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The art of poverty
Artwork on display at the opening of L’Arte Café. By: Carolyn Thompson ACCRA, Ghana – In a working class neighbourhood where open sewers reek of feces and vendors sit on rickety stools selling fried...
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Charting government accountability
By: John Van Dusen NKROFUL – A chalkboard with numbers charted like a scoreboard sits outside the district office, the months of the year running across the top and the names of communities running...
View ArticleNaval death reinforces need for safety policy
By: Carolyn Thompson ACCRA - A naval worker whose life jacket malfunctioned was swept away by strong currents after the life boat he was in capsized on Nov. 1. Ordinary Seaman Assan Emmanuel was part...
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Alternative access to justice for survivors of gender-based violence
Kivulini legal services staff member Herbert Tenson explains legal aid project to paralegal trainees in Magu District, Mwanza. (Photo courtesy of Kivulini) By: Rosella Chibambo MWANZA – At a chance...
View ArticlePolitics and policing are World Cup worries when Ghana faces Egypt in Cairo
By: Kallan Lyons ACCRA, GHANA- With the final African World Cup qualifying match between the Ghana Black Stars and Egypt Pharaohs set to take place in Cairo on November 19, Ghana has twice requested...
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How Tanzania is failing its students
By: Brielle Morgan Every November in Tanzania, hundreds of thousands of Form Four (or Grade Ten) students make millions of tiny pencil marks and ooze litres of sweat during their final exam. If they...
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Tracking Ghana’s media
Kabral Blay Amihere is the chairman of Ghana’s National Media Commission. This year marks the Commission’s 20th anniversary. By: John Van Dusen ACCRA — Ghana’s media landscape is a shell of its former...
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Tanzania celebrates independence and Madiba
By: Roohi Sahajpal DAR ES SALAAM – Tanzania marked its 52nd Independence Day in Dar es Salaam on Monday with celebrations and a tribute to former South African president Nelson Mandela. Speaking at the...
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Lengo: a worthy goal
By: Jared Knoll ARUSHA – Hope can be hard to come by for children in Sub-Saharan Africa, but one Tanzanian man has gone back to his profoundly impoverished village to help its kids find and seize...
View ArticleTanzania’s Women in Resistance
Brielle Morgan Feb. 12 In January I filed a story about resistance to gender-based violence in Tanzania. Reporting the story was a privilege. I met police officers, nurses, lawyers, activists, mothers...
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