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."
KOFI AYIM Twins, in traditional Ghana are believed to have some special and unique powers. The perceived spiritual powers stem from the belief that each set of twins has a soul that acts in tandem with the earthly twins. It must be remembered and understood that from the metaphysical mind of the African, if giving […]
DAVID EHL As some of Africa’s longest-serving leaders grow older, they are using different tactics to extend their rule. But age, succession battles and public pressure pose new challenges. Power can be seductive, and many who possess it want to hold on for as long as possible. The leaders of China and Russia, for example, […]
JEWEL BRIGHT The United Nations General Assembly has overwhelmingly backed a resolution aimed at changing the way Africa and other regions are represented on world maps. The “Correct the Map” resolution, introduced by the West African country of Togo on behalf of the African Group (the 54 African member states at the U.N.) and supported […]
FATMA TANIS Noella Mukanoheli was nine months pregnant and bleeding out. It took her three hours to see a doctor. First, she made a 50-minute trip to the clinic that serves her village, riding on the back of a friend’s motorbike. There was no doctor on staff so they called an ambulance to take her […]
Riders say the switch is helping them cut fuel and maintenance costs. MUHAMMAD AUWAL IBRAHIM On a weekday morning in Pantami District, Gombe, the streets fill with the familiar rush of motorcycles carrying students, workers and traders across the city. But increasingly, some pass almost silently – a subtle sign of a transport shift driven […]
In Texas, there’s one thing liberals and conservatives agree on: They don’t want cameras trained on their cars. FERNANDO ALFONSO III & KASHMIR HILL Driving down a road lined with strip malls outside Dallas, Philip, a 27-year-old cellphone tower repairman, was describing the exquisite piquancy of his homegrown hot peppers when he stopped midsentence. “Flock!” […]
Following the ruling, Rastafarians gathered at Freedom Corner, where they smoked marijuana in protest EVELYNE MUSAMBI A court in Kenya has dismissed a petition seeking to legalize the use of cannabis by Rastafarians. Justice Bahati Mwamuye said Kenya’s laws prohibiting the cultivation and use of marijuana do not violate Rastafarians’ right to freedom of religion. […]
After escaping war and atrocities, families now battle water shortages and fading hopes of returning home. GORDON COLE-SCHMIDT The water tanks had been bone dry for four days when a water truck crested the ridge above Goudrane refugee camp in eastern Chad, home to about 50,000 Sudanese refugees. Hundreds sprinted across the burning sand towards […]
In El Obeid, women and girls now face an impossible choice over something as basic as a bucket of water: risk a drone strike by collecting it in daylight, or risk rape by waiting until dark. Gender equality agency UN Women sounded the alarm this week over what it called a “dual terror” gripping the […]
Not long after the Great American Experiment began, the newly established nation set its sights west. Here’s how a series of conflicts, forged treaties, and forced migration led to the loss of a majority of Indigenous lands. ERIN BLAKEMORE For the citizens of the newly established United States, the vast territory of North America (and […]