AFRICA

• Relations between Ghana and Guinea go back to the independence years • The first post-independence leaders – Kwame Nkrumah and Sekou Toure – were known to be close friends • Nkrumah is on record to have given $10 million to Guinea to help their takeoff after independence from France in October …

The African Court on Human and People’s Rights have expressed concern that more African States are yet to ratify the Protocol and make the Declaration under Article 34 (6). Lady Justice Imani D. Aboud, African Court President, explained that Article 34 of the Protocol [Ratification] stipulates that “at the time …

The political party of former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh announced on Sunday an alliance with the ruling party three months before the presidential election, casting doubt on the willingness to prosecute the former leader for alleged human rights violations. The secretary general of Yahya Jammeh’s APRC party, Fabakary Tombong Jatta, …

• Prof Kwesi Aning says ECOWAS and AU have lost their respect • He blamed the international community for the happenings in Guinea •His comment was after Alpha Conde was ousted by some military forces in Guinea Prof Kwesi Aning, Director of Faculty of Academic Affairs & Research at the …

• Some Ghanaians supported the coup in Guinea • The soldiers declared the Guinean constitution invalid • Guinea‘s president, Alpha Conde, has been detained by the military Several Ghanaians on social media have waded into the ongoing unrest in Guinea after a group of military personnel overthrew and detained President …

A head-on collision on the N12 highway near Germiston on Sunday night has left one person dead and two seriously injured. Image: Emer-G-Med One person has died and two people are fighting for their lives after their vehicles crashed head-on on Gauteng’s N12 highway on Sunday night. Emer-G-Med spokesperson Kyle van …

History says that after Native Americans were exempt from the slave trade in 1730, many of those Natives started owning Black slaves themselves. Of the Five Tribes (Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole nations), the Cherokees were the largest holder of Africans as chattel slaves. In fact, by 1860, the …

Former President Jacob Zuma was released from prison on medical parole, Department of Correctional Services on Sunday. Zuma has been incarcerated since July after he was found guilty of contempt of court for failure to comply with an order of the Constitutional Court to honor a summons to appear before …

The Economic Communicty of West African States (ECOWAS) has said it has noted with great concern the recent political developments which occurred in Conakry, Republic of Guinea. ECOWAS in a communique on Sunday condemned “with the greatest firmness this coup attempt on Sunday, September 5, 2021.” “ECOWAS demands respect for …

Guinea’s special forces claimed Sunday to have captured President Alpha Conde and “dissolved” the country’s institutions, in a video sent to an AFP correspondent, while the defense ministry said it had repelled their attack on the presidency. “We have decided after having taken the president, who is currently with us …