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."
AGGREY MUTAMBO The US wants Kenya to support Israel’s political and commercial interests, or forget a free trade deal (FTA) with the world’s biggest economy. This is one of a raft of conditions set in the ongoing FTA negotiations between Nairobi and Washington. The US has indicated in its objectives seen by The EastAfrican that […]
PATRICK WERR Egypt is building two highways across the pyramids plateau outside Cairo, reviving and expanding a project that was suspended in the 1990s after an international outcry. The Great Pyramids, Egypt’s top tourist destination, are the sole survivor of the seven wonders of the ancient world and the plateau is a UNESCO world heritage […]
Africa contributes the least to global emissions, yet it is being affected by climate change in disproportionate, alarming and life-threatening ways, according to scientists. From Eastern Africa to the Sahel, climate change has made weather patterns more erratic, with prolonged droughts and more severe flooding. About a dozen African countries are under water, with flooding […]
AARON AKINYEMI Three years before Rosa Parks’ bus boycott, Nigerian drummer Babatunde Olatunji protested against racial segregation in the southern states of America. He was part of a generation of Africans who played an important role in the fight for racial justice in the US – and continue to do so, writes the BBC’s Aaron […]
In Africa, especially in the Savannah region, where the weather is dry and severely hit by climate change conditions, making it difficult for many trees to survive or thrive, most especially during the dry season, the Baobab Tree survives, thrives and also serves as a source of life for many living creatures. Background The Baobab […]
YOMI KAZEEM St. Lucia passport holders have visa free and visa on arrival access to 145 countries—more than triple Nigeria’s figure. A year ago, the office of Citizenship by Investment Program (CIP) in the small Caribbean island nation of St. Lucia had received no applications from any Africans in its nearly five years of operations. […]
Joanne Clarke, Elizabeth Edna Wangui, Grace W. Ngaruiya & Nick Brooks Very few academics or policy makers are talking about the impact of climate change on heritage. Yet heritage is essential for social wellbeing, for identity creation, for safeguarding traditional knowledge and livelihoods and for sustainable development. The conversations taking place are mainly on the […]
Campaigners welcome decision after years of protest against ‘Mohrenstraße’ name Berlin authorities have announced they are to rename Mohrenstraße (“Moor Street”) in the city’s Mitte district after the country’s first black philosopher, Anton Wilhelm Amo. The decision follows years of protest by postcolonial campaigners, including historians and ethnologists, who had criticized the street name as […]
Nii Ntreh Burundi has asked former colonizers Germany and Belgium to pay about €36 billion ($42.6 billion) as reparative justice for when the two European nations controlled the east African territory that became a sovereign country. Reports say Burundi’s upper legislative body has constituted a team of experts to critically assess how much is owed […]
The Black Lives Matter movement which started in the U.S. and gained international recognition did not occur in a vacuum. It has facilitated black consciousness and awareness that has not been experienced since the Civil Rights era in the 60s. And this time around, the impact and ripple effects are felt beyond the shores of […]