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."
JOSEPHINE MAHACHI|SILJA FROHLICH|ISAAC KALEDZI The US military is urging African countries to be more responsible for their own security as the Trump administration focuses on domestic policies. Could the move fuel militant groups and undo counter terrorism progress? Africa should take greater ownership of its own security challenges. That was the message recently communicated by […]
The French language and a CFA currency tying 14 countries to France’s treasury continue to have big effects. SHOLA LAWAL After more than six decades, French troops completed their withdrawal from Chad late January before a January 31 deadline, the latest blow to France’s shrinking military hold in its former West and Central Africa strongholds. […]
ISAAC KALEDZI BRICS nations have concluded their meeting in the Russian city of Kazan, resolving to deepen economic ties. Some analysts say BRICS offers Africa a role in changing the global order, which also presents some risks. Egypt and Ethiopia have for the first time participated in a BRICS summit following an expansion to its […]
NELSON NATURINDA Yoweri Museveni’s date of birth was always a subject of debate due to a lack of records. Then his family landed on September 15 as the month he was brought to this earth some 80 years ago. Now an octogenarian, he plays fit-as-fiddle, sometimes appearing in short videos doing press-ups. And late in […]
KOFI A. BOATENG At a meeting of Ghana’s Inter Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) in Accra on Thursday March 7, 2024, two of the forty-two attendees asked the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mrs. Jean Mensa, questions on the implementation of the Representation of the People Amendment Act 2006 (ROPAA) for the 2024 elections, slated […]
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 […]