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."
ZIPPORAH MUSAU Although Africa holds more than 30 per cent of the world’s critical green minerals—including cobalt, lithium, manganese, and rare earth elements vital for building batteries, wind turbines and solar panels – this has not translated into prosperity for the continent. At the Africa Climate Summit 2025 held in Addis Ababa in September […]
ARIEL ZILBER A Campbell Soup Company vice president was secretly recorded ripping the food giant’s products, mocking “poor people” who buy them, blasting Indian co-workers as “idiots” and admitting he sometimes showed up to work high — and the employee who reported it says he was the one to get fired. Robert Garza, a […]
JONATHAN LAMBERT Five months after a “breakthrough” HIV prevention drug got approval in the United States and became available in many wealthy countries, it’s getting rolled out in two African countries hit especially hard by the disease. On Wednesday, November 19, the U.S. State Department announced that Eswatini and Zambia have each received 500 doses […]
Campaigners say the company is contributing to rising rates of childhood obesity, while the firm says it is helping to combat malnutrition KAT LAY Nestlé is still adding sugar to most baby cereals sold across Africa, according to an investigation by campaigners who have accused the company of “putting the health of African babies at […]
PAUL NJIE & MANSUR ABUBAKAR Cameroon’s 92-year-old President Paul Biya has promised to restore order in the country gripped by post-election violence, as he was sworn in for an eighth consecutive term in office. In his inaugural address, the world’s oldest president offered condolences to victims of the protests and blamed those he called “irresponsible […]
The bloc says ballot stuffing, internet blackout and politically-motivated abductions compromised the vote’s ‘integrity’. FIONA KELLIHER Last month’s Tanzania elections failed to comply with democratic standards, says the African Union (AU), adding to mounting international pressure on President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s administration over the deadly vote. The AU’s election monitoring arm – which sent a […]
STEVE STRUNSKY After getting off work, Christopher Seals was enjoying a sunny afternoon in the plaza outside the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark. He hadn’t noticed the historical marker a few feet away, almost hidden among a row of saplings, honoring Cudjo Banquante, an enslaved Black man born in Ghana of royal blood […]
His major works include the BCEAO Headquarters in Dakar and the Monument de la Renaissance Africaine. CHINEDU OKAFOR Pierre Goudiaby Atepa is a renowned Senegalese engineer and architect shaping Africa’s architectural landscape. Educated at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, he emphasized sustainable urban development and African-centered design. Atepa’s initiatives involve constructing innovative cities that reduce reliance on […]
CLAIRE MAWISA, MARCO ORIUNTO, NICKY TROLL & JO MUNNIK Although psychedelic drugs are illegal in South Africa, many self-appointed healers and shamans based in Cape Town are openly advertising that they incorporate them in their therapies. Anyone convicted of their commercial use faces a fine, a prison sentence of up to 25 years, or both. […]
MARY CUNNINGHAM Americans are still cracking open cold ones, but what’s inside their cans is changing. More people are now reaching for cannabis beverages, nonalcoholic drinks infused with tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the main ingredient in marijuana that makes you feel high. Some varieties also include cannabidiol, or CBD, a chemical compound found in marijuana or […]