The great silence surrounding marital rape in Senegal

Women demonstrate to demand the criminalisation of rape. Screenshot from the WF1tv – Women First YouTube channel By Bowel Diop Gender-based violence, including marital rape, occurs worldwide, and often, the perpetrators are the victim's husband....

Strengthening Border Security in West Africa: GEOINT Master Trainer Programme Advances in Accra

As part of the WCO Fragile Border Action Plan endorsed by the WCO Council in June 2023, the second Working Group (WG2) under the WCO/JICA Master Trainer Programme (MTP) on Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) was held in Accra, Ghana, from 1 to 5...

Ghana Launches Taskforce to Stop DStv Decoder Smuggling from Nigeria

Government moves to tackle cross-border piracy that's bleeding tax revenue and undermining local broadcasting industry The era of using smuggled Nigerian DStv decoders in Ghana might be coming to an end. Communications Minister Samuel Nartey...

Who Supports Putin? Nations That Side With Russia

President Vladimir Putin, a former intelligence officer, was first elected president of Russia in 2000. (He was prime minister from 2008–2012, while Dmitry Medvedev held the presidency. He returned as president in 2012 and has remained since.) A...

DRC Ceasefire Collapse; Turkish Troops to Niger; El Fasher on the Brink: Africa File, September 25, 2025

To receive the weekly Africa File or triweekly Congo War Security Review via email, please subscribe here. Follow CTP on X, LinkedIn, and BlueSky. Key Takeaways: Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Rwandan-backed M23 rebels are conducting at...

The Sacred Waterways of Black and Indigenous Communities

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Nigerians can now visit this country without a Visa

Nigerians can now travel to St. Kitts and Nevis visa-free, thanks to a new agreement between both nations. The landmark deal, finalized after high-level talks between Prime Minister Dr. Terrance M. Drew of St. Kitts & Nevis and President Bola...

The Obsession of Nigerians with Titles

In Nigeria, titles are not just decorations—they are passports to respect, validation, and sometimes even unearned authority. The recent buzz surrounding the Kano singer, Dauda Kahutu (Rarara), and his supposed conferment of an honorary doctorate...

Recent resurgence of avian flu noted in southern Africa

One poultry flock has been hit by the H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus in Botswana, according to the latest update on the HPAI situation in sub-Saharan Africa from the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)....

Natural gas has a small but important role in Africa’s energy transition

Report September 23, 2025 • 10:00 am ET Print this page Natural gas has a small but important role in Africa’s energy transition By Neil Ford Bottom lines up front Roughly 42 percent of Africa’s population lacks reliable access to electricity at...

Stakeholders brainstorm to uncover Lagos uniqueness

Prof. Siyan Oyeweso, Pro Chancellor and Chairman of Council, Obafemi Awolowo University Ile Ife in Osun, has described the city of Lagos, as both indigene-rooted and cosmopolitan, where history and modernity converge. Oyeweso, one of the keynote...

Standardisation, poor customer service bane of hospitality industry – Professor Mensah

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ghana Tourism Development Company (GTDC), Prof Kobby Mensah, has highlighted a critical need for improved service delivery within the country’s hospitality sector – citing a lack of standardisation and poor...

Standardisation, poor customer service bane of hospitality industry – Prof. Kobby Mensah              

By Ernest Bako WUBONTO The Chief Executive Officer (CEO)-Ghana Tourism Development Company (GTDC), Prof. Kobby Mensah, has highlighted a critical need for improved service delivery within the country’s hospitality sector – citing a lack of...

Mapping the continent by foot, lens, willpower: How three Nigerian women are rewriting Africa’s travel story

BY MABEL ECHEWUNE From Omotoke Fatoki backpacking across Africa by road, to Amarachi Ekekwe blending travel with her 9-to-5 job, and to Pelumi Nubi’s solo drive across West Africa, this is the story of three Nigerian women remapping what it means...

Every slave must be remembered

H.E. John Dramani Mahama, President of Ghana, among other African leaders, has sparked a controversial debate at the 80th UN General Assembly in 2025. These leaders went ahead and pushed the world community to recognize the African slave trade as...

Ghana champions locally led climate adaptation at UNGA80

Ghana’s Minister of State for Climate Change and Sustainability, Seidu Issifu, delivered a powerful and forward-looking address at the Global Centre on Adaptation (GCA) Leaders’ Dialogue on the theme “Shaping Resilient Futures”, held during the...

Improving customer service key to boosting Ghana’s hospitality sector – GTDC

The Ghana Tourism Development Company (GTDC) has identified a lack of standardisation and poor customer service as major challenges hindering growth in the country’s hospitality industry. The company says these issues must be urgently addressed to...

Galamsey brouhaha: State of emergency sure bet - Activists demand

Civil society bodies and environmental activists have upped the ante on anti-illegal mining, emphasising that a declaration of a state of emergency in affected areas remains the surest bet to win the fight. In the latest clarion call, the Fix the...

Atomic-scale imaging of frequency-dependent phonon anisotropy

Schubert, M. et al. Anisotropy, phonon modes, and free charge carrier parameters in monoclinic β-gallium oxide single crystals. Phys. Rev. B 93, 125209 (2016). Article ADS Google Scholar Ma, W. L. et al. In-plane anisotropic and ultra-low-loss...

How Interpol arrest ova 200 cybercrime scammers across Africa

Authorities across Africa don arrest hundreds of suspected cyber scammers for one coordinated international sting wey di UK fund. Di operation wey dem call Operation Contender 3.0. - involve di assistance of Interpol. Investigators say di cyber...