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."
How global migration changed international soccer ADAM MINTER Folarin Balogun, star striker for the United States Men’s National Team, helped to lead his country into the World Cup knockout rounds. He could just as easily have been trying to knock them out. Born in New York to Nigerian parents and raised in England, he was […]
KATE BARTLETT Johannesburg has always been a melting pot. Traverse South Africa’s economic capital and you’ll come across Zimbabweans trained as doctors but driving Ubers, Ethiopians running bustling restaurants, and Congolese selling colorful wax print fabrics. Some of these immigrants have lived here for years. Others have recently arrived, seeking a better life in one […]
BEL TREW It started when Amed matched with a man online on a popular dating app. He thought they had friends in common, and so, with his guard down, he agreed to meet. Amed*, who is 36, lives in Nigeria. It has some of the strictest laws against homosexuality in Africa. In the northern state […]
Former president Edgar Chagwa Lungu will be buried in South Africa or Zambia after the country’s Supreme Court of Appeal overturned a ruling that would have allowed Zambia’s government to bring his body home for a state funeral in Lusaka. The judgment, delivered on Tuesday, June 23, sided with former First Lady Esther Lungu and […]
A government push to curb undocumented employment is exposing the dependence of many small businesses on migrant labor. QAANITAH HUNTER In the narrow lanes of Fordsburg in central Johannesburg, Junaid Mohammed* stands behind the counter of a family shop that has been in his family for decades. His father started it as a general dealer. […]
Countries pushing for reparations for slavery have hailed a milestone after adopting a shared manifesto for reparatory justice at a global summit in Ghana. Participants said the conference had given new momentum to their fight on both sides of the Atlantic. The three-day summit at Osu Castle in Accra, which ended on Friday, June 19, […]
Loud and expressive mourners are common at funerals around the world — but in parts of Kenya, some of them may be paid workers ASA WALLIN The body of Tom Ochieng Mima is dressed in formal funeral finery, casket shaded from the hot western Kenyan sun as family and friends of the late 64-year-old settle […]
The country has vast reserves of the ore that is a source material for aluminum. But citizens still languish in poverty. JAUME PORTELL CANO & NURIA VILA COMA Mamadou Aliou walks through the small village of Bembou Silaty in northwestern Guinea carrying an irresolvable contradiction. The 38-year-old works in the environmental health and safety department […]
MARK HALLAM Members of the lower house of the French parliament unanimously voted to abolish a series of royal edicts known as the “Code noir” or Black Code. The bill stops short of some lawmakers’ demands like possible reparations. French lawmakers on Thursday, May 28 voted to formally repeal slavery-era laws that defined the legal […]
KAMLESH BHUCKORY Mauritius expects to attract 100 high-net-worth-individuals a year through its golden visa program aimed at encouraging foreign investment and raising funds. The visa, which requires holders to invest at least $1 million within 12 months of arrival, was set up after “multiple enquiries” from foreigners seeking to relocate with their families, Prime Minister […]