Sierra Leone Decides: Presidential hopeful Kandeh Yumkella speaks to New African
Sierra Leone goes to the polls tomorrow 7 March in elections fielding five Presidential candidates including Kandeh Yumkella, the former Director General of UNIDO and …
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Seven reasons why Akufo-Addo won – and how Mahama lost
The election was notable for, among other things, the absence of a contested aftermath. Ghanaians voted peacefully, the votes were counted fast and accurately, and the …
The future of Nigeria’s manufacturing
Can Nigeria get back on the industrial horse? Although current realities don’t hold much promise, the resilience of Nnewi, wartime Biafra’s industrial machine, suggests a new path, …
A Borderless Africa: So you want that African e-Passport?
Excitement, praise, concern, and heaps of speculation have greeted the much-hyped launch of the common African e-passport at the Kigali African Union Summit on 17th …
Anas Aremeyaw Anas: The masked investigative journalist in his own words
Photo credit: James Duncan DavidsonNo one has ever seen his face in public, but many know his work. Earlier this year,
Senegal: The danger of ‘yes sir’ politics
President Macky Sall’s decision to allow Guantanamo Bay detainees into Senegal does not portend well for security, so why did he do it?
