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."
Namibia’s high court on Friday, June 21 struck down colonial-era laws criminalizing same-sex acts between men in a victory for the LGBTQ+ community in the southern African country. The court in the capital Windhoek declared the crimes of sodomy and “unnatural sexual offences” as unconstitutional and invalid. “We are not persuaded that in a democratic […]
CHINEDU OKAFOR A BBC report reveals that Greek coastguard actions have resulted in numerous migrant deaths. Migrants describe being thrown directly into the sea or placed on deflated rafts, with incidents involving violence and forceful expulsion. Africans are reportedly among the victims. A recent report by the British media outlet, BBC revealed a very disturbing […]
The Port of Antwerp will no longer be used by oil companies and traders to export so-called dirty fuels to West Africa. The Belgium government banned the export of toxic motor fuels that are highly harmful to public health and the environment. Belgium’s Minister of Environment Zakia Khattabi announced the country has banned the exports […]
KEMO CHAM In Sierra Leone, a cheap, synthetic drug is ravaging youth. Trash-strewn alleys are lined with boys and young men slumped in addiction. Healthcare services are severely limited. One frustrated community has set up what it calls a treatment center, run by volunteers. But harsh measures can be used. The project in the Bombay […]
And the combination of conflict and climate change effects, such as once fertile land rapidly turning into useless arid sand in northern Nigeria, has produced a cheap workforce for mining sites. The arrests of “both Chinese nationals and young Nigeria’s government is cracking down on illegal mining, making dozens of arrests of unlicensed miners since […]
ANA MONTEIRO In Burundi’s capital, it’s not uncommon to see hippos and crocodiles roaming muddy roads after months of flooding that has driven thousands of people from their homes. Bujumbura lies on the northeastern shores of Lake Tanganyika, the longest freshwater lake after Baikal in Siberia. The city is bearing the brunt of a climate […]
Armed with gardening hoes while others cradled bamboo seedlings, students gathered outside their school in Kenya’s capital. They hoped the fully grown bamboo would help to filter filthy air from one of Africa’s largest trash dumps next door. More than 100 bamboo plantings dot the ground around Dandora secondary school, which shares a name with […]
More than 300 books collected by the first president of independent Senegal, Léopold Sédar Senghor, will be transferred to Dakar after the Senegalese government stepped in to stop them being auctioned off in France. In total, 344 volumes will leave the house in Normandy where Senghor spent the final 20 years of his life, several […]
The President of the Republic of Ghana, H. E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo conferred Ghanaian citizenship on the legendary American Musician and Songwriter, Steveland Morris, popularly known as Stevie Wonder at a ceremony at the Jubilee House in Accra, on Monday May 13. This marks a significant milestone in the country’s efforts to attract diasporan […]
In a meeting on Wednesday, May 1, church leaders also voted to allow L.G.B.T.Q. weddings. RUTH GRAHAM The United Methodist Church removed on Wednesday May 1, its longstanding ban on ordaining gay clergy, formalizing a shift in policy that had already begun in practice and that had prompted the departure of a quarter of its […]