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The Ghanaian artist was just starting to receive the acclaim he deserved, winning last year’s Maria Lassnig prize. His widow talks about the daunting task of completing his joyous final work

In this edition: Kenyans await the Supreme Court's verdict on last month's presidential election, which is slated for Monday. Defeated candidate Raila Odinga claims electoral fraud after losing by a razor-thin margin. Also, South Africa's ruling ANC party suggests chemical castration as a punishment for convicted rapists. Finally, the founder…

An estimated 40.3 million people around the world are trapped in slavery. One in four victims are children, with women and girls affected most. Modern slavery occurs when people are forced to work through violence and intimidation.

The Dutch champions are reluctant to let the Ghana international leave

The Ghanaian-born editor underwent four operations in recent years for his eyesight

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.

The man scaled the 20-foot fence of a compound housing a lion, a lioness and two cubs

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.

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

The trials of a Ghanaian-American woman and her family never overpower the deft emotional savviness of this low-budget tale

A new exhibit at Victoria and Albert Museum corrects the misperception that high fashion belongs to Western designers. The fierce garments attest to the motto of a Ghanaian: "West is not always best."