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By Ana Monteiro and Ntando Thukwana East African economy has held position for most of past decade Ghana GDP surged 8.5% in 2017 as Sankofa field started output…

BY DANIEL OGBAHARYA | PAMBAZUKA In what seems like a watershed moment, Ethiopia has a new head of state: Abiy Ahmed, who was sworn in amid much fanfare on 2 April 2018. Perhaps owing to…

The Economist Twenty years after a pointless war over a town no one had heard of, Ethiopia ponders rapprochement “LIKE Sarajevo, 1914,” said the late Ethiopian prime minister, Meles…

First published by ISS Today In early April, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) stopped its capacity building support for security institutions and humanitarian aid to Somalia. This was due…

THREE ‘Hurrahs for World Press Freedom Day/ World Press Day’ today, May 3, so-proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in 1993 following a Recommendation adopted at the 26th UNESCO General…

WOULD you, esteemed reader, believe that there’d be a day when there’d be NO NEWS ‘worth releasing – especially by the highly-reputable British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)? Reportedly, on…

MORE than 200 million women around the world have experienced some kind of female genital mutilation (FGM) and more could be at risk, a UN agency said. Though the practice has declined in…

By AFP US President Donald Trump may rule the roost on Twitter, but he lags far behind Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Facebook, according to a study published Wednesday. Modi…

By Phionah Nassanga Hamuzatah Ngudde, Buganda Royal University I think it is right if I defined myself as a party animal. The time one can enjoy most is at university because after…

Have you ever wondered why some individuals on social media go out of the way to provide you with the latest news update, gossip, live feeds, or even humour? Like a charm, they, oftentimes,…