Detail from the cover of an edition of Amma Darko’s novel Faceless.
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A psychologist and a literary scholar analyse Faceless, a powerful novel about homeless children - and their mothers.
Many children help out on family farms in Africa.
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Children working on family farms is often mistaken for harmful child labour.
Used cars that get exported from places like Europe, Japan and the U.S. are most often shipped to countries in Africa where they are resold.
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Older imported cars pose risks to motorists and spew pollution. Some countries, including Ghana, are taking steps to limit the harms of this piece of the vehicle life cycle.
A factory producing insecticidal bed nets in Arusha, Tanzania.
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There have been disruptions. But national malaria control programmes have shown impressive resilience.
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Debt forgiveness isn’t the answer. History is replete with examples of countries that are serial defaulters.
The Western shores of Ghana are struggling with a seaweed influx.
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The seaweed invasion of parts of the Ghanaian shoreline is affecting coastal inhabitants.
Juvenile offenders face stigma once released.
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Ghana needs a more effective approach to juvenile justice reform that considers the long-term impact of detention on youth offenders.
Uganda passed discriminatory anti-gay laws in March.
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In March, Albanese joined 50,000 people to march in support of queer rights. At the same time, in another part of the world, Uganda passed a string of draconian anti-gay laws.
The High Court in Accra, Ghana’s capital. Strengthening the judiciary would ensure a better democratic outcome.
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Ghana’s flawed democracy has failed to establish mechanisms to effectively control corruption.
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The public bears the suffering and costs of the global epidemic of noncommunicable diseases, and the rapidly accelerating climate emergency.
Ghana’s e-levy has hit traders in the country’s informal sector the hardest.
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Domestic resource mobilisation cannot be achieved by over-taxing the livelihoods of the most vulnerable workers in the informal sector.
There is a dearth of women teaching at institutions of higher education in Ghana.
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Ghanaian traditional gender norms are the main barrier to Ghanaian women pursuing academic careers.
Established practices of Ghanaian farmers have been affected by climate change.
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The effect of climate change on established lifestyles of farming communities are varied
An artist’s impression of Ghana’s envisioned National Cathedral.
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Globally, visiting religious destinations and sites for pilgrimage by religious faithful and tourists has gained recognition.
Bipolar disorder numbers are rising in Ghana
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Mental health still carries significant stigma in Ghana.
This form of skilled labour migration should be rethought.
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Hosting migrants isn’t only motivated by humanitarian reasons. In Germany immigration provides solutions to demographic and economic problems.
A satellite image of Lake Bosumtwi. It filled a meteorite impact crater.
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It’s time to get more Ghanaians interested in this fascinating, important aspect of science.
Most Ghanaian cars are imported as used vehicles.
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Vehicle import restrictions on their own are unlikely to yield meaningful, sustained public health and environmental gains in Africa.
Tanzania school pupils.
The pressure on Tanzanian students to rank higher has encouraged unhealthy competition among schools
A flooded street in Lagos, Nigeria.
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The two West African countries can help each other avert flooding disasters.