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."
HANNAH BROCKHAUS In his first speech in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday, January 31 Pope Francis urged the international community to give the central African country its autonomy while not turning a blind eye to exploitation and violence. “This country and this continent deserve to be respected and listened to; they deserve to […]
TERRY GROSS Smartphones, computers and electric vehicles may be emblems of the modern world, but, says Siddharth Kara, their rechargeable batteries are frequently powered by cobalt mined by workers laboring in slave-like conditions in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Kara, a fellow at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health and at the Kennedy School, […]
Beyond Good has done what no chocolate brand has done before it EMILY MONACO Over 70% of the world’s chocolate comes from Africa — and yet there’s only one U.S. brand making its chocolate on the continent. Ironic? Yes. But it also sheds light on what’s so broken about the chocolate industry, not to mention […]
DIANA HODALI Abortions are illegal in Egypt unless they are necessary to save a married woman’s life. But that doesn’t stop local women from having one. Egyptian society needs to acknowledge this, activists say. The memory of that day is still very painful for Noura. She was in Cairo’s City Stars Mall when she suddenly […]
Flush with success from investing in sports and the arts, Senegal’s cultural capital seems to know no bounds. On Dec. 6 2022, Chanel, one of the world’s leading luxury brands, organized a three-day cultural program in Senegal, the Chanel Métiers d’Art show. This was the inaugural runway show for the haute couture brand on African […]
The spaceport, expected to include seven satellite launch pads and three rocket testing pads, will be the first orbital spaceport on the continent. Africa could soon get a new spaceport after Djibouti signed a partnership deal with Hong Kong Aerospace Technology to build a facility to launch satellites and rockets in the northern Obock region. […]
MICHAEL FITZPATRICK A former environment minister of Tunisia has been sentenced to three years in jail for his role in the illegal import of 280 containers of waste from Italy, according to local media in the capital, Tunis. Mustapha Aroui and several ministry officials were sacked from their jobs in 2020 following an investigation into […]
Mercury exposure can be deadly. So why are gold miners in Zimbabwe using the dangerous chemical—and risking their lives in the process? LINDA MUJURU The young men brace for the first shock of cold water as they enter the river, easing their way into another day of illegal gold mining. David Mauta and Wisdom Nyakurima, […]
First phase of Lagos’ new elevated rail system has been commissioned and testing will now begin ahead of operations that will transport 250,000 passengers daily The first phase of a light rail system that is set to transform commuting in Nigeria’s economic capital, has been commissioned. The Blue Line project in Lagos is a 27 […]
JEAN MARIE NGONG SONG 12/23/2022 Child-protection officials in Cameroon say poverty is driving many children to start begging and hawking on the streets. As a result, the English-speaking region of Bamenda is grappling with a spike in child hawkers. In Cameroon’s Northwest city of Bamenda, hawkers sell items in traffic and along busy streets. One of the […]