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MUCH has been written about the crashes, congestion and pollution on Ghana’s roads. Road injury is among the top 10…

THE future of transportation appears to be electric. More and more people across the globe are opting for electric vehicles…

IN promoting women to fully participate in all areas of our society, we become a better and inclusive world where…

FAST food – food sold in an outlet, drive-through, or restaurant either as preheated or precooked, and served or packaged…

2020 was a significant year for Africa in many respects, writes Bryan Knight.  It was not only the year when…

COLLAPSED buildings are worryingly common in several large African cities. One study counted 54 building collapse deaths and 122 injuries…

ON the day before the 2020 US presidential election, Rev Kenneth Meshoe, the leader of the African Christian Democratic Party…

PROTESTS against racism have erupted around the globe in recent weeks, sparked by the murder of a black man, George…

Last month saw the launch of the University of South Africa’s Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International Affairs.…

THE Covid-19 pandemic exposed Africa’s inadequate capabilities and capacity to manufacture and supply essential drugs and personal protective equipment (PPEs)…

A desperate yearning for a long-departed mother. Reaching deep from the bowels of fragile humanity. Grasping for breath. Begging for…

SOME years ago I found myself face to face with the statue that has become the most controversial in Britain…

AFRICA entered this century with great expectations. Its entrepreneurial and political ambitions were growing.  The international community was coalescing behind a…

KENYANS  in the  Diaspora –  ‘those of the remittance’ –  are constantly reminded of their patriotic duty to support Kenya’s…

THE Lake Chad Basin is so culturally intertwined that all hands must be on deck at the same time. This…

AFTER being ignored for many decades as a lost continent, perhaps what woke up Africa is digital connectivity with the…

NEARLY seven years ago, when I became president of Yale University, five of the top twelve and eleven of the…

AS we mark International Migrants Day on December 18, it’s time to rethink how we value the informal skills and resources of…

IN the so-called ‘Mozambique tuna scandal’ and $2bn debt default, officials of the southern coastal African nation did something even…

‘DID a Lebanese business executive harm anyone when he sold flotillas of modern ships and systems to the African nation…