Ghana

Ghana’s wildcat gold mining booms, poisoning people and nature

PRESTEA-HUNI VALLEY, Ghana, Oct 7 (Reuters) - At an unlicensed gold mine in Ghana, men… Read More

UK to return looted royal regalia to Ghana

UK is returning a selection of Ghana gold regalia looted from an Asante king in… Read More

Four killed in blast at Chinese-owned quarry in Ghana

At least four people were killed, including one Chinese national, in an explosion at a… Read More

Ghana reaches $3 bn credit deal with IMF

ACCRA: Ghana has agreed on a $3 billion credit deal with the International Monetary Fund,… Read More

Ghana plans to buy oil with gold instead of dollars

Ghana's government is working on a new policy to buy oil products with gold rather… Read More

Marburg: Ghana confirms first outbreak of highly infectious virus

Ghana has officially confirmed two cases of the Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease similar… Read More

Hand-painted movie posters find homes abroad

With a flick of his brush, Ghanaian painter Daniel Anum Jasper armed actor Paul Newman… Read More

17 killed, 59 injured by explosion in western Ghana

ACCRA: At least 17 people were killed and 59 injured Thursday in a devastating explosion… Read More

Ghana culls thousands of chickens amid avian flu outbreak

ACCRA: Ghana has destroyed 4,500 chickens and restricted the movement of poultry after nearly 6,000… Read More

Ghana plants 5 mn trees to battle forest depletion

Five million trees were due to be planted across Ghana on Friday as part of… Read More

Chocolate makers face ethical branding dilemma

Ivory Coast and Ghana’s threat to possibly halt the cocoa industry’s ethical branding schemes poses… Read More

Ghana cashes in on slave heritage tourism

This is “slave river,” where captured Ghanaians submitted to a final bath before being shipped… Read More

Google takes on ‘Africa’s challenges’ with first AI centre in Ghana

"Africa has many challenges where the use of AI could be beneficial, sometimes even more… Read More

Final farewell to UN’s Kofi Annan at Ghana state funeral

Tributes were paid to former UN secretary general Kofi Annan as he was laid to… Read More

Gas explosion rocks Ghana’s capital Accra, causing fatalities: government

ACCRA: A natural gas station in Ghana’s capital Accra exploded on Saturday evening, killing an… Read More

Ghana wakes up and smells the coffee

LEKLEBI FIAPE, Ghana: Like many people around the world, 80-year-old Kofi Afadi can't start his… Read More

Slave bones traced to countries of origin

MIAMI: Using a new approach to DNA analysis, the 17th century bones of three African… Read More

Guinea qualifies, Nigeria out of Africa Cup

ABUJA: Ebola-ravaged Guinea joined Ivory Coast, Mali, Ghana and DR Congo in qualifying for the… Read More

Ghana or S. Africa could replace Morocco as Africa Cup host

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa and Ghana have been asked by the Africa Cup of Nations organisers… Read More

FIFA World Cup: Record-equalling Klose salvages 2-2 draw for Germany

FORTALEZA: Germany striker Miroslav Klose came off the bench to score a record-equalling 15th World… Read More