When the Left Exerted Power in Congress—and How It Can Again

Recently, Waleed Shahid, a founder of Justice Democrats, posted an essay (“Primary Colors: On Progressive Electoral Strategy”) arguing the Left should not focus exclusively on ‘swing seats’, the perennial holy grail to regain a Democratic majority...

Five things to watch at this week’s meeting of CDC vaccine advisers

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — A group of advisers selected by US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to make recommendations on the use of vaccines in the United States will meet Thursday and Friday, and they are expected to...

ECOWAS Training Centres of Excellence reaffirm role in strengthening regional peace and security

By James Amoh Junior Accra, Sept. 18, GNA – The biennial meeting of Commandants of ECOWAS Training Centres of Excellence (TCEs) has ended at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) in Accra, with participants renewing...

Chimpanzees consume the equivalent of more than two alcoholic drinks per day

Our closest living primate relatives may prefer tree-hopping over bar-hopping, but they do consume quite a bit of alcohol through their food, a new study finds. Primatologists had long suspected that chimpanzees ingest sizeable amounts of alcohol,...

Can Nigeria become Europe’s new gas gateway?

As the European Union continues to seek alternatives to Russian , Nigeria cogasuld position itself at the centre of new transcontinental energy corridors connecting Africa to Europe. The resource-rich nation has the capacity to help European...

 Beauty In Value Chain: The Shea Butter Story 

1 There is growing investment in processing facilities in Nigeria. This is expected to have an effect on the trade dynamics of shea products in West Africa. There is a general trend of moving from export of raw materials to processing in most West...

50th anniversary of Cape Verdean independence

Xavier Gonsalves, Antonio P. Gonsalves Jr., Yvonne Smart 8 —Chesley Wiseman Tem Blessed – hip-hop artist & youth advocate performed at the event. —Chesley Wiseman Cape Verdean freedom fighter Antonio P. Gonsalves Jr. listens as Tem Blessed, a...

Portugal reinforces sound relations with China

Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro was the first foreign head of government to visit China following the September 3 commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression...

Wild chimps consume ‘equivalent of pint of lager every day’

There are no pubs in the forests of Uganda, no barstools and certainly no mixologists. Yet the wild chimpanzees who live there are, in their own way, knocking back a daily tipple. The figs and breadfruit they eat often come with a dash of alcohol,...

Agora takes 3 days of music, performance, and installation to Castelo de Leiria

Leiria, September 17, 2025 – Performers such as Tó Trips & Fake Latinos, Sheherazaad, Abdullah Miniaway, and Raquel André are among the guests slated for the fourth Ágora festival at the Castle of Leiria, featuring concerts, performances,...

Public health emergency workshop underway in Accra

The Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), through its Western Regional Coordinating Centre, has organised a risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) capacity strengthening workshop on public health emergencies....

Africa: Understanding hidden lifeline of groundwater recharge

Groundwater recharge, the process by which rainfall infiltrates the ground and replenishes underground aquifers, is fundamental to water security. Across Africa, it is the backbone of drinking-water provision and is increasingly being sourced and...

When U.S. transactional foreign policy reeks of coercive undertones

America’s deportation of migrants to third-party nations that are willing to accept them in exchange for diplomatic or economic incentives, which is dubbed by critics as proxy repatriation, has raised profound ethical, legal, and geopolitical...

History Today: When Large Hadron Collider, world’s largest machine, started operations

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world’s most powerful particle accelerator, was activated by scientists on September 10, 2008, at CERN. This was one of the most ambitious scientific endeavours in the history of modern science. On this day in...

African Small Island Developing States Launch Joint Blue Economy Transformation Project

The project, funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and led by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) with the Global Water Partnership Southern Africa (GWPSA) as Executing Agency, will support Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé...

Morocco ranks 135th in climate change, achieves mixed results in 2024 Global Justice Index

Morocco ranked 135th in addressing climate change as part of promoting global justice in 2021, far behind countries such as Gabon, which came 8th globally, Guinea-Bissau in 24th place, and Zambia in 25th place, according to the 2024 Global Justice...

What Do Companies Need in a Future-Ready ERP?

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From Periphery to Player: Africa’s Voice in the Shifting International Order

We are living through a moment of profound transformation in the international order. New coalitions, such as BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa), are positioning themselves as alternatives to US dominance, rooted in South-South...

West African Health Ministers Unite to Push for Lassa Fever Vaccine

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire—Health ministers from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have pledged their support to advance the development and promotion of a Lassa fever vaccine. This commitment was made during the 2nd ECOWAS Lassa...

From Bijilo To Freetown

The West African Tax Administration Forum (WATAF) has emerged as a driving force in shaping the region’s fiscal future. Since 2011, it has brought tax leaders and partners together through annual High-Level Policy Dialogues and General Assemblies...