Africa is high on the G20 summit agenda. But will Trump do what thwart progress?

BY JOHN J. TREMLAU When G20 leaders meet in Hamburg in early July they face a problem not on their formal agenda: how to work around Donald Trump. The US president disdains … Read More

African leaders at the U.S.-Africa Business Summit call for U.S. investment

BY ALAN GREEN With an estimated 800 participants in attendance, including U.S. commerce secretary Wilbur Ross, Mozambique’s president Felipe Nyusi, and the president of the African Development Bank, Dr. Akinwumi … Read More

Celebrating black women: the inspiring story of 95-year-old Hadeejah Salifou

BY LOU SIFA The inspiring story of Hadeejah Salifou, an illiterate, now-95-year-old woman from rural southern Benin who challenged a deep-rooted tradition to get her way, epitomizes the fighting spirit … Read More

Where did we go so wrong to allow our democracy to trip?

BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU In the wee hours of November 9, 2016 our democracy tripped, and a man with dangerous behaviors and frightful ideas claimed victory. Today, the proclaimed winner, a … Read More

President Trump? The gods must be crazy!

BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU Founder & Publisher of “The African” Bleeding heavily everywhere from self-inflicted wounds of proven women’s groping and blatant racist statements, and limping all the way to the … Read More

Sadly, gender equality has taken the back seat in America

BY CARMEN SABINE VIDJANGNI An Acounting auditor At last gone are the passions. By calling Donald Trump last night to concede defeat, Hillary Clinton demonstrated the triumph of democracy. Once … Read More