News: Ghana

We have started to collect the most important news related to Ghana in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Ghana – overview

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• November 30th 2020 – August 13th 2019
• July 31st 2019 – October 7th 2018
• October 5th 2018 – April 10th 2018
• March 22nd 2018 – December 6th 2016
• December 5th 2016 – November 11th 2015
• October 6th 2015 – June 5th 2015
• June 5th 2015 – February 5th 2015
• February 5th 2015 – September 13th 2014
• August 28th 2014 – June 4th 2014
• May 12th 2014 – July 18th 2013
• July 17th 2013 – January 20th 2013
• January 18th 2013 – November 2nd 2012
• October 31st 2012 – June 18th 2012
• June 3rd 2012 – July 11th 2011
• June 22nd 2011 – November 26th 2010
• November 3rd 2010 – May 18th 2010
• May 17th 2010 – January 15th 2010
• January 15th 2010 – July 10th 2009
• July 9th 2009 – December 31st 2008
• December 30th 2008 – July 9th 2008
• July 2nd 2008 – January 8th 2008
• November 20th 2007 – January 27th 2007
• January 24th 2007 – December 15th 2005

Ghana: news

Fake embassy

Monday, December 5th 2016, 17:59
related countries: United States
related places: Accra

An organised crime ring was giving out real US visas in Ghana's capital Accra for a decade - how did they get away with it for so long?
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'Blindness hasn't ended my modelling dream in Ghana'

Wednesday, November 23rd 2016, 18:09
related places: Accra

Students in Accra, Ghana, have taken part in a fashion show - all the models are blind or visually impaired.
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Ghana education: Boy who became a meme raises thousands

Thursday, October 27th 2016, 17:26
related countries: South Africa

A photo of a schoolboy in Ghana goes viral in South Africa, and raises thousands for his village.
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Ghana mayor braids hair ahead of vote

Tuesday, October 25th 2016, 17:21

Ghana mayor steps up election campaign with an unusual tactic.
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Women belong everywhere

Friday, October 21st 2016, 0:03
related countries: Nigeria

In our series of letters from African journalists, Ghanaian writer Elizabeth Ohene reflects on Muhammadu Buhari's recent comments about his wife and offers her view of what Nigeria's president got wrong.
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Gandhi the racist?

Thursday, September 22nd 2016, 0:09
related places: Some

Some academics in Ghana have started a petition to take down a statue of ‘racist’ Gandhi.
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Letter from Africa: The wheelchair gap

Wednesday, September 21st 2016, 0:04

In our series of letters from African journalists, Ghanaian writer Elizabeth Ohene considers the gap between Paralympic wonder and the reality for wheelchair users in Ghana.
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Switching allegiances

Tuesday, August 23rd 2016, 23:35

In our series of letters from African journalists, Ghanaian writer Elizabeth Ohene ponders whether it matters that Olympians have switched nationalities.
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Bedroom battleground

Tuesday, July 26th 2016, 23:26

In our series of letters from African journalists, Ghanaian writer Elizabeth Ohene considers a dilemma over possible malaria prevention.
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Ghana Eid party stampede 'kills nine' in Kumasi

Thursday, July 7th 2016, 14:21
related places: Kumasi

Nine people are killed following a stampede at a party to mark the end of Ramadan in Ghana's second city Kumasi, a local official says.
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Cheering on the Einsteins

Saturday, June 18th 2016, 23:08

In our series of letters from African journalists, Ghanaian writer Elizabeth Ohene considers the importance of teaching science.
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Ghana leader: Do not panic over memo

Friday, April 15th 2016, 10:36

Ghana's president warns against panic after a leaked security memo reveals that militant Islamists are planning to attack the West African state.
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Scores dead in Ghana bus crash

Thursday, February 18th 2016, 15:06

At least 71 people die after a coach full of passengers collided head-on with a truck in northern Ghana in one of the country's worst accidents in many years.
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Ghana's footballing connection to Guantanamo Bay

Wednesday, January 20th 2016, 0:40

How Guantanamo inmates became Ghana football fans
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Ghana defends Guantanamo prisoners

Tuesday, January 12th 2016, 18:18

Ghana's president strongly defends the government's decision to allow two Yemenis freed from Guantanamo Bay to live in the West African state.
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Partner held over actress's murder

Saturday, January 9th 2016, 17:50
related countries: United Kingdom

The partner of a former British soap opera actress wanted for murdering her and her two sons is is arrested in Ghana.
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Guantanamo detainees sent to Ghana

Thursday, January 7th 2016, 3:56
related countries: Cuba, United States, Yemen

Two Yemeni detainees held at the controversial US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have been transferred to Ghana, the Pentagon says.
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VIDEO: Meet Ghana's street skate footballers

Tuesday, December 29th 2015, 0:39

Polio survivors gather to represent the Rolling Rockets, a local Ghanaian team promoting the sport of skate soccer.
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Letter from Africa: What can Ghana learn from Norway?

Tuesday, December 22nd 2015, 1:02
related countries: Norway

What Ghana can learn from one little Norwegian town
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Born in the USA but choosing Ghana

Friday, November 27th 2015, 1:26
related countries: United States

Why African Americans are choosing to live in Ghana
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Leaving the UK and going 'home' to Ghana

Thursday, November 26th 2015, 6:17
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: London

Young professionals leave London and head to Ghana
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VIDEO: Ghanaian man given taxi to return home

Wednesday, November 11th 2015, 16:42
related countries: Malta

EU leaders are expected to offer countries in Africa billions of euros in exchange for help with the migrant crisis at a summit in Malta.
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