Full Coverage: Ghana

18.04.2012 A couple of years ago the International Organisation of Migration estimated that at least one million men, mostly West Africans, were living in the Libyan capital, hoping to meet a “connection man” who could get them to Europe. The Crossing is the story of three of them – and of hundreds of thousands of others around the world who leave their homeland in search of a better life.

13.04.2012 The Crossing is the story of three Ghanaian men who journey thousands of miles across Africa – in search of the new EUtopia.

31.01.2012 Visitors to the Life without Lights will be handed a solar lamp to light their way through a darkened gallery, giving them a sense of what it’s like to live without electricity.

21.11.2011 Forget AIDS, corruption, dictatorship – the staples of reporting about Africa. Instead, watch An African Election, a success story.

08.08.2011 Recent years of encouraging economic performance in sub-Saharan Africa could unravel in the aftermath of the US credit rating downgrade. A flagging world economy might drag down commodity prices, dismantling the foundation of Africa's recovery.

11.04.2011 Latest world polls conducted by Gallup find that 57% of sub-Saharan Africans periodically lack sufficient money to feed their families. Gallup says the recent surge in global food prices could make matters worse.

01.11.2010 UK aid minister Andrew Mitchell is accused of intervening on behalf of one of the world's richest cocoa dealers to get a ban on trading lifted after receiving £40,000 in donations from the millionaire's company to his parliamentary office.

28.03.2010 A young Ghanaian blogger lists 10 big changes in her life over the last ten years. Eight out of ten are positive. What Yo' Mamma never told you about Ghana

29.04.2009 The pioneering use of DNA "barcodes" is being used to map menacing mosquito species in West Africa that spread elephantiasis, a disfiguring infection threatening 1 billion people.

02.02.2009 We're seeing a lot of headlines about global unemployment. But is it really "global" or just a measure of problems for the richer countries?

01.02.2009 Beautifully written explanation of the contribution of post War history to the structural faultlines that impede development in northern Ghana. Pambazuka News

12.01.2009 After Ghana's outgoing President, John Kufuor, commuted all death sentences, a leading international rights group has urged his successor, John Atta Mills, to abolish the death penalty in law.

03.09.2008 Making more long-term aid commitments has been a sticking point for the US and Japan at a crucial global summit in Ghana on how aid works, according to an international development agency.
+ Poor are ignored in making aid work
+ How do we measure up?

28.08.2008 As the latest round of UN climate talks closes, Greenpeace has urged governments to pick up the pace of the negotiations which, in just over a year, must deliver a global deal to save the climate.

28.01.2008 An initiative "to secure the economic, social and environmental sustainability of around a million cocoa farmers and their communities in Ghana, India, Indonesia and the Caribbean" was unveiled by chocolate manufacturer Cadbury and the UN Development Programme today.
From Cadbury Schweppes

06.12.2007 A Ghanaian doctor is using solar energy rather than diesel generators to attain the clean water and communication access essential to maintaining medical clinics in this African nation.
From: New America Media

13.11.2007 The Winneba Open Digital Village and Rescue Mission Ghana are organising a three day training workshop on Web 2.0 tools for development from December 10-13, 2007. The training will focus on emerging web based social, business and technology developments and define future web trends.

04.10.2007 Faced with the dual challenges of international competition and a small home market, not many ICT entrepreneurs would simply pick up their bags and move to a bigger market. But that is what Soft Tribe’s Joe Jackson did. In this interview with Russell Southwood he talks about the challenges Soft faced and how things are working out.

11.09.2007

14.08.2007 Tens of thousands of Africans attempted to reach Italy in recent years by making the deadly journey across the Mediterranean. Many are being driven away from their coastal homes as the European fishing industry gains access -- legally and illegally -- to West African waters.