Burqa Ban: Islamophobia verses the Enlightenment
Writing during a period of great religious conflict, John Locke stated that the “toleration of those that differ from others in matters of religion...
Cash and the Clueless Casanova
Recently I got a call from my cousin who is also a recent returnee. Actually, it was more than one call. The first time...
Uganda: Opposition politicians arrested
Police has blocked the planned walk to walk campaign organized by opposition party leaders arresting over ten politicians.
Among those arrested is the leader of...
Uganda government still dealing with Libya
Uganda is still dealing with Libyan company although UN instructed that
Libya's property be confisicated because of Gaddafi's stand off.
Uganda government spokesman, Kabakumba Matsiko has...
The Last Straw (Part 2)
“The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.”-Maureen Dowd, American author and columnist.
The other day...
British Police will quiz former Libyan Minister
The defected Libyan foreign minister, Moussa Koussa will be visited by British police in the next few days for questioning over what he knows...
Ugandan students stranded in Libya soon to be evacuated
Over 20 Ugandan students are stranded in the battle that hit Libya at the beginning of 2011.
According to the permanent secretary in the Ministry...
The architecture of maternal death
The architectural design of two newly built public maternity hospitals in Malawi, which has one of the world’s highest rates of women dying in...
Asamoah Gyan’s Story: The tale of a patchy path to glory
Ghana’s love/hate relatioinship with Asamoah Gyan continues after his deftly spectacular equalizer against England at Wembley in a high profile friendly game that had...
North Sudan: 354 Christian and Jewish Southern Sudanese Slaves Liberated
14-year-old Ngor Angok Malith was thrilled to be liberated from slavery in Northern Sudan and reunited with his mother. For the past decade, the...
The Last Straw
Everyone knew that it would happen sooner or later, that despite my seemingly unshakeable optimism and avowed faith in Ghana’s ability to become an...
Somalia: Rebuilding a stateless country’s piracy-driven economy
Maritime piracy costs the global economy between $7 billion and $12 billion annually, and since January 2010 pirates working from ports in Somalia have...
Africa’s ‘Growth is not accompanied by employment’?
Africa’s labour movement is on the move from Cape to Cairo – demanding democracy, devising policy and building a new African economy that creates...
Ivory Coast: Restoration of democracy by force
New Forces rebels in support of Ivory Coast's democratically elected president Alassane Ouattara are on the verge of forcefully installing him as president and...
Norwegian Crown Couple to visit CWC Ghana Summit
Norwegian Crown Couple, Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit will be travelling to Ghana in mid-April. The Couple’s visit to Ghana will be...
US-Nigeria: ‘Trajectory of bad elections’ should be checked
The top U.S. diplomat to Africa urged Nigerians to demonstrate their ability to hold fair and democratic elections as the country prepares for legislative,...
Libya: Uganda offers Muammar Gaddafi refuge
Uganda has freely offered embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi refuge in Uganda as diplomats attempt to persuade the defiant leader to leave office without...
Morocco’s constitutional reform process begins
Morocco's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Taib Fassi Fihri, Monday night in Paris, highlighted a range of constitutional reforms initiated by King Mohammed VI as...
Sudan: Darfur renews tensions between north and south Sudan
Tensions have risen between Northern Sudan and Southern Sudan over Darfur. Northern Sudan charges southern leaders of supporting Darfur rebels against the north, while...
Pro-Gaddafi Africans protest as Coalition forces gain momentum
As world leaders met Tuesday in London to discuss the Libyan situation, hundreds of members of a group called Pan Africanists from Uganda and...
Japan radioactivity detected in Florida
Trace amounts of the radioactive element iodine-131 from the Japan nuclear disaster have been detected in South Florida, but authorities say the concentrations remain...
Facebook removes violent ‘intifada’ page
Facebook has removed a page calling for a new Palestinian uprising against Israel after more than 350,000 people signed up to it.
The page which...
White celebs say ‘I Am African’ for AIDS campaign
AOL Black Voices is taking a critical look at the AIDS nonprofit Keep a Child Alive's ad campaign featuring Hollywood stars in what is...
First images of planet Mercury released
NASA released an image of the planet Mercury on Tuesday, the first obtained from a spacecraft orbiting the solar system's innermost planet.
The image is...
African Movie Academy Award winners announced
Held over the weekend, in Yenegoa, Bayelsa State (Nigeria) on Saturday, March 26, 2011, the celebration announcing the winners of the 2011 African Movie...
Watching out for Franco-Nigerian singer, Asa
Similar to the British Invasion of the 1960s, a Nigerian Invasion of musical acts has been scoring success in the Anglophone world for decades:...
Randa: A transsexual is above all a human being
Randa is an Algerian transsexual. She tells her poignant story in a book, The Memoirs of Randa the Trans, which was recently published in...
Ethiopia and U.K. forge closer economic ties
Ethiopia and United Kingdom are soon to sign a Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) that aims to give further impetus to growing trade and investment...
Hao Ge: An African super star singer in China
He is a qualified engineer from Nigeria who has become a super star in China. His stage name, Hao Ge, could be translated into...
Mathew Knowles on the Departure of Beyonce from Music World Entertainment
The decision for Beyonce and Music World Entertainment to part was mutual. We did great things together, and I know that she will continue...