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CHINA UNVEILS MODEL CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE EDIFICE IN GHANA UNIVERSITY
China handed over on Wednesday a newly constructed edifice housing the Model Confucius Institute at the University of Ghana... READ MORE›
A KEY MOMENT FOR AFRICAN DEMOCRACY
The conduct of these elections and what happens in their aftermath matters hugely to Kenyans, millions of other Africans and the broader international community... READ MORE›
AFRICA CAN ENJOY LEAPFROG DEVELOPMENT
A recent World Development Report on Education found that most sixth grade students in Sub-Saharan Africa are not sufficiently competent in reading or math... READ MORE›
DEATH TOLL RISES TO 7 IN GAS STATION EXPLOSIONS IN GHANA
At least seven people have died and dozens were injured after an explosion at a gas station in a suburb of Ghana's capital of Accra... READ MORE›
GHANA: GRIEF AND ANGER AFTER DEADLY GAS STATION BLASTS
Dominic Osei, a local businessman, said there were too many natural gas filling stations near petrol stations... READ MORE›
GAS STATION EXPLOSION IN GHANA KILLS AT LEAST 1 AND INJURES SEVERAL
On Twitter, Accra city officials warned of an explosion in the Legon and Madina areas around 7 30 p.m... READ MORE›
'DEADLY' GAS STATION BLASTS ROCK GHANA'S CAPITAL ACCRA
Police said the blasts happened in the Atomic Junction roundabout area of Legon, in northeast Accra, at about 7 30pm 19 30 GMT on Saturday... READ MORE›
GHANAIAN TRAVELS 4,900 MILES FROM PARIS TO ACCRA BY CAR
Homecoming Midafternoon on Sunday, July 16, Donkoh crossed from Burkina Faso to Paga in Ghana's Upper East region... READ MORE›
COCOA PRICES HAVE CRASHED BUT SMUGGLERS ARE STILL MAKING MONEY
Ivory Coast's cocoa regulator estimates about 70,000 tons of beans were smuggled into Ghana this season, equal to at least 7 percent of Ghana's annual production... READ MORE›
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BILLIONAIRE BLOOMBERG TO FUND $5M PUBLIC HEALTH PROJECTS IN 40 CITIES WORLDWIDE
Exclusive Melbourne, Accra and Ulaanbaatar among cities to benefit from funding pledged by former New York mayor to tackle issues from air pollution to obesity... READ MORE›
RACIAL IDENTITY IS A BIOLOGICAL NONSENSE, SAYS REITH LECTURER
Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah says race and nationality are social inventions being used to cause deadly divisions... READ MORE›
'OUR PRESIDENT IS TRYING TO DIVIDE US'
Today, she is one of 7,193 Somali refugees resettled in Arizona since 1992... READ MORE›
GHANA'S PRESIDENT PLAGIARIZED CLINTON AND GEORGE W. BUSH WORD FOR WORD IN HIS INAUGURATION SPEECH
And Saturday, Ghanaians gathered in Independence Square in the capital, Accra, to witness another the inauguration of Nana Akufo-Addo as the country's fifth elected president... READ MORE›
GHANA: AKUFO-ADDO WINS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Ghana's main opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo won the country's national election, defeating President John Mahama, electoral commissioner Charlotte Osei said... READ MORE›
GHANA: NANA AKUFO-ADDO CAUGHT UP IN PLAGIARISM ROW
Office of new president apologises for lifting passages from speeches by ex-US leaders during his inaugural address... READ MORE›
NANA AKUFO-ADDO SWORN IN AS GHANA'S NEW PRESIDENT
Nana Akufo-Addo was sworn in as Ghana's new president on Saturday, in a ceremony attended by dozens of African leaders... READ MORE›
'WALKING BUSES' AND COUNCIL HOUSING: A WISHLIST FOR WORLD CITIES IN 2017
2017 brings a new president and expectation of a newly appointed city mayor, and potential for change... READ MORE›
NANA AKUFO-ADDO TO BE SWORN IN AS GHANA'S NEW PRESIDENT
Ghana's new president, Nana Akufo-Addo, will be sworn in on Saturday after beating incumbent leader John Dramani Mahama in elections last month... READ MORE›
AFRICA AND THE GULF CRISIS: THE PERIL OF PICKING SIDES
On June 5, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt announced that they were cutting ties with Qatar and imposing land, sea and air blockades... READ MORE›
IN GHANA, CALLS TO TEAR DOWN A STATUE OF 'RACIST' GANDHI
The University of Ghana's statue of Gandhi was unveiled June 14 by Indian President Pranab Mukherjee during a visit... READ MORE›
HERE'S HOW LONG IT TAKES TO EARN YOUR BREAKFAST AROUND THE WORLD
Breakfast costs just over 1 percent of a day's pay for people in Switzerland's Zurich and Geneva, while Ukrainians in Kiev must shell out about 6 percent... READ MORE›
1) 1961 - PATRICE LUMUMBA'S ASSASSINATION IN CONGO
CIA covert operations are by their very nature hard to prove definitively... READ MORE›
SMELLY, CONTAMINATED, FULL OF DISEASE: THE WORLDS OPEN DUMPS ARE GROWING | JOHN VIDAL
According to the atlas, compiled by teams of academics and waste professionals on four continents, the 50 sites are all pollution and health timebombs... READ MORE›
AT LEAST 27 DEAD AFTER ISLAMIST GUNMEN STORM RADISSON BLU HOTEL IN BAMAKO
Mali security forces have reportedly evacuated 12 hostages from the hotel, according to Mali government authorities... READ MORE›
EGYPTIAN ENERGY INNOVATION WINS $100,000 INNOVATION PRIZE FOR AFRICA
Egyptian Aly El-Shafei has won the ultimate prize of 100,000 for his energy innovation at the 2017 Innovation Prize for Africa IPA in Ghana's capital Accra... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIAN SURGEON AND HIS WIFE KIDNAPPED IN BURKINA FASO
An Australian couple have nbsp been kidnapped by Islamic extremists in west Africa, a spokesman for the Burkina Faso government has confirmed. nbsp... READ MORE›
AL QAEDA CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR IVORY COAST HOTEL SHOOTING IN WHICH 16 'INCLUDING FOUR EUROPEANS' KILLED AT RESORT
At around 6.30pm local time, an army officer in Grand Bassam said two attackers were encircled by special forces... READ MORE›
THREE NO-GO ZONES WHERE GARBAGE RULES (DOCUMENTARY)
An infamous rubbish dump just outside of Guatemala City is the biggest landfill in Central America, with 16 hectares of land covered with all sorts of trash... READ MORE›
WHY AFRICA BOYCOTTED THE 1966 WORLD CUP
In July 1964, Caf decided to boycott the 1966 World Cup unless Africa was given a place of its own... READ MORE›
HOW MANY PEOPLE DID THE MILLENNIUM GOALS SAVE
The targets on reducing both under-five mortality and maternal mortality by two-thirds have proved more elusive and will not be met in Ghana... READ MORE›
A DECADE AFTER DEBT FORGIVENESS AFRICA STILL HOOKED ON DOLLARS
Data from Frankfurt-based index provider Concerto Financial Solutions shows 37 sub-Saharan African nations with outstanding local currency debt of just under 260 billion by end-2016... READ MORE›
THE WORLD'S WORST PLACE TO BE DISABLED?
But I believe that this paradigm shift comes with a responsibility, to continue to campaign for a better future for disabled people all over the world... READ MORE›
NOW ROUGHLY EQUAL IN VALUE, UBER AND DAIMLER TRADE GENTLE BLOWS
"Cars are not going away soon and companies like Uber are not going to be making them," Uber's Kalanick said... READ MORE›
MALI HOTEL ATTACK PUTS VETERAN MILITANT BACK IN SPOTLIGHT
Al Mourabitoun has staged several attacks in Mali and the region, but Belmokhtar has had a troubled relationship with al Qaeda... READ MORE›
FALLING TREES KILL AT LEAST 19 AT KINTAMPO WATERFALL IN GHANA
Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia of Ghana led a delegation of officials who visited relatives of those who died to express the government's condolences, the state-owned Ghana News Agency reported... READ MORE›
HOW THE HIPSTERS OF NATURE ARE ENCOURAGING ACCRA'S YOUTH TO RECYCLE
A group of young Ghanaians are determined to show how plastics can be recycled and not thrown into the gutter... READ MORE›
WHAT A CITY'S 'SOUNDSCAPE' REVEALS ABOUT ITS CHARACTER
In some portraits--all posted on the group's website, CoLab Radio --the sounds reveal the city's social and economic dynamics... READ MORE›
GHANA ELECTIONS 2016: POLLS, CANDIDATES, ISSUES AND EXPLAINER AHEAD OF VOTE FOR PRESIDENT
Incumbent John Dramani Mahama will again face off against Nana Akufo-Addo in Ghana's presidential election... READ MORE›
GHANA'S PRESIDENT MOVES TO CURB GOVERNMENT SPENDING
A fiscal crisis saw inflation and the deficit rise sharply and the currency fall, forcing the previous government to enter the IMF programme... READ MORE›