As the current chairperson of the African Union, Rwandan president Paul Kagame was among the first five leaders to address the just-concluded 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Kagame extolled the “deepening” partnership between Africa and the global body, noting, “the dividend of a more focused and functional Africa benefits everyone.” But even as […]
For decades, the image of Ethiopia in the rest of the world’s imagination was one of poverty, a people entirely dependent on the aid from Western countries. Of course Ethiopia struggled under desperate real socio-economic issues, but that wasn’t all there was to the country, just like poverty isn’t all there is to poor people.
New York Mayor Bill De Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray hosted the African community in New York on Wednesday September 26, 2018 to mark the maiden African Heritage Day in New York city. The event was held at the Mayor’s residence, Gracie Mansion and was attended by African immigrants from all walks of life as
Popularly known in the Ghanaian music circles as Papa Shee, who over 10 years now has become an Evangelist is coming back to Ghana. He stopped making secular music when he decided to heed to the call of God upon his life and has since dedicated his life to propagate the gospel to others in
Last week, Weezy Season commenced after news of his elusive album, Tha Carter V, surfaced online on social media. While fans continue to clamor for new Tunechi, they’ll be able to rejoice with their hero next month at the 2018 BET Hip-Hop Awards, where he’ll receive the “I am hip hop” award. Lauded for his mainstream
The 2018 Kumasi Men’s Fashion Week audition comes off on 16th September 2018. Over 5000 astute fashion designers are expected to be auditioned towards the grand finale (Awards Night) The Awards ceremony is slated for Friday, November 9, and Saturday, November 10, 2018, a two-day event organized collaboratively by Jsite Management Agency and Rose Tree
This shocking video appeared on social media. It’s a town in the Upper East region of Ghana. The video depicts the hardship locals go through to get to a health facility. According to the commentary in the video, there is actually a health facility in the town which has not been commissioned yet due to
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was in the Bronx for a last minute campaign event ahead of tomorrow’s Democratic Primaries. The popular Governor together with his lieutenant Kathy Hochul and New York City Public Advocate who is in the race for State Attorney General attended a campaign event at Co-op City in the Bronx, in a
Ghana will have to use alternative sources to pay back China’s Sinohydro Corp. for $2 billion in infrastructure if the revenue from an earmarked bauxite project is insufficient to meet installments. Sinohydro agreed to a deal with the West African nation in May to build bridges, roads, hospitals and housing as part of the government
