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  • ghana election violence Citizens celebrating after a peaceful presidential election in 2008. Credit: Naeema Campbell.
    GhanaPolitics

    “Warning shots”: The steady rise of political violence in Ghana

    By Michael Lieber Cobb & Erik Plänitz
    November 30, 2020
    A combination of mistrust, concerns around fairness of the upcoming 7 December vote, and inequality have contributed to a rise in violence. On 20 ...
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  • An infant surrounded by malaria bed net in Ghana. Credit: Arne Hoel / World Bank.
    Covid-19GhanaSierra Leone

    How can countries continue to combat malaria during a pandemic?

    By Ciku Kimeria
    November 11, 2020
    With medical disruptions due to COVID-19 likely to kill more people in Africa than the disease itself, two countries provide interesting lessons. With COVID-19 ...
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  • CultureGhanaSocietyTop story

    Could a #MeToo moment end one of Africa’s biggest arts festivals? 

    By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu
    February 20, 2020
    Maybe not. But there will be a shift. In late-August 2019, Ange Kayifa travelled to Accra to perform at the Chale Wote Street Arts ...
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  • The public will likely have to pressure President Nana Akufo-Addo and the government to adopt a new bill on unexplained wealth orders. Credit: GCIS.
    EconomyGhanaTop story

    Let’s make Ghana’s leaders explain their unexplained wealth. Here’s how.

    By Lolan Ekow Sagoe-Moses
    February 5, 2020
    The special prosecutor has proposed a measure that could empower Ghana to truly tackle corruption. The public must make the government listen. Despite being ...
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  • A woman walks under election banner during the 2016 Ghana Elections in the Volta region. Credit: Carsten ten Brink.
    GhanaPoliticsTop story

    Ghana: Political vigilantes are a concern, but there’s a bigger one

    By Mariam Bjarnesen
    January 14, 2020
    Last year, armed men stormed an opposition politician’s home on the day of a by-election. Is this is a taste of things to come ...
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  • Editor's PicksGhanaSociety

    We need to talk about Ghana’s Year of Return and its politics of exclusion

    By Kwabena Agyare Yeboah
    December 19, 2019
    The campaign had the opportunity to welcome all people of African descent and fully engage with their history of slavery. It did not.  In ...
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  • Kaye, one of thousands of Ghanaian migrants in Libya. Credit: Hans Lucht.
    GhanaLibyaSocietyTop story

    “Here we have no life”: The migrant workers persevering in Libya

    By Hans Lucht
    December 17, 2019
    Despite the risks, the plan for Ghanaian workers in Libya is straightforward. Survive, earn, return. Before Kaye and his crew of Ghanaian migrant workers ...
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  • One of many chop bars in Ghana. Credit: Rebecca and Michael Thompson.
    EconomyGhanaSociety

    Accra’s fast food fight: McFood takes on Ghana’s local chop bars

    By Rebecca Teni Thompson & Michael Thompson
    May 29, 2019
    For most, international fast food outlets are expensive, inaccessible and unfamiliar. But as more and more crop up, will the tide turn? By the ...
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  • South Africa oil find: Ghana's first major discovery was the Jubilee oil field in 2007. Credit: Eni.
    EconomyGhanaSouth Africa

    South Africa’s “game-changing” oil find: Three lessons from Ghana

    By Folorunso David
    April 2, 2019
    Avoiding the resource curse will require clear policies that ensure transparency and independence.  In early-February, South Africa discovered huge reserves of oil and gas ...
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  • The Volta region first became part of Ghana in 1956. Credit: jbdodane.
    GhanaPoliticsTop story

    Is this Africa’s newest secession dilemma?

    By Ashley Bulgarelli
    February 11, 2019
    The Volta region’s contested history as part of Ghana has come to the fore again around a recent referendum. On 27 December 2018, Ghana ...
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