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Ghana was in the middle of dumsor.The country needed electricity urgently.But while government officials were working to...
12/08/2026

Ghana was in the middle of dumsor.

The country needed electricity urgently.

But while government officials were working to secure new power, US prosecutors say money was moving behind the scenes.

US$500,000.

Then US$1.5 million.

Then an alleged breakdown mentioning PURC, GridCo personnel, Ministry of Power staff and Parliament.

One email, according to a summary of the court evidence, reportedly said:

“Parliament was all paid by Asante.”

Another recipient was described as waiting for the “holy rain.”

Now former Goldman Sachs banker Asante Kwaku Berko has been convicted in the United States over the scheme.But the conviction leaves a question that cannot be answered in Brooklyn alone:

Where did the money go in Ghana?

We followed the trail.

Read the full investigation on Africa Reporters Network.

Link in bio.

11/08/2026

Nigeria’s kidnapping crisis is far from over.

From highways and villages to schools and religious institutions, armed gangs continue to abduct ordinary Nigerians for ransom, leaving families trapped between fear, huge payments and uncertainty.

In Kogi State, security forces recently rescued 16 hostages, including four children, after bandits attacked commuters in Ofu Local Government Area. The operation brought relief, but also came at a cost, with a member of the local security effort losing his life.

The rescue is a reminder of both sides of Nigeria’s security crisis: security forces are fighting back, but kidnappers are still finding victims.

In 2025, gunmen also attacked the Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary in Edo State, abducting three young seminarians. Two were later freed, while one died during the ordeal.

These are not isolated incidents. They form part of a much wider national emergency affecting travellers, children, professionals, religious figures and entire communities.

The bigger question is no longer simply whether Nigeria can rescue kidnapped citizens.

Can Nigeria stop the kidnappers before they strike?

Watch our latest report and share your thoughts.

Follow Africa Reporters Network for independent African news, analysis and stories that go beyond the headlines.

Benjamin Quartey-Papafio became a pioneering doctor.His younger brother, Arthur Boi Quartey-Papafio, chose law.He studie...
11/08/2026

Benjamin Quartey-Papafio became a pioneering doctor.

His younger brother, Arthur Boi Quartey-Papafio, chose law.

He studied at Fourah Bay College, went to Cambridge, trained at Lincoln’s Inn and returned to Accra as a barrister.

But Arthur’s story did not end in the courtroom.

He wrote about Ga customary law, traditional authority and, in 1920, published an account of The Gã Homowo Festival.

More than a century ago, a Ga lawyer was already documenting the festival we still celebrate today.

His story reveals something bigger about old Accra: British courts existed, but so did Ga systems of authority, inheritance, fishing rules, family obligations and community law.

And the deeper we look, the more the names begin to connect.

Hutton-Mills. Bannerman. Nanka-Bruce. Reindorf.

What first looks like a few remarkable individuals starts to look like a network of families helping shape Accra long before Ghana existed.

Read Chapter Two of ACCRA BEFORE GHANA now on AfricaReportersNetwork.com.

A Homowo Historical Series by Africa Reporters Network.

Don’t leave without protection.You remember your phone. Your keys. Your charger. Your wallet.Protection should be just a...
10/08/2026

Don’t leave without protection.

You remember your phone. Your keys. Your charger. Your wallet.

Protection should be just as automatic.

Casual s*x may feel temporary, but the health consequences can last far beyond the night. Knowing your status, using protection and having the conversation before s*x should never be treated as awkward. It should be normal.

Protect yourself. Protect the person you are with.

No strings. Still consequences.

Africa Reporters Network HIV Awareness Campaign 2026

Accra, 1859.There was no Ghana yet. No Independence Arch. No modern capital.But one family was already beginning a story...
10/08/2026

Accra, 1859.

There was no Ghana yet. No Independence Arch. No modern capital.

But one family was already beginning a story that would stretch across medicine, law, commerce, politics and Ga cultural memory.

Benjamin William Quartey-Papafio left the Gold Coast, trained in medicine in Britain and returned home as one of the earliest Gold Coast Africans to qualify in European medicine.

He earned respect. European officials trusted his skill.

But respect did not mean equality.

Benjamin discovered that an African doctor could be qualified enough to treat Europeans, yet still face barriers when it came to rising above them in the colonial system.

And then there was his family.

One brother became an agriculturist and trader. Another, Arthur Boi Quartey-Papafio, became a barrister and later wrote about the Ga Homowo Festival more than a century ago.

So this Homowo, we are asking a bigger question:

What kind of Accra was producing families like this before Ghana even existed?

This is ACCRA BEFORE GHANA
A Homowo Historical Series by Africa Reporters Network.

Read Chapter One: The Quartey-Papafios on AfricaReportersNetwork.com.

09/08/2026

SHOCKING CCTV FOOTAGE A delivery rider was robbed at gunpoint in South Africa. The attackers took his phones and the packages he was supposed to deliver.This is happening amid rising tensions and attacks targeting immigrants.What are your thoughts on this?

How much do we really know about the Accra that existed before Ghana?We know the streets. We know the neighbourhoods. We...
09/08/2026

How much do we really know about the Accra that existed before Ghana?

We know the streets. We know the neighbourhoods. We recognise names like Quartey-Papafio, Hutton-Mills, Reindorf, Hesse, Nanka-Bruce and Vanderpuije.

But who were these people?

Long before independence, Accra was already producing doctors, lawyers, merchants, educators, writers and political thinkers. Families crossed paths. Some challenged colonial authority. Others worked within its institutions. Some travelled abroad to study and returned home. Others documented the history and culture of the Ga people themselves.

This Homowo, Africa Reporters Network goes back into that Accra.

Not to romanticise the past.

To understand it.

ACCRA BEFORE GHANA
A Homowo Historical Series

Tomorrow, we begin with the remarkable Quartey-Papafio family.

If your family carries a story about old Accra that deserves to be remembered, tell us in the comments.

09/08/2026

South Africans have marched in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban under the banner of Operation Ubuntu, demanding an end to migrant deportations and xenophobic violence.

Protesters carried messages including “Refugees Are Humans Too,” “Ubuntu Has No Passport” and “Africa Unite Against Xenophobia.”

Organisers say migrants should not be blamed for deeper problems such as unemployment, housing shortages and inadequate public services. They are calling on the government to strengthen protection for foreign nationals, improve conditions at repatriation centres and support people displaced by xenophobic violence.

The demonstrations come weeks after anti-migrant groups held marches demanding that undocumented foreigners leave South Africa.

The debate is becoming harder to ignore: Can South Africa address legitimate economic frustrations without turning African migrants into scapegoats?

Follow Africa Reporters Network for more reporting on the stories shaping Africa.

Africa’s billionaire list is usually treated like a scoreboard.Who is richest? Who gained the most? Who dropped?But the ...
08/08/2026

Africa’s billionaire list is usually treated like a scoreboard.

Who is richest? Who gained the most? Who dropped?

But the more revealing story is where the money actually comes from.

Across the continent, the biggest fortunes are still heavily concentrated in cement, mining, banking, telecoms, food, fuel, property and large scale distribution.

And roughly 90% of Africa’s billionaire wealth is concentrated in just three countries: Nigeria, South Africa and Egypt.

That tells us something important.

Africa’s billionaire map is also a map of scarcity, ownership and economic power.

The fortunes often sit where the continent has its biggest bottlenecks: housing, energy, industrial production, communications, finance and essential consumer goods.

So perhaps the real question is not, “Who is Africa’s richest person?”

It is:

What essential system did they control before everyone else understood its value?

We mapped the countries, industries and business models behind Africa’s biggest fortunes.

Read the full analysis on Africa Reporters Network. Link in bio.

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