility for the purposes of work, trade/business, education, and leisure/pleasure. In carefully planned environments such as cities in developed nations, the transportation system is […]
BRIAN NEELEY When Cyril Ramaphosa became president of South Africa in 2018, business leaders were overjoyed. Here was one of them: a pragmatic tycoon out to fix Jacob Zuma’s inefficient kleptocracy. Yet five years later, those running big businesses are desperate. Bosses from many different industries—such as Neil Frohnman of Siboney-Stillwater, a mining company; Daniel […]
The war between two generals for power in Sudan has separated family members and driven tens of thousands to flee. Many had returned after the 2019 revolution with hopes for a more democratic future. VIVIAN YEE It was the middle of the night, but the first thing Mawahib Mohammed did was make a beeline for […]
The $400m state-funded church has become hugely controversial in Ghana even as the country pursues an IMF loan due to huge debt and economic woes. KENT MENSAH “I made a pledge to almighty God that He was gracious enough to grant my party, the NPP, and I victory in the 2016 elections after two unsuccessful […]
Is the future of Christianity African? How immigration is revitalizing British churches. TOMIWA OWOLADE There is a building in the south London borough of Lambeth that used to be a bingo hall. For decades, generations of men and women came here for pleasure and recreation, community and belonging. Now its grey walls are scoured with […]