BY CHERISH CHIRUME At 29, I didn’t feel fulfilled. I’d been working in advertising trying to move high up the career ladder, but that was proving difficult. It was a … Read More
BY LAWRENCE O. GOSTIN From our current perspective, it is easy to forget that at the beginning of the AIDS pandemic, scientists did not even know the identity of the … Read More
BY COLLINS OUMA With more than 200 million cases recorded across the globe each year and half the world’s population living in areas considered high risk, malaria remains a challenge. … Read More
BY ELLEN JONES AND ROBERTS MEYERS Serena Williams has added to her grand slam singles tally at Wimbledon. Claiming the Venus Rosewater Dish for the sixth time on the famous … Read More
BY USMAN MAMA The African Union has declared 2015 The Year of Women Empowerment and Development Towards Africa’s Agenda 2063. So in celebration of African women, the African Union/Diaspora African … Read More
BY JOY BINTA The African Union, meeting this week in Johannesburg, South Africa, had an unusual guest on Friday: Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie, a U.N. Special envoy on refugees, who … Read More
Presenting a new book Challenges of Development in Africa The Missing Technology Link and the Morbid Corruption Pandemic While a continent steeped in lore and beauty, nobody can deny that … Read More
BY LISA FRENCH U.N. Secretary-General Ban-Kimoon’s mandate will not expire until next year, but already the debate is raging about his replacement, with calls for the next U.N. body’s boss … Read More
BY RUTH AINE Using social media, Esther Kalenzi, a 26-year-old lady in Uganda, makes a difference in the lives of orphaned children. It is not everyday that you meet a … Read More
Peter Sesay The head of the UN’s Ebola fighting force, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, expressed concerns on Sunday regarding passive efforts geared towards neutralizing the virus, praising Guinea for adopting … Read More
