Flag-waving Swedes and royals celebrated in the blazing summer sun on Saturday as reality show starlet Sofia Hellqvist became a real-life princess as she married Prince Carl Philip. A cheer erupted from the crowd outside the palace in Stockholm when Carl Philip kissed his bride, a former glamour model, before riding in a horse and […]

ASKY  the pan African airline, announced on Thursday that it has reached the milestone of 2 million passengers transported on its flights since commencing operations in 2010. ASKY currently operates over 150 flights and covers 22 cities in 19 countries across West and Central Africa. The regional airline transports on average 10 000 passengers per week. […]

Years of delays and repeated failures to implement and improve sewage and drainage systems in Ghana’s capital, Accra, has led to increasingly damaging and deadly flooding during the country’s annual rainy season. “[Ghana] hasn’t make any serious arrangements in the event of a flood,” said Franklin Cudjoe, director of the Accra-based IMANI think tank. “It […]

A pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) says humans need the favor of God in their lives. Pastor K.E. Palmer of RCCG’s Restoration Assembly of Malmo, Sweden Sunday said there are five key benefits for those who enjoy divine favor. Serving as a guest preacher at the end of a two-day women’s seminar […]

  A growing focus on promoting sound corporate governance and enforcing regulatory compliance from the Nigerian government, paired with growing foreign investor interest in the country, is driving interest in enterprise business applications in Nigeria. That’s according to Magnus Nmonwu, Regional Director for Sage West Africa, who says that Nigeria’s government and tax authorities are […]

Liberia’s Foreign Minister Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan says in the 2017 elections Liberians should elect a leader who is a goal-getter and nationalist, someone with a solid record of performance. Speaking recently in London, the UK at the induction ceremony of new leaders of the Union of Liberian Organizations in the United Kingdom (ULO – UK), Minister […]

Hilde Schwab, Co-Founder and Chairperson of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, and Precious Moloi-Motsepe, Co-Founder and Deputy Chairman of the Motsepe Foundation, announced a three-year, 1 million Swiss franc partnership at a press conference on the opening day of the World Economic Forum on Africa recently. The objectives of the partnership are to advance […]

After spending their youthful days flying the colors of the Liberian national football team, a number of former football stars now called the Liberian Legends still have their nation at heart and are hosting a tournament this Saturday in Columbia, Maryland to raise funds to support the game in the West African country. Eight teams from four American […]

African governments, investors, and international financial institutions must significantly scale up investment in energy to unlock Africa’s potential as a global low-carbon superpower. That is the main message of a new report from Kofi Annan’s Africa Progress Panel, Power, People, Planet: Seizing Africa’s Energy and Climate Opportunities. The report, issued recently, calls for a ten-fold increase […]

  Reportage rate could be as low as 10 percent while the annual number could be as high as 5,000.Denmark is often singled out for praise when it comes to achievements of gender equality and sexual liberation. Championed as a liberal paradise, issues of rape and sexual violence rarely reach the forefront of political debate. […]