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…
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…
Africa news roundup 5-11 Feb
Ghana President Akufo Addo announces ministerial reshuffle After weeks of speculations, President Akufo Addo has made changes to his government. The President has made the…
Mental health treatment and care in Africa
Mental health care is one of the most underfunded areas of public health in Africa. Malaria, typhoid, HIV/AIDS, waterborne diseases among others are, allegedly, allocated…
Africa news round up 29 Jan to 4 Feb
GHANA Army refutes claims of civilian killings The Ghana armed forces have refuted allegations that its men have been brutalizing and killing civilians in the…
“The United States of Burkina Faso and Mali”
Pre-colonial Africa was made of unified territories and peoples, with common languages, cultures, and a real harmonious co-existence. That symbiosis was disrupted with colonial intrusion….
Burkinabe fleeing jihadist attacks seek refuge in Ghana
The Al Qaeda/IS-linked conflict with Burkina Faso is one of the most violent chapters in the history of the West African country. What started in…
Africa news round up 22-28 Jan
Ghana A former national service person, Deborah Seyram Adablah, has dragged Ernest Nimako, a former manager at the First Atlantic Bank in Ghana, to court…