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Country joins growing list of African nations free of capital punishment, but execution remains for high treasonGhana has become the 29th country in Africa to abolish the death penalty in a move hailed by human rights activists.The decision means that …
The Ghanaian playwright and novelist, who also served as her country’s education minister, focused on the modern African womanThe Ghanaian writer and academic Ama Ata Aidoo, whose work focused on the modern African woman, has died aged 81.Ata Aidoo, wh…
With 100 tonnes of clothing from the west discarded every day in Accra, ‘fast fashion’ brands must be forced to help pay for the choking textile waste they create, environmentalists sayA group of secondhand clothes dealers from Ghana have visited Bruss…
Global trade in chocolate, worth more than $1tn a year, is leading to widespread deforestation in Ivory Coast and GhanaThe world’s hunger for chocolate is a major cause of the destruction of protected forests in west Africa, scientists have said.Satell…
There was optimism at the spring meetings of the I.M.F. and World Bank that China will make concessions over restructuring its loans.
Breakthrough hailed as highly effective R21 vaccine is cleared by west African country but questions remain over fundingGhana has become the first country to approve a highly effective malaria vaccine developed at Oxford university in the UK.The R21/Ma…
The vice president leaned into her heritage during a three-nation trip to Africa to strengthen U.S. relations on the continent.
In a weeklong trip to Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia, the vice president will face a balancing act as she tries to foster a collaborative U.S. relationship.
As terrorists move south through the Sahel, the Pentagon’s annual Flintlock exercise reinforced the rule of law in a region roiled by coups.
Indian participants will include senior officials from the Ministries of Defence and External Affairs besides the Service HQ. Senior veterans will also attend the conclaveNEW DELHI: India is set to host the first nine-day India-African Chiefs Conclave in Pune (Maharashtra) beginning March 21 in which chiefs of over 20 African armies will likely participate.Army chiefs of 10 African countries have