Africa news roundup 12-18 March
Ghana Kennedy Agyapong wins defamation suit against Anas Aremeyaw Anas On Wednesday 15 March 2013, an Accra High Court dismissed a 25 million-defamation (Ghana cedis…
Apartheid is back in certain parts of South Africa
Very few youngsters today know what “apartheid” means and although some of them claim to have heard the name Nelson Mandela, they do not know…
The oligarchy and inhumane hardships in Ghana
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) is now in its second term and people had had raised expectations, since the first term of the party was…
Africa news roundup 5-11 March
GHANA President presents state of the nation address President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said that Ghana has seen much development since it attained independence from…
Sub-Saharan Africans severely victimised in Tunisia
Human rights activists and all persons concerned about the treatment of people who do not live in their native county are preoccupied by the fate…
Africa news roundup 26 Feb to 4 March
Ghana Minority in Parliament rejects new constitutional instrument The minority in Parliament has rejected the Electoral Commission’s (EC) newly proposed constitutional instrument (CI). The CI,…
Africa news roundup 19-25 Feb
Ghana Body of Christian Atsu taken home The remains of Ghanaian footballer Christian Atsu were flown home to Accra on Sunday 19 February 2023, a…
Celebration of craftmanship in Burkina Faso
Salon International de l’Artisanat de Ouagadougou (SIAO), or International Crafts Fair of Ouagadougou, is the main arts festival in Burkina Faso. It gives the opportunity…
Africa news roundup 12-18 Feb
Ghana Former chief justice protests inclusion of pensioners in debt exchange programme Justice Sophia Akuffo, former chief justice of Ghana, has joined picketing pensioners at…
France’s use of Francafrique to sustain imperialism in Africa
Françafrique is generally known to be the means through which France maintains her sovereignty and control over her former colonies and those of Belgium. In…