Tag: Pan-African News
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🇬🇭 Ghana Trade Minister Calls Regulated Cannabis Business a Christian Endeavour
Accra, Ghana — Ghana’s Minister for Trade, Agribusiness and Industry, Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, has encouraged Ghanaians to explore opportunities in the country’s emerging regulated cannabis industry, describing the medicinal use of cannabis as a business opportunity rooted in healing. “Dealing in cannabis is Christian, because this one is going to be used for the manufacture of…
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🇱🇷 Liberian Rapper Bucky Raw Reportedly Returns to Court in Ongoing Marijuana Case
Monrovia, Liberia — Liberian rapper Bucky Raw has reportedly returned to court in connection with the marijuana case that previously resulted in his arrest in December 2025. The development has renewed public attention around the ongoing legal proceedings involving one of Liberia’s prominent hip-hop artists. According to reports, Bucky Raw was recently arrested again and…
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🇭🇹 Haiti at a Crossroads: Can Security, Elections and National Unity Put the Country Back on Track?
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — August 21, 2026 — Haiti is approaching one of the most consequential moments in its modern history. After years of political instability, gang violence, displacement and economic hardship, the country is attempting to build a pathway back toward constitutional government and democratic elections. But the road ahead remains extremely difficult. Haiti is…
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Cychlorphine Raises New Alarm as Ultra-Potent Synthetic Opioid Threatens Illicit Drug Supply
ATLANTA, Georgia — A powerful synthetic opioid known as cychlorphine is raising alarms among law-enforcement and public-health officials as the substance continues to appear in the illicit U.S. drug supply. The drug, formally known as N-propionitrile chlorphine, has been described by authorities and toxicology experts as being up to 10 times more potent than fentanyl.…
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🇱🇷 Liberia Receives First 20 Deportees as U.S. Begins Plan to Send Up to 1,200 Third-Country Migrants
MONROVIA, Liberia — August 21, 2026 — Liberia has received the first group of migrants deported from the United States under a controversial new third-country transfer arrangement that could bring as many as 1,200 people to Liberia over the next 12 months. The first batch of 20 deportees arrived at Roberts International Airport on Thursday,…
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🇺🇸 The Plantations Behind America’s Wealth: Confronting the Brutal Reality of Slavery
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…
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Five Americans Among Seven Killed in Tragic Helicopter Crash in Northern Kenya
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…
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Kush Crisis Crosses Borders: Liberia Grapples with the Spread of a Dangerous Synthetic Drug
Monrovia, Liberia – A growing public health crisis is unfolding in Liberia as kush, a cheap and highly addictive synthetic street drug that first gained notoriety in neighbouring Sierra Leone, continues to spread across the country. The drug’s rapid rise has alarmed families, health professionals, and law enforcement agencies, with many fearing it could become…
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Sony Music, Universal Music and Warner Music Set to Open Offices in Kenya: A Turning Point for East Africa’s Creative Economy
Nairobi, Kenya — Kenya’s music industry is on the verge of a historic transformation following the announcement that the world’s three largest record companies—Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group (UMG), and Warner Music Group (WMG)—have agreed to establish a presence in Nairobi. The announcement followed a meeting between President William Ruto and International Federation of…
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Burkina Faso Moves to Integrate Traditional Medicine into Modern Healthcare
Burkina Faso is taking a bold step toward transforming healthcare by integrating traditional medicine into its modern medical system. Through a government-backed initiative, more than 1,000 herbalists will work alongside researchers to document indigenous knowledge, validate medicinal plants through scientific research, and develop safe, standardized treatments. The initiative aims to preserve Africa’s rich medical heritage…