Carlos Queiroz has resigned as Ghana head coach after the Black Stars' World Cup campaign ended with a 1-0 defeat to Colombia in the last 16. The Portuguese coach said he leaves with pride but urged reforms off the pitch to secure the team's future success.

At least 23 people have been killed and more than 100 injured in Sri Lanka's deadliest prison riot in over five years.

Kiharu MP, Ndindi Nyoro. PHOTO/UGC. BY MUHOHO FRANCIS Kiharu MP, Ndīndī Nyoro, stands as a revealing mirror of Mount Kenya’s contemporary leadership crisis. The Member of Parliament is not a leader in the traditional or transformative sense. Rather, he resembles a discotheque performer of economic rhetoric—animated, visible, and constantly in motion, yet ultimately detached from the structural realities he claims to address. He frequently brandishes spreadsheets, speaks fluently about bottom-up economics, and tweets gross domestic product figures as though he alone discovered the arithmetic of development. Yet the fundamental question remains unanswered: where is the parliamentary Bill that translates these assertions into binding law? Where is the motion designed to dismantle the entrenched coffee cartels that continue to impoverish farmers in Kangema, Mathira, and Othaya? Where is the legislative intervention aimed at breaking the dairy sector monopolies that determine the pr...

Barrister Ntumfon Ndangoh Tah Calvin of Cameroon. PHOTO/UGC. By Ntumfon Ndangoh Tah Calvin Recent reports of xenophobic violence targeting Africans, including Cameroonians and other foreign nationals in South Africa, have once again raised serious concerns about the protection of African citizens within their own continent. The continued silence and apparent lack of decisive response from several African governments, including Cameroon, is both troubling and disappointing. As a Cameroonian, it is difficult to understand why stronger diplomatic measures have not been taken to address the recurring incidents of hostility and discrimination directed at fellow Africans in South Africa. African unity cannot be reduced to rhetoric and slogans while citizens of one African state are attacked, intimidated, or denied opportunities in another. Diplomacy is grounded in mutual respect and reciprocity. The principle is straightforward: if you treat my citizens with dignity and fairness, I will ens...

The deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed more than 500 people, the UN health agency's figures showed Monday. Healthcare workers in Ituri province, the heart of the outbreak, on Sunday issued a 24-hour notice threatening to strike if the government did not improve their working conditions and pay them promised benefits.

Algeria's ruling National Liberation Front won the most seats in the country's parliamentary elections, the election board said Monday, securing 90 out of 407 in the July 2 vote. But the poll was marred by record-low turnout after the government barred more than a third of prospective candidates from running.

The Advertising Media Association of South Africa (AMASA), in partnership with the AAA School of Advertising, has launched an updated Media Management Competence Certificate to address South Africa's growing media skills gap. Combining industry-led training, practical learning, and a newly developed media planning textbook, the four-month hybrid programme equips professionals with the strategic, digital, and analytical skills needed to succeed in today's rapidly evolving media landscape. The initiative supports the development of future-ready media talent as brands, agencies, and media owners adapt to increasingly complex consumer and technology trends.

Africa’s creator economy is rapidly emerging as one of the continent’s fastest-growing industries, driven by millions of young entrepreneurs, artists, filmmakers, musicians, and digital creators. In this opinion piece, Daniel Kojo Soboh, CEO and Founder of EMY Africa, argues that Africa’s youth are already building a multi-billion-dollar economy through creativity, technology, and cultural innovation. He explores how the creator economy is transforming employment, exports, investment, and global perceptions of Africa while calling on governments, investors, and businesses to provide the infrastructure needed to sustain this unprecedented growth.

More than 100 members of Turkey’s Communist Party were pulled off the streets of Ankara on Sunday, riot police firing tear gas into a crowd chanting “Murderer NATO, get out of country” just three days before the alliance’s leaders arrive in the same city. The detentions struck at the heart of Kizilay Square, where the […]

By Prof. MarkAnthony Nze  Stress, Performance Anxiety And The Fertility Clock Pressure can enter the bedroom as physiology, not mood. A man who has never once had trouble in bed loses his erection on the single night that matters. His wife has been watching the ovulation strip since breakfast; it turned positive in the late […]