His voice is one of the most recognizable by Mali’s 20 million people. It’s loved as well. And Salif Keita is hoping that this music appeal enables him to transition seamlessly into politics. Keita will serve as a member of the country’s transitional council, a quasi-body that will act as the country’s parliament after the…
South Africa’s national airline – South Africa Airways (SAA) – has received a boost after the government transferred $98 million to its administrators, though the money cannot be used yet. The airline’s management decried that the conditions imposed by the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) on how the money should be spent contravened labor and…
When former President Jerry Rawlings died exactly one month ago, the world paid its respect to a leader whom they described as “visionary, statesman and democratic.” For such praise to be showered upon a person who took power through a military coup (something that the African Union is at odds with through its policy of…