Europe
G7 Summit begins in Germany
The G7 Summit 2022 will take place from 26 to 28 June 2022 in Schloss Elmau in the Bavarian Alps. The venue is an attractive setting for the talks and meetings of the heads of […]
United States
Top News
African Leaders Must Condemn Racist Politics in America By Prof Lungu
USA, 25 March 21 – Georgia republican governor Brian Kemp cancelled millions of voters and “proudly” posted a photo of himself signing SB 2020, the restrictive voters law that bars people from giving water or food […]
Top News
Opinion: West Africans Built the United States, Mr. Museveni – By Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph.D.
Uganda’s President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni may very well be suffering from an acute and incurable strain of the deadly virus of Racial Inferiority. The longtime dictator and former anti-Amin guerilla-war leader is reported by BBC.com […]
Africa
GE Africa President/CEO, Jay Ireland Appointed as Chair of President Obama’s Advisory Council on Business Priorities for Africa
The appointments are announced in conjunction with the second U.S.-Africa Business Forum Jay Ireland, President & CEO of GE Africa (www.GE.com) was named as chair of the second President’s Advisory Council on Doing Business in […]
Africa
African Media Agency (AMA) launches U.S.-Africa Business Distribution
On the occasion of the second U.S.-Africa Business Forum, AMA announced the launch of a new press release distribution channel that will enable African companies and governments to efficiently and effectively communicate with the media […]
Diplomatic Dispatch
Analysis: Happenings in Turkey strike dangerous chords for democracy, but…. By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor
Folks, we have been monitoring happenings in Turkey since the attempted coup by a segment of the military to oust President Recep T. Erdogan from office and the aftermath with about 6,000 people supposedly connected […]
Africa
Feature: Only mad 60-year olds fault Kwame Nkrumah for Ghana’s dev’t quagmire Part 4 – By Prof. N. Lungu
“…I am trained to be objective and resolute…The shrewd Lee Kwan Yew kept himself in power amidst strong opposition at home, just like Dr. Nkrumah, and prevailed upon his enemies to transform his country from […]
Africa
North African Turmoil: Tunisia’s Fragile Post-Revolutionary Order – by Daniel Zisenwine Middle East Quarterly Winter 2016
On June 26, 2015, a lone gunman attacked a beachfront hotel in the Tunisian city of Sousse, exclusively targeting foreign tourists. By the time he was shot to death by the security forces, the 23-year-old […]
Africa
Patriotism is scarce in Ghana, says former President Rawlings
Ghana’s former President, Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings has called for a paradigm shift in Ghanaians’ approach to patriotism, saying most Ghanaians concede there is a scarcity of patriotism in the country, with selfishness and […]
Africa
‘Whole System’ Approach Needed to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Experts Say at Climate Meeting
Appropriate Management of Natural Resources at Centre of Solutions to Climate Change, Says International Resource Panel Decoupling economic growth from escalating resource use should be an integral part of climate policy, according to a group […]