Nearly 55 million people face hunger in West and Central Africa
Dakar. Senegal Reuters Soaring prices have helped fuel a food crisis in West and Central Africa, where nearly 55 million people will struggle to feed themselves in the coming months, UN humanitarian agencies warned on Friday. The number facing hunger during the June-August lean season has quadrupled over the last five years, they said, noting […]
Slavery tribunal?: Africa, Caribbean unite on reparations
CATARINA DEMONY, of Reuters, reports on the support building for the creation of an international tribunal on atrocities dating to the transatlantic trade of enslaved people…
Liberia’s civil war refugees left destitute after decades-old Ghana camp demolished
Buduburam, Ghana Reuters Sitting on a tattered mattress amongst the rubble of his former home, Wendell Elijah Mallobe is one of 15,000 Liberian refugees left destitute after authorities in Ghana demolished the camp where he has lived for more than 30 years. “I don’t know anybody in Liberia. Nobody. They burnt the village I was […]
UK to return looted royal regalia to Ghana in loan deal
London, UK Reuters Britain is returning a selection of Ghanaian gold regalia looted from an Asante king in the 19th century, in a historic loan deal set out on Thursday. Some 32 objects, including a gold peace pipe and a sword of state from London’s British Museum and Victoria & Albert Museum, will be loaned […]
Cameroon launches malaria vaccination program in global milestone
Reuters The global fight against malaria took a stride forward on Monday as Cameroon launched the world’s first routine vaccine programme against the mosquito-borne disease that is projected to save tens of thousands of children’s lives per year across Africa. Around 40 years in the making, the World Health Organization-approved RTS,S vaccine developed by British […]
Africa seeks action plan on slavery reparations at Ghana conference
Accra, Ghana Reuters Financial reparations are long overdue to Africans and the diaspora as compensation for the enslavement of people of African descent, Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo said on Tuesday on the first day of a conference on how to address such historical injustices. A performance on the trans-atlantic slave trade is staged during the […]
Essay: Christian leaders in Ghana are trying to reshape government – it may not end well
Scholar of religion and politics, JEFFREY HAYNES, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – at moves among some Christians to “remake Ghana according to their values and beliefs”…
Rags not riches: Ghana drowns in Western castoffs
Traders in the world’s largest second-hand clothes market want reparations for chronic pollution caused by fast fashion. BUKOLA ADEBAYO, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
Sakawa boys: Meet Ghana’s online romance scammers
Poverty and unemployment are driving Ghana’s youth into the dark underbelly of identity theft and romance scams. BUKOLA ADEBAYO, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
Niger junta says open to talks as Putin, US stress peace
Reuters Niger’s junta on Tuesday said that it was open to talks to resolve a regional crisis caused by last month’s military coup, while Russia and the United States called for a peaceful resolution. Western powers and democratic African governments have called for the coup leaders to reinstate ousted President Mohamed Bazoum, who they have […]