Author: Faaji

15-member body UN Security Council has voted to extend the sanctions on Liberia, noting that “despite significant progress the situation in Liberia remains fragile and continues to constitute a threat to international peace and security in the region.” More on the Click.

Fabulous new designs from designer duo Netty Anang and Klekleli Dzidzienyot of Améyo. The designs are from their Spring/Summer 2014 “Reflections” collection which was “inspired by the nature and cracks from a broken mirror.” View the pictures after the click.

‘[Kufuor] used the military and the police to subjugate the spirit of the people that he was the only one who could do corrupt things; there was a way in which his regime looked orderly because nobody else could engage in it except himself or gave you the permission,’ said former Ghanian Pres Jerry Rawlings to XYZ News at South African High Commission in Accra today.

New music from Poe (@LadiPoe) -Ko Ye Won (The Don’t Understand), his first single off his debut mixtape – Talk About Poe. Enjoyed this one and the production sounded fresh…and familiar. Couldn’t put my finger on it but I feel like I heard something like it before. Listen to the track after the click. 

The Sony Playstation 4, selling for upwards of 600-700 USD on Ebay, is at the center of a murder story coming out of the US’s West Coast.  22 year old Ikenna Uwakah was shot and killed by 21 year old  Ronnie Collins, who allegedly stole the PS4 from Ikenna despite agreeing to buy it, and then shooting Ikenna repeatedly before fleeing. Video on the click.

I found myself doing a little shoulder bop/1-2 groove to this track by Angel (new UK R&B artist) featuring Iyanya. Love everything about the way it sounds. Listen and download on the click.

The group summaries for the upcoming World Cup in Brazil are out and it look like Ghana has the stiffest competion of all the WA countries.  The Blackstars will  be facing Germany, after the European team beat them by one goal in the last World Cup.  Would be nice to see them take it this time!  More on the click.

Good read from Africa is a Country- I freely admit that Nelson Mandela is the only politician for whom I’ve ever voted; that I celebrate him as a moral giant of our age, and that I proclaimed him my leader during my decade in the liberation movement in South Africa. That’s maybe why the “Mandela” I’ve encountered in so much American mythology is so unrecognizable. Herewith, the three most egregious versions – More on the click

Yesterday, I was sitting with family watching all the coverage about Nelson Mandela on CNN after learning he had passed. As I watched, a few different emotions ran through me but most prominent was this idea that any and everything was possible.  

Exiled Gambian newspaper editor, Omar Bah, founder of American Street News and former editor of the Gambia’s Daily Observer was declared wanted in the Gambia for speaking out against impunity and rights violations in the  country.  He’s published a memoir about his experience entitled Africa’s Hell on Earth: The Ordeal of An African Journalist. More on the click.