Famous actresses like Angelina Jolie have become the butt of many jokes because of their humanitarian or “good works” in Africa and other parts of the developing world. In Sierra Leone [Read more]
South Africans celebrated Nelson Mandela's 94th birthday Wednesday by participating in good deeds nationwide to honor the legacy of the famous statesman. The frail icon has not appeared in public [Read more]
Delegates at the just-concluded African Women Economic Summit (AWES) held in Lagos, and co-organised by the African Development Bank (AfDB) (http://www.afdb.org), have proposed ways to end the financial exclusion of [Read more]
Ghana’s economic surge has come with it service delivery challenges. With socio-economic inequality widening and much of the population rural bound, the delivery of goods and services still remain a [Read more]
The BBC has today announced its first-ever dedicated daily TV news programme in English for African audiences. The new programme, BBC Focus on Africa, brings together the expertise of the [Read more]
ARUSHA, Tanzania, June 6, 2012/ — Africa's Top Bankers gathered in Arusha, Tanzania, to celebrate the 6th edition of the African Banker Awards, under the patronage of the African Development [Read more]
A passenger plane carrying 153 passengers between Abudja and Lago has crashed in a residential area, no hope for survival. Authorities have declared three days of national mourning for the [Read more]
A cargo plane has crash-landed in Ghana's capital Accra, hitting a bus full of passengers, officials say. Ten passengers on board the bus were reported to have been killed while [Read more]
PRESS RELEASE AfDB President Kaberuka thanked the Japanese Government for their continued support ARUSHA, Tanzania, May 31, 2012/ — Japan's Senior Vice Minister of Finance, Yukihisa Fujita, [Read more]
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor listened today with his eyes closed as he heard the Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague, Netherlands, sentence him to prison for 50 [Read more]
KAMPALA, Uganda, May 24, 2012/ — Airtel Uganda (http://www.airtel.com) has today announced new harmonized calling rates to all African destinations, cutting costs for Ugandans who communicate with family, friends and [Read more]
On 16 May, convicted war criminal, Charles Taylor, delivered a 30-minute speech – part plea for clemency, part lubricious defence of his actions, and part grandstanding – before his trial [Read more]
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor, now convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity in relations to atrocities committed in Sierra Leone, has stressed the need for former US President [Read more]
PRESS RELEASE Donald Kaberuka will take part in an extraordinary meeting to discuss the critical issue of food security in Africa WASHINGTON, May 17, 2012/ — Dr. Donald [Read more]
Suddenly, ex-President Jerry Rawlings has had epiphany about the on-going Ghana/African enlightenment movement. Face-to-face with some lethal cultural inhibitions that have been demeaning Ghanaians’/Africans’ humanity, Rawlings, in the manner of [Read more]
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