Black Paper: A symbolic title or Africa's answer to colonial debt narratives?

GhanaWeb Feature by Ernestina Serwaa Asante Following the launch of the Pan-African "Black Paper" on debt earlier in 2025, many have been left wondering why it was named the Black Paper. Is the paper itself black, or is it simply a symbolic title?...

Over 2100 Cholera Cases and 137 Deaths Recorded in Chad 

The Chadian Ministry of Public Health and Prevention has announced there are over 2,100 recorded cases of cholera in the country, adding that the disease is spreading in three provinces. The announcement was made yesterday, Sept. 19. Since...

Life Sciences Cloud Content Migration: Separating Fact from Fiction

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Tracing the 'Green Sahara' in Chad's northern desert

A cloud of dust escapes from an excavation site in the sand of Chad's arid north, where scientists are looking for signs of human habitation in an area once humid and called the "Green Sahara". Kneeling, armed with a brush and trowel inside the...

World AFP Tracing the 'Green Sahara' in Chad's northern desert

A cloud of dust escapes from an excavation site in the sand of Chad's arid north, where scientists are looking for signs of human habitation in an area once humid and called the "Green Sahara". Kneeling, armed with a brush and trowel inside the...

Ghana Re-Elected as ANCA Chair for Second Term, Steering Africa’s Cybersecurity Ambitions Into a Defining Phase

In Rabat on 17 September 2025, the 6th meeting of the African Network of Cybersecurity Authorities (ANCA) delivered a signal moment: member states unanimously re-elected Ghana as chair for a second term, extending its leadership through what could...

How nativism determines whose vote counts in the Central African Republic

This December, citizens of the Central African Republic (CAR) will head to the polls for the first election since the country’s constitution was amended to remove presidential term limits. With “2.3 million voters […] registered, including 749,000...

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...

BII Invests $20 million in Acumen’s H2R Initiative to Expand Energy Access in Africa

Quick Read: The initiative will deploy innovative financing to off-grid solar companies serving households and businesses across 17 frontier economies in Africa. BII’s investment in the initiative’s debt-focussed vehicle, H2R Amplify, will improve...

Africa Intelligence Brief - September 19, 2025

(MENAFN- The Rio Times) Africa's regions saw significant developments today across business, politics, and security. In North Africa, Algeria was thrown into turmoil by a fugitive spy chief, Mali and Algeria clashed legally over a downed drone,...

Q&A-Africa's internet shutdowns double in less than a decade

What’s the context? Internet shutdowns doubled across Africa since 2016, with governments using blackouts to control information and suppress dissent. NAIROBI - Internet shutdowns across Africa have doubled in less than a decade, plunging millions...

Biodiversity is our most sophisticated information network and must be protected (commentary)

Each species represents a unique library of evolutionary wisdom, encoded in DNA and refined over millions of years. In a new commentary prior to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) quadrennial conference this month, IUCN...

Chad's move to drop presidential term limits slammed as 'buri

Chad is a step closer to allowing the president to serve an unlimited number of terms after the lower house of parliament signed off on major constitutional changes this week. Opposition figures told RFI that the move, which could help keep...

2026 World Cup Qualifiers: No reservations over $1.2m budget for CAR and Com

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) says it has no objections to the $1.2 million budget allocated for the Black Stars’ final round of 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers later this month. Sports and Recreation Minister Kofi Adams, who also serves as...

Landlocked in Oil: Geographic Barriers, Pricing Discounts, and the Quest for Fair Play in Global Markets

nCa-AI Collaborative Report Landlocked oil-producing countries encounter significant hurdles when competing with their coastal counterparts, primarily due to elevated transportation expenses and reliance on neighboring nations for export routes....

Nigeria @ 65: Defining moments in history

In this piece, LAOLU AFOLABI chronicles some defining moments in Nigeria since independence on October 1, 1960 On October 1, 1960, Nigeria attained independence from Britain after decades of colonial rule. The journey to freedom had been shaped by...

Airtel Africa Foundation targets 26,000 youths, 300 schools in Nigeria FY26

…Sets goals across 14 African markets Airtel Africa Foundation has unveiled a plan to empower Nigerian communities through education and digital inclusion, with a focus on training 26,000 youths and connecting 300 additional schools to the...

Sudan’s War Is the Shape of Things to Come

On September 12, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States announced a joint road map for ending Sudan’s devastating two-and-a-half-year civil war. The announcement, on its own terms, was a breakthrough. Soon after its...

Chad MPs vote to allow president to run unlimited times

Chad’s national assembly has endorsed constitutional revisions that would extend the presidential term from five to seven years and allow the president to serve an unlimited number of times. President Mahamat Idriss Deby seized power in Chad after...

Airtel Africa’s AI-Powered Spam Alert Service Detects Over 205m SMS In 6 Months 

1 LAGOS – More than 205 million spam SMS messages were detected by Airtel Africa’s pioneering Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered spam detection service, Spam Alert in 13 (thirteen) of its markets over the last 6 months. The Spam Alert Service,...