An activist protests against the incarceration of hundreds of inmates imprisoned without trial in Nigeria.
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A central repository system offers practical solutions to reducing the large number of awaiting-trial inmates in Nigeria.
A lot of Ghanaian settlements face social infrastructure deficits
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Ghanaian urban and development planners need to move away from looking up to examples of innovations from the global north.
Women in rural areas have limited access to the internet.
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Only a small percentage of women in rural areas have access to the Internet, so participation in online activism is limited to urban centres.
Illegal gold mining is spreading rapidly in Ghana.
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Grassroots miners are disadvantaged by current regulations.
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Ghana’s national museum has been reopened after being closed for seven years.
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Various scholars weigh in on the state of Ghana’s economy, how it got into this situation and on the IMF’s involvement.
A model of Ghana’s proposed national cathedral.
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Politics in Ghana is heavily influenced by the Christian majority of the population.
African migrants feel obliged to bring back home consumer goods as gifts.
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Gifts that migrants bring back home deny recipient countries taxes and reinforce the belief that local items are inferior.
A group of Galamseyer, illegal gold miners, work in Kibi area, southern Ghana.
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A community centred approach is key to making headway in the battle against illegal mining
Ghana is engaging the IMF over a bailout.
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Ghana’s sovereign risk has been downgraded to near junk status by ratings agencies in recent times.
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In some African countries, astronomical research is quite developed.
Ride hailing companies have found success in the transport sector in Ghana.
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Lawmakers and courts in Ghana must strengthen protections for drivers of ride hailing companies
Ghana has considerable oil deposits.
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Disagreements and political considerations override the common good in managing Ghana’s petroleum sector
Northern Ghana was treated as a periphery outpost by colonial administrators.
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Ghana’s northern region would be more developed now had it received a fairer share of colonial investments.
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The time to fix the roof is while the sun is still shining. Before the economic situation goes from bad to worse, the impact of rising interest rates can be mitigated in a combination of ways.
Kalk Bay, Western Cape, South Africa.
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The trend globally is for countries to be explicit about their maritime interests, underpinned by a sound security strategy.
Niger soldiers conduct a simulated mounted patrol.
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West African governments need to be clearer about the similarities and differences of violent extremist groups.
A lot of African countries have implemented taxes on electronic transactions.
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The tax on electronic transactions has not generated as much revenue as the government of Ghana expected.
Ghana has invested significant resources into regenerating lost forest cover.
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Ghana’s government should shift to a community-based and voluntary approach to forest restoration and conservation
Queen Elizabeth touring the secretariat of Karu Local council, near Nigeria’s capital Abuja in 2003.
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Queen Elizabeth adjusted with aplomb and good grace – personally and as monarch – as countries achieved their independence from Britain.