Africa’s Youth: From the Margins to the Main Table

At the Global Africa Forum 2025 held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, one message rang loud and clear: Africa’s young people must no longer be seen as bystanders in shaping the continent’s future. They must be welcomed to the table —...

African Commission declares ‘galamsey’ a human rights emergency, cites political complicity

By James Amoh Junior, GNA Accra, Oct. 2, GNA – The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) has declared Ghana’s illegal mining crisis, popularly known as galamsey, a human rights emergency. It warned that the phenomenon had become...

AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Violent clashes in Nagero County: injured, displaced, and missing. Homes, health centers, schools, and various infrastructures destroyed

Thursday, 2 October 2025 HK Tombura-Yambio (Agenzia Fides) – "To all those engaged in fighting, I raise my voice as a shepherd: Cease hostilities! Respect human life! Protect civilians!" said the Bishop of Tombura-Yambio, Barani Eduardo Hiiboro...

Africa urged to diversify trade markets

African countries are lobbying for renewal of the crucial trade deal while trying to diversify trade amid rising trade protectionism from the United States, as the African Growth and Opportunity Act, or AGOA, expired on Tuesday. Launched in 2000,...

GAVI and UEFA team up to launch vaccine awareness campaign in AFRICA  

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 October 2025: UEFA and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance have joined forces to launch a groundbreaking vaccine awareness campaign that harnesses the power of football to build trust in immunisation across Africa. With the...

An African American historic sign remembers school, leads to a book

Kirkland Elementary School was a “separate but equal” African American school located in the community of Kirkland, once a very close, predominately Black area nestled between Triune and College Grove. The school, built on a hill along the Horton...

NBM of Africa Renovates Agbowhiame Primary School, Donates Learning Materials To Pupils In Delta

0 Sunday Apah Agbowhiame community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State was thrown into celebration at the weekend as the Neo-Black Movement (NBM) of Africa, commissioned a newly renovated block of six classrooms at Agbowhiame...

South African National Space Agency outlines ambitious five-year plan

This year is a red-letter year for the South African National Space Agency (SANSA), with the climax arguably being its hosting of the Sixth Space Economy Leaders Meeting (SELM6), at Kleinmond in the Western Cape, at the start of September. This...

Cholera Crisis Escalates in Africa: Over 4,200 Dead, 190,000 Cases Reported in 2025, World Health Organization Warns

The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised alarm over the escalating cholera crisis in Africa, reporting that over 4,200 people have died from the disease in 2025 alone. This surge in mortality, coupled with more than 190,000 registered cases...

Kparekpare Victory Presby School Honours Top BECE Candidate and Teachers  

By Kingsley Mamore Dambai (O/R), Oct. 2, GNA – The Kparekpare Victory Presbyterian Basic School has held a colourful ceremony to honour the academic achievements of its students and the dedication of its teachers. The event, which attracted...

Ensign Global University’s Dr. Sutherland honoured at China–West Africa Health Summit  

By Issah Mohammed, GNA Accra, Oct. 2, GNA — Dr. Edward Kofi Sutherland, a medical doctor, currently serving as lecturer and Medical Director at Ensign Global University, has been named among the top 10 Medical Experts in Ghana. This was in...

Scarlet By RedDrop Brings Education-First Period Products To Ulta Beauty

Scarlet by RedDrop, an Atlanta-based menstrual product line focused on education, was founded by a mother and her daughter. Scarlet by RedDrop, an Atlanta-based menstrual product line, is now available in Ulta Beauty. Founded by mother-daughter...

Our greatest resource is not gold or oil, it’s our people – VODEC Africa CEO

The Chief Executive Officer of VODEC Africa, Daniel Asomani, has urged Ghana to shift its development focus from natural resources to its greatest asset—its people. Speaking at the National Emerging Leaders Economic Forum (NELEF) 2025 in Accra, he...

Learn Africa Post N474.98m Profit After Tax

Oluchi Chibuzor Learn Africa Plc has revealed it has posted a profit after tax (PAT) of N474.98 million in the financial year ended March 31st, 2025. Speaking at the 52nd annual general meeting of the company, Chairman, Learn Africa, Emeke...

MCPS to restructure high school programs

MCPS proposed an initiative earlier this month to restructure its specialized studies high school programs into six regional models, with four to five high schools in each region for the 2027-2028 school year. The plan will introduce two of five...

Morocco's youth-led protests demand better schools and hospitals, prime minister...

The call for resignation came after police killed three people on Wednesday as largely peaceful protests turned into riots, with banks looted and cars set ablaze. Though Morocco’s king is the country’s highest authority, protests in Morocco...

Margarita Festival Africa returns to Lagos for its 10th edition

Margarita Festival Africa, West Africa’s first and biggest margarita and tequila-inspired funfair, is set to return on November 30, 2025. The 2025 edition marks a historic milestone — the 10th edition across three nations and the 6th in Lagos,...

Catholic Charity Receives Request to Keep Hundreds of Children Fleeing from Burkina Faso’s Volatile Areas in School

“The army,” he says, “has endeavoured to make an area safe so that the population which has remained can cultivate some plots of ground in Kompienga. That has helped a lot this year, because since 2022 that has been impossible.” The F.M.R member...

Emmy award-winning journalist shares how BYU–Pathway is ‘transforming higher education’

The phrase “talent is equally distributed, but opportunity is not” is one that Emmy award-winning journalist Jane Clayson Johnson said she first came to understand as she sat on a Zoom call with four African students of BYU–Pathway Worldwide. In...

African Commission commends Ghana’s prison education system, welcomes reforms to tackle overcrowding

A delegation from the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights has commended Ghana’s prison education system, which allows inmates to pursue academic and vocational training while serving their sentences. The delegation, led by Commissioner...