The Latest Breaking News from Ghana

Every December in Nigeria and Ghana a giant party takes place, unfolding in a whirlwind of concerts, festivals, weddings, art shows, dress-ups, meet-ups and travel. Locals and diaspora west Africans returning from overseas come together to create Detty December, a festive event stretching from mid-December to the new year.

Netflix began its Africa operations in South Africa in 2016. When the US streaming giant announced it was setting up shop in Nigeria in 2020, many west African film-makers, writers, artists and media audiences were jubilant.

Thousands of sculpted heads - captive African men, women, and children - meticulously created by the artist Kwame Akoto-Bamfo, emerge from the soil at the Nkyinkyim Museum, as a sacred gathering of ancestors. Together, they form a powerful monument to the horror, violence, and resistance to enslavement, as well as…

The campaign group found clothes thrown away by British consumers on the internationally important wetland outside the capital Accra.

Garments thrown out by consumers from Next, George, M&S and others found in or near conservation areas

“You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.”

Africa’s urban future will be shaped not only by large cities and capitals but also by its many small and medium-sized towns.

A new initiative is using AI-powered drones to identify and eliminate mosquito breeding grounds in Ghana and Sierra Leone, in a bid to prevent malaria outbreaks.

Ghana’s celebratory approach to death has birthed a deeply creative approach to coffin-making. Tamara Davison admires the handiwork in Accra

July ICE NY cocoa (CCN25 ) today is up +299 (+3.13%), and July ICE London cocoa #7 (CAN25 ) is up +67 (+1.03%). Cocoa prices are soaring today as today's -0.65% drop in the dollar index (DXY00) to a 3-1/4 year low has prompted strength in most commodities, including cocoa....

July ICE NY cocoa (CCN25 ) Wednesday closed down -53 (-0.55%), and July ICE London cocoa #7 (CAN25 ) closed down -78 (-1.18%). Cocoa prices on Wednesday extended this week's side, with NY cocoa falling to a 1-1/2 week low. The outlook for beneficial rainfall in West Africa is improving...