Zimbabwe’s intellectual despot; how Mugabe became Africa’s fallen angel, and an independence leader who built his country up, then helped destroy it The Guardian by David SmithMain image: ‘He will be remembered for the land invasions, the rigged elections, the beatings in the townships and the ineptitude of the courts.’ Photograph: Philimon Bulawayo/Reuters Three great […]
Your life is your signature creation. It is your duty to live true to yourself. Pocket, by Thomas Oppong You and I have one thing in common: We want to constantly improve our lives and be the best version of ourselves. But unfortunately, many people have lived their lives pretty much the same way for […]
Africa News Room Ethiopian Airlines was announced winner of the Selling Travel Agents Choice Awards for “Airline to Africa Ethiopia participated at the 40th World Travel Market (WTM), which took place from Monday 4th November – Wednesday 6th November at ExCeL in London. WTM is the largest business-to-business travel event in the UK and attracts a 50,000-strong crowd […]
“Oh mighty king … a great marvel occurred in your reign … The heavens rained on the mountain of Punt … in this month when rainfall occurred, when rain was unseasonable, even in the north land. Your mother, Neith of the temple of Sais came to you to bring you the Nile, giving life to […]
This is Africa Africa’s founding fathers have many times been given the bare minimum when it comes to leadership. It is time for us to critically look at these men and what they did to the fabric of their nations. We need to question their legacies, which ought to be contested. Socrates Mbamalu When Zimbabwe’s […]
By Laureate Tsegaye Gebre-Medhin I am the first Earth Mother of all fertilityI am the Source I am the Nile I am the African I am the beginningO Arabia, how could you so conveniently have forgottenWhile your breath still hangs upon the threads of my springsO Egypt, you prodigal daughter born from my first loveI […]
BY MANU VENKAT Time to talk about a part of the world we don’t get to write about often: Africa! European and Asian airlines handle the lion’s share of the continent’s long-haul air traffic. But recently we’ve seen Africa’s own carriers make impressive strides. Royal Air Maroc is using its Dreamliner fleet to operate long […]
By Ashley Lime During colonial rule in Africa, thousands of cultural artefacts were plundered. African countries want them back and major museums across Europe have agreed to loan the famous Benin Bronzes back to Nigeria. Now France has launched a report calling for thousands of African art in its museums to be returned to the continent. […]
Der Bundespraesident Federal President of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier wrote an op-ed “No time for geopolitical turf battles – We need a global alliance to fight the pandemic” for the Financial Times. King Abdullah II of Jordan and presidents Halimah Yacob of Singapore, Sahle-Work Zewde of Ethiopia and Lenín Moreno Garcés of Ecuador co-wrote this article. Our nations, […]
Opinion by Jimmy Carter (CNN) The Sudanese people’s overthrow of their former government opened new opportunities in the country for democracy, peace and economic development. Today, Sudan’s transition is at a fragile moment. To succeed, it needs urgent international support. In August, the leaders of the protest movement and the military signed an agreement establishing a three-year transition […]
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