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Pan African News | Culture & Music There are recording studios, and then there are spaces that feel like an extension of the artist themselves. For legendary neo-soul artist Erykah Badu, that space is “The Badudio”—her personal home studio, a creative sanctuary filled with instruments, sounds, spiritual objects and artifacts that reflect the unmistakable imagination behind her music. In a special edition of Vogue’s “Objects of Affection,” Badu invites audiences inside the Badudio and offers a rare glimpse into the environment where music, experimentation and personal expression come together. “An OK Keyboard Player” With her trademark humor, Badu introduces one…
By Pan African News The story of America’s economic rise is often told through railroads, factories, banks, agriculture and entrepreneurship. But beneath that familiar narrative lies another history—one built on forced labor, racial violence and the systematic exploitation of millions of enslaved Africans and their descendants. A recent examination of Louisiana’s Whitney Plantation and Woodland Plantation brings that history into sharper focus, revealing the human cost behind an economic system that generated enormous wealth for plantation owners, merchants, financial institutions and communities across the United States. The journey, led by journalist Linsey Davis, offers more than a tour of historic…
For centuries, the wealth generated by the transatlantic slave trade and the systems of colonial exploitation that followed helped build institutions, fortunes and economies far beyond Africa. Millions of Africans were violently removed from their communities, sold into bondage and transported across the Atlantic. The consequences did not disappear when slavery was abolished. They continue to shape questions of wealth, development, racial inequality, cultural loss and political power. Now Ghana is helping move the reparations debate from historical remembrance to an international political question: Who will pay? In 2025, the African Union designated the year around the theme “Justice for…
Ghana has taken a significant step toward strengthening Africa’s creative industries with the launch of the inaugural Ghana Creative Economy Initiative, a groundbreaking program designed to connect African filmmakers, storytellers, and digital creators with global industry leaders. The initiative brings together an impressive network of Hollywood executives, international investors, technology innovators, film producers, and creative entrepreneurs, creating a platform where African talent can access world-class training, mentorship, and business opportunities. The program reflects Ghana’s growing ambition to establish itself as a leading destination for creative innovation and a gateway for Africa’s expanding entertainment sector. At the heart of the initiative…
More than 40 journalists in Burkina Faso have taken part in a military-style “patriotism” training course imposed by the authoritarian ruling junta. Burkina Faso, like several of its neighbours, has for more than a decade been hit by deadly violence by jihadists affiliated with Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group. Under captain Ibrahim Traore who seized power in a 2022 coup, the military-led authorities now require public and private media outlets to participate in the annual “patriotic immersion”. “This initiative is a new, very worrying signal for press freedom,” Sadibou Marong, sub-Saharan Africa bureau director at media watchdog Reporters Without…
By Panafrican.email News Desk | August 20, 2026 A safari helicopter crash in northern Kenya has claimed the lives of seven people, including five American citizens, in a tragedy that has sent shockwaves through the international tourism and diplomatic communities. The helicopter crashed on Wednesday, August 19, in the rugged terrain of Samburu County, near the foothills of Mount Ololokwe, a prominent landmark and tourist destination in northern Kenya. Kenyan authorities said all seven people aboard the aircraft died. The United States Department of State confirmed that five Americans were among those killed and said the U.S. Embassy in…
MONROVIA, Liberia — August 19, 2026 — Liberia’s former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor has been charged with drug trafficking, money laundering and other offenses as part of an investigation into an alleged transnational narcotics network, according to Liberia’s government. (Reuters) The development marks a dramatic escalation in Liberia’s ongoing investigation into a major cocaine trafficking operation that authorities say has international connections and used Liberia as a potential transit point for narcotics destined for overseas markets. Howard-Taylor, who served as vice president from 2018 to 2024 under former President George Weah, was reportedly arrested at Roberts International Airport while attempting…
Senior Libyan National Army officials gathered in Benghazi on Tuesday for the funeral of military intelligence chief Fawzi al-Mansouri, killed in a car bombing a day earlier as he left a mosque. His assassination has raised fresh security concerns in Libya’s divided east. The funeral brought together senior LNA officials and armed personnel, including Khaled and Saddam Haftar, sons of LNA commander Khalifa Haftar. The LNA described al-Mansouri as a “heroic martyr” after an explosive attached to his car detonated as he was leaving a local mosque on Monday night. Authorities have not identified those behind the attack. Prominent figure…
By Pan-African News Desk Haiti’s modern crisis did not begin with the rise of today’s armed gangs. It did not begin with the assassination of a president, the collapse of political institutions, or the latest failed international intervention. Its roots reach much further back — to a revolution that terrified the colonial world, an independence that came at an extraordinary price, and two centuries of foreign pressure, political interference, economic extraction and institutional instability. Haiti was born from one of the most remarkable revolutions in modern history. Enslaved Africans in the French colony of Saint-Domingue rose against a brutal plantation…
The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) occupies a unique and powerful position in Ghana’s public transportation system. For millions of Ghanaians, particularly those who rely on commercial minibuses and other privately operated vehicles, the union is an indispensable part of daily life. From the early morning rush to the evening commute, GPRTU-affiliated drivers and operators connect communities, markets, workplaces and regional centres across the country. In a transport system where state-operated public transit has historically struggled to meet the needs of a growing population, private commercial transport has become the practical lifeline for millions. But the union’s importance has…