Category Archives: Africa

African News

As the world prepares to celebrate Christmas – Africa should not be fo...

December 25, 2011 no comments

Christmas is very important in the world’s calendar. It is the month our saviour and Lord Jesus Christ was born. We have every reason to be joyful, thankful and delighted. Because of Christ, we are s...

Battling child witchcraft accusation

July 29, 2010 2 comments

The flowering of The African Century, as a material progress scheme, is also an enlightenment struggle. Most African elites have not thought about this despite their cultural obstacles wheeling aroun...

The Sierra Leone Daily Mail has been revived

July 23, 2010 2 comments

Serra Leone as a country is moving from decades of political and economic demise to a country full of hope, potential and opportunity. There is an increasing need for its potential to be showcased an...

Is money the root of all evil?

July 13, 2010 4 comments

It is tempting to say that money is the root of all evil — with people seemingly scrambling about doing inhuman, if not entirely unspeakable acts that show no regard whatsoever for the well-bei...

African leaders should learn from Asamoah Gyan’s penalty miss at...

July 13, 2010 no comments

Ghanian striker Asamoah Gyan’s penalty miss in the dying seconds of extra time against Uruguay on Friday cost the African side a place in the World Cup semi-finals and broke hearts across the contine...

Uneasy calm returns to Guinea as election results to be announced on S...

July 2, 2010 no comments

Thierno Balde, the chairman of Guinea’s Research Institute on Democracy and the Rule of Law, a non-governmental organization, has said that an uneasy calm has returned to the capital, Conakry ahead o...

Rape-aXe Condom to help protect Women from being Raped

June 25, 2010 1 comment

South African Dr. Sonnet Ehlers was on call one night four decades ago when a devastated rape victim walked in. Her eyes were lifeless; she was like a breathing corpse. “She looked at me and sa...

All mobile phone numbers to be registered in Kenya – In a bid to reduc...

June 23, 2010 no comments

In a bid to cut crime, the government in Kenya has started to register all mobile phone numbers in the country. Any numbers still unregistered at the end of July will be disconnected, the government ...

Fighting in Nigeria’s Parliament – As Speaker is accused of Corruption...

June 23, 2010 no comments

There was turmoil in Nigeria’s parliament on Tuesday as fighting broke out after a group of members were suspended for accusing the speaker of corruption, causing further distraction in a body ...

Kenya receives Ksh480 million European Investment Bank funding for Air...

June 21, 2010 no comments

Kenya has received a Ksh480 million European Investment Bank fund towards upgrading and rehabilitation of the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) passenger facility. The European Investment Ba...

Two Chinese Banks agree to Finance Three Projects in Mozambique

June 21, 2010 1 comment

$165 million has been put together by two Chinese banks to help finance three projects in Mozambique . This was according to a statement by Prime Minister Aires Ali, the Agencia de Informacao de Moca...

Police in South Africa Arrest four people in connection with shooting ...

June 21, 2010 no comments

Police in South Africa are saying they have arrested four people for the shooting of an exiled Rwandan army general on Saturday. The police spokesman, Govind Samy, would not give the nationality of t...

Gender Equality – A Question of Rights

June 18, 2010 no comments

Men and women are indeed equal. When discussing the controversial topic of gender equality we would do well to understand each other before making our decision on gender superiority. Why is it that m...

John Benjamin’s Overtures to Ban-Ki-Moon – A disgraceful Attempt to Co...

June 17, 2010 no comments

I was shocked and dismayed to read the plea made by the Chairman of the Opposition SLPP party in Sierra Leone, John Oponjo Benjamin, in the  form of a classroom tabulated lecture, to the U.N. Secreta...

Mo Ibrahim Foundation announces decision not to award 2010 Ibrahim Pri...

June 14, 2010 no comments

The Prize Committee met yesterday to discuss the award of the 2010 Mo Ibrahim Prize. Following its deliberations, the Prize Committee informed the Board of the Foundation that it had not selected a w...

The Need for a Two-Term Koroma Presidency in Sierra Leone

June 7, 2010 4 comments

The political climate has changed for the better, over the past two and a half years in Sierra Leone! It is very rare in African politics to see a leader committed to his people’s welfare that employ...