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."
First such request in 29 years blames economic hardship and climate crisis for high livestock prices and shortages EROMO EGBEJULE & AGENCIES King Mohammed VI has urged his fellow Moroccans not to slaughter sheep for upcoming Eid al-Adha festivities as the country grapples with dwindling herds due to a six-year drought. The request was delivered […]
More chaos engulfs the United Methodist Church here, as breakaway church members clash with police in forceful eviction. EMMANUEL WISE JIPOH & THOMAS DOMAH Sunday, March 2, 2025, worship turned dramatic at Methodist Churches across Liberia over the eviction of breakaway members from Church properties for refusing to accept same-sex marriage under the new regionalization […]
WILSON McMAKIN A new report by an anti-transnational crime group has identified the core chemical components of kush, a synthetic drug that has swept through Sierra Leone and the region in the past few years. The report by the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime conducted the first known testing of the most common varieties […]
SCOTT TRAVERS Long before the invention of modern aviation technology, societies relied on homing pigeons to send messages across long distances. A trained homing pigeon, for instance, could deliver a message over a distance of 100 miles in about two hours. A skilled horse rider might take a day or longer to cover the same […]
SOLOMON EKANEM Russia has finalized plans to establish its first naval base in Africa The base is intended to serve as a logistics hub for Russian warships, including nuclear-powered vessels The Red Sea’s strategic route is crucial for global commerce and defense, making it an attractive location Russia has finalized plans to establish its first […]
Importers seeking to send goods to Nigeria are increasingly turning to other West African nations to evade excessive port charges. In less than a month, multiple government agencies, terminal operators, and shipping companies at Nigerian ports have raised their fees by nearly 100%, making cargo clearance unaffordable for many businesses. The Lagos port, in particular, […]
The widespread awareness and growing availability of low-cost tools powered by artificial intelligence is putting them on the radar of African governments and entrepreneurs keen to develop home-grown digital solutions to improving education. CONOR LENNON The emergence of cheap or free AI tools is being eagerly embraced by those with smartphones and the ability to […]
JENNIFER HOLLEIS Libyan authorities have clamped down on rap music for violating “moral rules.” Artists fear a return to cultural repression as observers see a more general shift to a stricter Islamic way of life. As bitter as it sounds, 2023 and 2024 were prime years for Libyan rap. The country’s political instability, economic hardship, […]
West African country is offering citizenship to descendants of enslaved persons taken from the continent, sparking huge interest in Brazil TOM PHILLIPS, TIAGO ROGERO, EROMO EGBEJULE João Diamante was gripped by a sense of belonging as he stepped out of the airport terminal thousands of miles from his birthplace in Brazil. “The first thing I […]
After seven-week hijack, Puntland locals say they are victims of foreign trawlers. But China calls the attack ‘vicious’. MOHAMED GABOBE *The names of the hijackers are pseudonyms on condition of speaking to Al Jazeera. Liban Hassan* has spent most of his adult life fishing off Somalia’s northeast coast – often finding himself with a […]