EditorialAWS outage shows the need for a cloud computing Plan B

Picture this snapshot of modern life: upon waking up, you ask your Alexa assistant to put on some morning music. After firing up Zoom to make some work calls, you log on to your bank to pay some bills. While you do this, your smartphone lights up...

Here’s why Ken Agyapong is drawing inspiration from Captain Ibrahim Traoré

New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer hopeful, Kennedy Agyapong, has praised the President of Burkina Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, for the development he is bringing to his country. Speaking in a recent interview in the Upper West Region, Ken...

Designing a Resilient and Data-Driven FinCrime Function in the Age of AI

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Louvre Abu Dhabi launches tour that lets visitors smell the art

Amid the halls of Louvre Abu Dhabi sits a portrait from the 17th century, depicting a kitchen table and its contents. It takes in everything from a cut of meat hung on the wall and bird carcasses to a plate of sliced lemons and crusts of bread....

Mahama Breaks Ground For Dualisation Of Cape Coast-Takoradi Highway

President John Dramani Mahama has broken ground for the construction of the 73-kilometre Takoradi–Cape Coast road dualization project, marking a major step in the government’s new $10 billion infrastructure drive, known as The Big Push. The...

In the Struggle Against US Imperialism

Nicaragua Is a Model of Sovereignty By Ben Norton The United States has militarily intervened in practically every country in Latin America. The CIA has backed dozens of coups d’etat against democratically elected left-wing governments in Latin...

Coup Terrorism!

1 The article below was first published in January, 2022, a few days after the elected President Roch Kabore of Burkina Faso was overthrown by Col. Dami­ba. Eight months later, Captain Traore overthrew Col. Damiba because of worsening insecu­rity,...

When the road to destiny matters

Three months into my stay in Ghana end of March 2012, while staying at the yellow Hotel Gymima near the Circle in Accra, I decided on a late afternoon to cross the road and enter Avenor, a district of Accra divided by the Odowa River. Passing a...

Religious persecution alive in Canada, ACN report finds

In a world marked by instability, political polarization, violence and economic hardship, religious persecution is on the rise in scale and intensity, and Canada is not immune, says the latest report from the pontifical charity Aid to the Church...

Are Africans Losing Faith in Democracy? The Alarming Return ...

In recent years, Africa has witnessed a resurgence of military coups, shaking the foundation of its democratic progress. From Mali and Burkina Faso in West Africa to Sudan in the northeast, the once-fading shadow of military intervention in...

Analyst: West Africa a Potential ‘Powder Keg’ Due to Spreading Sahel Terrorism

A marked increase in attacks by armed groups and terrorists on military bases and civilians across the central Sahel have occurred since the beginning of 2025 when Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger left the Economic Community of West African States...

There are now just 354 leopards across the whole of West Africa. Even they too could soon vanish

The leopard, one of the main carnivores of West Africa, has declined by more than 50 per cent in the last three generations (22.3 years), according to the latest International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assessment. The main reasons...

The Massive Enviromental Problem in Africa: Issues, Implications, and Solutions

The environmental problem in Africa is massive and growing every day. As Monique Walker puts it, the tragic dilemma is that “although Africa is the continent that contributes to the earth’s environmental change, it is the most vulnerable to its...

Hearts explain Landry Kabore and James Wilson situations as fans' devotion impresses Derek McInnes

Premiership match at Kilmarnock appeals to Tynecastle head coach Emerging from Rugby Park’s tunnel to a healthy, boisterous crowd won’t be a new experience for Derek McInnes. He witnessed many high-octane occasions there during three and a half...

Verstappen aiming for F1 title after stunning win in US GP

Four-time defending world champion Max Verstappen made a decisive move in his hunt for the F1 title as he dominated the United States Grand Prix with a wire-to-wire victory. Verstappen entered the weekend as a long-shot to win a fifth consecutive...

Tensions mount as Alassane Ouattara seeks fourth term in Ivory Coast vote

“This is worth several more terms,” the Ivorian president, Alassane Ouattara, joked while opening a bridge named after him in the country’s commercial capital, Abidjan, in 2023. The appearance in recent years of several new bridges in west...

Ghana hosts landmark training for effective tobacco control advocacy in Africa

Public health experts, tobacco control advocates, journalists, and government representatives from across Africa have gathered in Accra for a high-impact, week-long training on tobacco industry monitoring and response. The initiative, hosted from...

UNHCR calls for support to tackle displacement crisis in Africa

(MENAFN) The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has issued an urgent appeal for stronger international action to address the escalating displacement crisis across Africa’s Sahel region, where nearly 4 million people have been forced from their homes in...

Michael Days, News DEI Leader, Dies Suddenly

Spontaneous Applause When He Was Named Editor Homepage photo: Michael Days at Oct. 8 meeting of NABJ-Philadelphia (Courtesy Melanie Burney) The National Association of Black Journalists prepared ths video when Michael Days was indicted into its...

Uganda weighs a radical malaria fix

Malaria places a crushing burden on Uganda’s health system, as it does in many African countries. The disease accounted for 30-40% of Ugandan outpatient visits in 2023, states the World Health Organization. It kills 16 people daily, according to...