Donald Trump won the US presidency after suggesting he would make big changes in the way his country relates to the rest of the world. So what does his move to the White House mean for different African countries? South Africa – by Pumza Fihlani South Africa has gone to great lengths to position itself … Read more
Six French soldiers accused of sexually abusing children in the Central African Republic (CAR) have not been charged following a criminal inquiry. Investigating judges found no evidence to warrant further investigation, the prosecutor’s office in Paris confirmed to the BBC. The assaults allegedly took place at a camp for displaced people near the airport in … Read more
Last October Burundi, South Africa and the Gambia declared they were withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC), citing reasons that generally have to do with the widely held perception that the ICC is only targeting African leaders. All but one of the ICC’s 10 investigations has been African-based. Taking place within only two weeks, … Read more
France’s military chief on Wednesday took the unusual step of urging the country’s next president to raise defence spending in a rare public appeal. Chief of Defence General Pierre de Villiers called on France to boost its defence budget to two percent of GDP before the end of the next presidential term, in 2022. It … Read more
Violent clashes are spreading in Central African Republic despite successful polls that elected a new government earlier this year, U. N. sanctions monitors have reported to the Security Council. The new government of Faustin-Archange Touadera has limited control outside the capital Bangui and has failed to convince the dozens of armed factions around the country … Read more
By Akwasi Brobbey The political process does not end on election day. Young people need to stay involved in the process by continuing to pay attention to the conversation and holding their leaders accountable for the decisions they make. These are words of the renowned Patrick Murphy. General elections in Africa has been the cause … Read more
The first former child soldier to appear at the International Criminal Court has pleaded not guilty and told judges he was a victim too. Lords Resistance Army (LRA) commander Dominic Ongwen said the LRA was responsible and he had also suffered from the atrocities. Ongwen, now in his early 40s, was a boy when he … Read more
A leading African economic think tank expects Ghana to have economic growth of 8.7 percent in 2017, the fastest of 54 countries ranked on the continent. Cote d’Ivoire (8.3), Congo (8.0), Ethiopia (7.7) and Mozambique (7.5) rounded out the top five, according to the African Economic Outlook (AEO), a partnership between the African Development Bank, … Read more
TOTAL Petroleum Ghana Limited, has been awarded the Best Finance Team of the year (bronze category) at the second Ghana CFO Awards. The CFO awards is a gathering for senior finance professionals. It brings together business financial leaders so as to reward and recognize their experience, expertise and contributions to the finance sector of Ghana. This … Read more
On Friday 18th November 2016, Total Ghana’s Finance and Accounts Manager, Madam Kwin Foumba Rose Spse Nkada Zogo was adjudged the Chief Financial Officer of the year in the Energy, Oil and Gas category at the 2nd edition of CFO awards held at Movenpick in Accra. To top it all, TOTAL’s Finance team won the … Read more
The United Nations warned Friday that the threat from Boko Haram jihadists was complicating efforts to help tens of thousands of Nigerian refugees living in dire conditions in northern Cameroon. The UN refugee agency said one of its teams had earlier this month managed to visit previously inaccessible border areas of Cameroon’s Far North Region … Read more
Why does it still take so long to drive across Africa? There is no rail network connecting West and East Africa, and there are relatively few flights. Google Maps very optimistically estimates that it would take 75 hours to drive non-stop from Lagos to Nairobi, the major commercial hubs in West and East Africa respectively. … Read more
A human rights lawyer and lecturer at the Queens University, Belfast School of Law in the UK, Dr Yassin Brunger, wants individual countries to be responsible for the adjudication of violations committed within their territories and not always look up to the International Criminal Court ICC. Speaking at a side event at the 15th Session … Read more
So many writers have done so many stories about the civil war that broke out in Nigeria between 1967 and 1970. In the war, sadly, at least 3 million people lost their lives. Properties worth trillions of naira were destroyed. It is more than 45 years since. 45 years and still, strong echoes of the … Read more
Pope Francis has named 17 new cardinals among whom there is no Ghanaian. There are, however, three Africans in the list by the head of the Roman Catholic Church. This is the third time in three years that Pope Francis is naming cardinals, who will form the conclave to appoint his successor. Cardinals under the … Read more
Ghana, together with six other African countries, has agreed in a declaration signed on Wednesday to protect their tropical forests from being cut down to make way for palm oil crops. The other countries are the Central African Republic, Ivory Coast, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia, the Republic of Congo and Sierra Leone. Palm … Read more
It is common knowledge that President Mahama has referred to Ghanaians as a people who have short memories. Perhaps, the president is right about a certain category of Ghanaians but not academics. The nature and scope of the academic profession does not predispose them to the short memory symptom. Academics have an active memory because … Read more
Pro-New Patriotic Party (NPP) think tank Danquah Institute (DI) has described President John Mahama’s government and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration a disaster. The latest report by DI released on Sunday suggested: “The past eight years have been a disaster for the people of Ghana. Governance standards have slipped and the economy has struggled, … Read more
The past eight years have been a disaster for the people of Ghana. Governance standards have slipped and the economy has struggled, making life more difficult for every Ghanaian. Our country, once held up as the gold standard, has fallen markedly behind our peers. The government has mismanaged the economy and taken on loan after … Read more
On the eve of the fifth anniversary of South Sudan’s independence on 9 July, sporadic gunfire rent the air in Juba, the capital city. What many assumed was a celebration of the world’s newest nation’s fifth anniversary turned out to be a precursor to a deadly clash pitting troops loyal to President Salva Kiir against … Read more