Cocoa farming in West Africa is tinged with socio-cultural activities that are misunderstood by the West.
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Cocoa buyers and chocolate manufacturers still use various strategies to deflect when the issue of child slavery is raised
Female experts are a rare sight on Ghanaian media programmes.
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If women are to have a public voice in Ghana’s media ecology then a great deal more needs to happen.
The definition of child labour on cocoa farms in West Africa is still in dispute
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Child labour rates, and potentially other sensitive subjects, are not being measured accurately
Herder-farmer conflicts are on the rise in Ghana.
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Critics have said that ranching is environmentally unsustainable because it results in land degradation. There are other reasons it’s not the solution.
Informal workers in West Africa have been hardest hit by covid-19 lockdowns.
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Informal employment is significant in sub-Saharan Africa. The plight of informal workers needs to be highlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Key cashew producing countries in Africa are rolling out strategies to increase production and processing of raw cashew nuts.
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Ghana is losing out the booming global cashew industry in terms
of job and revenue generations.
Former president Laurent Gbagbo may be a rallying figure for opposition movement in Cote d'Ivoire.
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Former president Laurent Gbagbo’s interest in forming a new party reflects an opportunity to re-imagine opposition politics in Cote d’ Ivoire.
A group of Niger soldiers on patrol
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Resolving jihadist conflicts in the Sahel requires treating jihadists not as terrorists only but also as political actors who seek to provide an alternative form of governance to the status quo.
Renewable energy technology holds promise for rural electrification.
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Current approaches to expand renewable energy in Ghana are not inclusive of the rural poor.
Chieftaincy holds pride of place in local administration in Ghana.
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Chieftaincy conflicts in northern Ghana have hindered development in the country.
Money cowries (Monetaria moneta) retrieved from the São Bento.
Mudzunga Munzhedzi (2019). KwaZulu-Natal Museum
Money cowries were used for thousands of years as currency across the Indo-Pacific world but introduced into Atlantic commercial networks relatively late.
Flooding is projected to increase in eastern Africa.
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The report projects an increase in mean temperatures and hot extremes across the continent. Worryingly the rate of temperature increase across the continent exceeds the global average.
Ghana’s real estate boom has focused on luxury housing.
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In the formal real estate industry, there is an emerging narrative that affordable housing deficits in African cities represent a vast untapped market
The Bui Dam is a tangible reminder of China’s influence in Ghana.
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China’s engagement with Ghana was solidified by its willingness to undertake an expensive project Western partners had run away from.
The full benefits of a majoritarian democracy are undermined by a winner takes all approach.
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The disturbance in Ghana’s parliament during the election of a speaker has raised questions about its current democratic system.
The carving of the Volta region into two was met with resistance.
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The decision to create new administrative units is grounded in split opinions
Ghanaian university students hope to return home after studies abroad.
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Ghanaian students are losing patience with the lack of opportunities after graduation.
Sahel landscape.
The porous borders of West Africa allow for the unregulated movement of thousands.
A group of drummers playing traditional Yoruba drums.
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By providing insights from different disciplines, a new book uncovers new themes in the history of Yoruba people of West Africa
Des migrants sénégalais protestent contre le racisme et la violence à Milan.
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Un élément crucial qui favorise la migration est le fait d’avoir des liens personnels avec des migrants contemporains.