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Ghana proposes using gold to pay for oil

ACCRA: Ghana has ordered all large mining companies to sell 20% of their stocks of refined gold to the country’s central bank starting from Jan 1.

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Struggling Ghana plans tax rise, debt swap to secure IMF aid

Accra (AFP) - Ghana's finance minister, Kenneth Ofori-Atta, presented the 2023 budget to parliament on Thursday, hiking tax and planning a debt swap as the country's negotiates an International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan.

AFP

W.Africa, European partners bolster ties against Sahel jihadist threat

Accra (AFP) - West African nations met with European leaders on Tuesday for talks on "homegrown" ways to prevent jihadist conflict in the Sahel threatening to "engulf" countries on the Gulf of Guinea.

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W.Africa, European partners strengthen ties against Sahel jihadists

Accra (AFP) - West African nations met with European leaders on Tuesday for talks on preventing jihadist conflict in the Sahel from spilling over into countries on the Gulf of Guinea.

AFP

Ghana's informal residents show how social innovation can solve urban challenges

Local governments across the world have turned to what is called “urban innovation” in a bid to manage urban problems. The term refers to the use of smart data collection, digital infrastructure facilities and services that meet intertwined urban challenges. These include housing, water, sanitation and electricity provision.

The Conversation

Ghanaian protesters demand president step down over economic crisis

More than 1,000 protesters marched through Ghana's capital Accra on Saturday, calling for the resignation of President Nana Akufo-Addo amid an economic crisis that has hammered the cedi currency and seen fuel and food costs spiral to record levels.

Reuters

Michaela Coel reveals plans to build a home in her father’s ancestral village in Ghana

The I May Destroy You star, 35, said she was considering buying an apartment in the country’s capital, Accra, having spent six months living there last year

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Soccer's worst disasters: Same mistakes by police, fans die

Police firing tear gas into a crowd of soccer fans

The Independent UK

Michaela Coel planning to build a house in Ghana

She’s an iconic Londoner, but now Michaela Coel is broadening her horizons. Coel, pictured, recently lived in Ghana for six months and the trial run seems to have gone well. Now she tells Vogue of her plans to build a house in a village there where her father lives. She…

Evening Standard

African Global Citizen patrons urge world to consider continent's giving power

Through a sweltering afternoon into a clear-sky night, some 20,000 people descended on Ghana's historic Black Star Square in Accra on Saturday to dance, cheer and sing along to songs performed by some of their favourite stars including Usher, SZA, and Stormzy.

Reuters

Century-old family photo studio preserves Ghana's history in black and white

A generation before the Gold Coast became Ghana, local photographer J.K. Bruce-Vanderpuije opened a small studio in the then-colonial capital Accra, where his family would become the de facto visual historians of a nation that had not yet been born.

Reuters

Lion mauls man to death in Ghana zoo

A lion at Ghana's Accra Zoo mauled a man to death after he entered its enclosure over the weekend, the government said in a statement.

Reuters

Man who jumped security fences to enter lions enclosure at zoo attacked and killed

The Forestry Commission in Accra, in south Ghana, has confirmed the man was attacked by a lion and died as a result of his injuries after breaching the lion enclosure

Daily Mirror

Metallica, Mariah Carey Headline Global Citizen NYC Concert

Metallica, Mariah Carey and The Jonas Brothers will headline a free concert in New York’s Central Park next month marking the 10th anniversary of the Global Citizen Festival organized by the international nonprofit fighting extreme poverty. The Sept. 24 event will also feature a concert across the globe in Accra,…

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Mountains of clothes washed up on Ghana beach show cost of fast fashion

No one will take responsibility of waste left by the used clothing trade, but campaigners are trying to change that, reports Liam James

AFP

Ghana IMF loan outcry pressures government over economy

Accra (AFP) - Ghanaian trader Mohammed Biney was already struggling when the government passed a new tax on electronic money transactions this year to try to revive the economy.

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‘Ghana is hard,’ they say. But the people of Accra are harder

Still critical today to life, freedom, justice and equality are the stories of everyday people like the people of Accra, whose stories of daily life in West Africa deserve to be told.

Reuters

Why Ghana has returned to the IMF

Hundreds took to the streets of Ghana's capital Accra last week to protest over its deteriorating economy. Days later, the government of one of West Africa's most prosperous nations announced it would begin formal talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for support.

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Lean times for Ghana’s yam traders as cost of living crisis bites

People are buying less, costs are up, and profits are dwindling for traders at Kaneshi market in Accra

Reuters

West African leaders lift economic and financial sanctions on Mali

Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday lifted economic and financial sanctions imposed on Mali, after its military rulers proposed a 24-month transition to democracy and published a new electoral law.

AFP

LGBTQ tolerance billboards spark uproar in Ghana

Accra (AFP) - Large billboards promoting LGBTQ tolerance have been torn down in Ghana's capital and other areas this month after sparking outrage in the West African country.

Reuters

Ghana chef serves free stew as more struggle to afford food

Storm clouds circled a large zinc shed outside Ghana's capital Accra where market porters sat on overturned metal bowls, disheartened by the lack of business as the encroaching rain deterred shoppers from nearby stalls.

The Guardian - UK

Fast-fashion giant Shein pledges $15m for textile waste workers in Ghana

Gesture announced at Copenhagen sustainability summit earns praise – and some cries of ‘greenwashing’

Radio France Internationale

Ecowas maintains sanctions on Mali, calls for transition in Burkina Faso, Guinea

West African leaders meeting in Accra have decided to uphold sanctions against Mali, along with the suspension of Burkina Faso and Guinea from the bloc. The measures could be lifted if the military rulers in all three countries speed up plans for a return to civilian rule.

The Conversation

A root cause of flooding in Accra: developers clogging up the city's wetlands

Ghana has six designated Ramsar sites. These are wetlands designated under the criteria of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, an international treaty that seeks to protect them. In Ghana, these sites are mainly along the coast and are meant to be protected as set out in the convention. But the…

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