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."
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 […]
CECIL MENSAH Environmental Non-Governmental Organization A Rocha Ghana has dismissed claims that repealing the Environmental Protection (Mining in Forest Reserves) Regulations, 2022 (L.I. 2462) could lead to unregulated mining in forest reserves. The organization described these concerns, raised by the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Director of Mining, Mr. Michael Sandow Ali, as unfounded and misleading. […]
DANAI NESTA KUPEMBA Ivory Coast’s beloved staple, attiéké – made from fermented cassava flour – has officially been added to UNESCO’s list of intangible cultural heritage. Attiéké, pronounced atchekay, is a kind of couscous made from ground cassava roots. It is so well-loved that many people have it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Nicknamed “Ivorian […]
Namibia’s ruling SWAPO party was declared winner Tuesday, December 3 of last late month’s disputed elections, ushering in the southern African country’s first woman president after a disputed vote that the main opposition has already said it does not recognize. Vice-President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah took just over 57 percent of ballots followed by the candidate for […]
LLOYD G. ADU AMOAH John Dramani Mahama, Ghana’s incoming president, has won a chance to rewrite his legacy. He was voted out of office in 2016 by what was then the highest margin in the post-independence history of the west African nation amid corruption scandals and an energy crisis that had crippled the country. But […]
MOUSTAPHA DIALLO After years of serving as Mali’s minister of the environment, Aida M’bo now spends her time planting trees in a fight that many in the arid West African country acknowledge they are losing. “Deforestation is an important issue in Mali,” she said, standing in front of the Zamblara forest. For decades it has […]
BASILLIOH RUKANGA Kenya’s Catholic Church has rejected a donation of about $40,000 (£32,000) made by President William Ruto. He offered the money towards the building of a priest’s house and as a gift to the choir during Mass on Sunday at the Soweto Catholic Church in the capital, Nairobi. The donation followed a recent statement […]
Italian priest Davide Marcheselli has been fighting for years against Chinese companies illegally mining gold in the town of Kitutu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. He says mining has spoilt the town which lies in South Kivu province, polluting rivers and destroying fields. Hundreds of foreign companies, most of them Chinese-owned, mine gold in […]
World’s most successful political party select a Nigerian to oppose Labour after July’s crushing election defeat. Styling herself as the “Anti-woke” candidate, Kemi Badenoch on Saturday, November 2, won the vote to become the UK Conservatives’ new leader, replacing Rishi Sunak who quit after the party’s disastrous showing in July’s general election. Badenoch, 44, came […]
ESKINDER FIREW As the dispute between Somalia and Ethiopia over sea access escalates, Ethiopia’s prime minister on Thursday said his country was seeking access to the Red Sea “through peaceful means.” Speaking at the parliament where he was questioned by lawmakers, Abiy Ahmed said Ethiopia has a “clear stance” on the issue. “Let the world […]