Day 2 of the West Africa People’s Organisation (WAPO) Second Congress in Ghana saw commissions continue…
Category: AFRICA
DR Congo Ebola nurse killed amid mistrust
The killing of a veteran nurse has left health workers in eastern DR Congo afraid to…
Algeria approves historic Niger troop mission
Algeria is preparing to send ground troops to Niger for the first time since 1973, placing…
Hamilton urges African unity amid Rwanda F1 row
Lewis Hamilton has called for peace in Congo and Sudan and urged African nations to unite,…
West Africa’s gold sovereignty goes beyond refineries
Across West Africa, governments are bringing gold processing closer to home. The bigger challenge is making…
AU targets Africa’s digital market barriers
Common digital ID rules and better connectivity are on the AU agenda. The question is whether…
Can Mahama bridge the Sahel security rift?
Ghana’s proposed security accord offers a way across West Africa’s political divide. Whether it can protect…
Mali groom’s mother dazzles in $1.6m gold
A Malian businesswoman has captured attention after reportedly wearing $1.6m worth of gold jewellery at a…
Botswana court hears same-sex marriage case
Two women are asking Botswana’s High Court to recognise their right to marry, in a landmark…
The Impossible Death of Dele Giwa
By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu It has been 40 years since the satanic assassination of Dele Giwa…
Russia-Africa Media Forum Highlights Industrial Capacity and Technology Transfer Ahead of 2026 Summit
By Makiza Micheline Latifa MOSCOW, RUSSIA- Russia’s approach to economic cooperation with African countries should extend…
Total Lockdown Loading As NLC Moves To Shut Down Nigeria Over Hunger
Total Lockdown Loading OpenLife News reports that Nigeria may be heading for a total shutdown as…
THERE ARE NO DEAD COURSES BUT DEAD CURRICULA
By Prof. Rasaki Ojo Bakare, FNAL There is a fashionable but dangerous argument spreading in Nigeria…
Beyond Political Independence: GSAF 2026 Calls for a Global South That Can Shape Its Own Future
By Makiza Micheline Latifa SHANGHAI, CHINA The struggle for liberation did not end with the lowering…
Mahama urges African-owned drug industry
Ghana’s President John Mahama wants African investors to help turn the continent’s reliance on imported medicines…
Nigerian Journalist Hails Mahama’s Vision
Ghana’s president has revived the pan-African case for economic sovereignty. His courage deserves recognition, but his…
Burkina Faso’s growth meets price reality
Ibrahim Traoré’s government has strengthened public finances and expanded local production. But its economic revolution faces…
My new essay: The Nobel Prize and the Justice Congo Never Received
In 2010, I stood outside the United Nations in the rain alongside hundreds of Congolese and…
“Many people do not know the Palestinians help the Congo movement,” explained Kambale Musavuli, Lead Policy Analyst at the Centre for Research on the Congo-Kinshasa.
During a discussion with Sovereign Media’s Ahmed Kaballo, Musavuli detailed the historic solidarity connecting the Democratic…
From Cairo to the Cape: What Soviet solidarity meant for Africa’s liberation struggles
Prof. Vladimir Shubin has just published his book, From Cairo to Cape, a must-read for anyone…
Morocco buying ‘both defensive and offensive’ capabilities from Israel
A Western observer tells JNS that Morocco’s growing purchases of Israeli defense technology reflect a wider…
Africa dominates global mobile money flows
Africa processed $1.4tn in mobile money in 2025, led by East Africa as Southern Africa’s tiny…
Africa growth strengthens but jobs remain scarce
World Bank raises Sub-Saharan Africa’s 2026 growth forecast to 4.3 percent, but jobs, incomes and poverty…
Ghana awards Telecel 5G spectrum
Telecel secures three 2.3 GHz spectrum lots as Ghana opens 5G to competition after ending NGIC’s…
Guinea-Bissau blocks Embalo’s return
Guinea-Bissau’s military blocks former President Umaro Sissoco Embalo from returning ahead of crucial December elections Keypoints:…
Tigray fighting widens Horn tensions
Renewed fighting in Tigray is colliding with an Ethiopia–Eritrea rupture, Sudan’s war and wider Red Sea…
Burkina Faso brings gold refining home
Burkina Faso opens a 164-tonne gold refinery as it pushes to process more of its mineral…
Why Africa’s networks leave millions offline
Hundreds of millions of Africans live within reach of mobile broadband but still do not use…
Mahama links sovereignty to African capacity
From health financing and Sahel security to debt and trade, John Mahama used a New York…
Ghana plans 2.7km Abidjan-Lagos tunnel
Ghana’s Abidjan-Lagos Highway section includes a proposed 2.7km tunnel through the Akuapem range as investment plans…
Africa faces test over mineral deals
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala says the rush around Africa’s critical minerals offers an unusual opening. The real test…
Why Africa still lacks UN veto power
Africa’s campaign for permanent UN Security Council representation is increasingly about more than seats — it…
Nigeria-US mining pact tests value ambition
Nigeria’s new minerals framework with Washington places the country inside the intensifying global contest for critical…
Africa speaks with rare unity at UNGA 81
From UN reform and debt to critical minerals, climate finance and AI, African leaders have rarely…
Mahama recasts Africa’s place in world order
From reparatory justice and UN reform to Gaza, critical minerals and Ghana’s economic recovery, President John…
Ghana-Nigeria onion row exposes ECOWAS gaps
A Ghana-Nigeria onion dispute exposes gaps between ECOWAS free-trade rules and barriers confronting cross-border traders Keypoints:…
Seek Ye First the Political Kingdom
Nkrumah, Congo and the unfinished question of what political power must do for the people. I…
KWAME NKRUMAH MEMORIAL LECTURES DELIVERED BY KWESI PRATT, JNR — DAY (2) UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2026
KWAME NKRUMAH, YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW: PERSPECTIVES ON CONSTITUTIONALISM, DEVELOPMENT AND PAN-AFRICANISM A Presentation By Kwesi…