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."
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 […]
ABIODUN JAMIU About 45% of Nigerians do not have access to electricity. The government plans to power rural communities with funds recovered from a former oil minister and her associates. On Friday, January 10, the government announced that millions in recovered funds linked to former Petroleum Resources Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke will be used to fund […]
As illegal and small-scale mining contaminates rivers and soil, many worry President John Mahama will allow such practices to continue. SHOLA LAWAL When activist Oliver Barker Vormawor saw reports in September that Ghana’s water agency would not be able to supply some parts of the country with water due to extreme contamination of main rivers […]
Call for illicit market to be taken out of hands of criminals as numbers continue to fall drastically due to poaching ROBIN McKIE International trade in rhino horns should be legalized, a leading wildlife expert has urged. Writing in the research journal Science, Martin Wikelski argues only carefully monitored, legitimate transactions in horns can save […]
NIMI PRINCEWILL In a sealed plastic jar, the remains of a fetus with severe birth defects are preserved in formalin for scientific research. The transparent jar, around 70cm tall, sits along the back wall of a pathology lab at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana. More than a dozen other […]
Lahai Makieu struck the bamboo with a machete until it cracked and fell. Balancing on his crutch, he reached to pick it up. But colleagues pulled the bamboo’s other end, and he tumbled into the dense grass. “They forgot I had one leg,” the 45-year-old said, laughing. The trainer at a center for amputee farmers […]
PATRICK MAUNDU Baobab trees grow in arid and semi-arid parts of Africa, and have deep cultural and ecological significance. Some of these trees are thousands of years old. Global demand for baobab products has surged in recent years, driven by the fruit’s nutritional and health benefits. However, this growing demand has become a double-edged sword, […]
In one of the largest repatriation operations of its kind, almost 1,000 trafficked lemurs and tortoises were successfully returned from Thailand to Madagascar. ANA NORMAN BERMUDEZ In Chonburi, eastern Thailand, as night falls, a team of wildlife officers and veterinarians’ springs into action. In a carefully rehearsed routine, they enter the lemur enclosure, nets in […]