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Man lives in cow dung hut that cost £1,000 to build and has no monthly bills

He makes cash through social media, saying the life is too good not to share

Wales Online

Ama Ata Aidoo obituary

One of Africa’s most influential playwrights and poets who served as education minister in her native Ghana

The Guardian - UK

Amaarae: Fountain Baby review – sexy, sparkling dream pop

Drawing on a whole world of sounds, the Ghanaian American’s second album proper is a summery delight

The Guardian - UK

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Ghana’s informal mining harms health and the land – but reforms must work with people, not against them

Artisanal small-scale mining has been practised in Ghana for over a century. In 2018, small-scale miners generated 2.1 million ounces of gold, accounting for 43.1% of total gold production in the country. The sector employs 60% of Ghana’s mining workforce.

The Conversation

Arsenal facing double blow for next season as Mikel Arteta has Sambi Lokonga transfer decision

Thomas Partey has helped put Ghana on the brink of qualifying for next year's Africa Cup of Nations and he is likely to be joined by Mohamed Elneny with Egypt in a good position

Football London

Ama Ata Aidoo: the pioneering writer from Ghana left behind a string of feminist classics

Prolific author and former Ghanaian education minister Ama Ata Aidoo passed away on 31 May 2023 at the age of 81. News of her death reverberated around the world, proof of her towering influence in literary, feminist and political spaces.

The Conversation

I swam down Ghana’s Volta River for 40 days to show the true cost of cheap clothes

Secondhand clothing waste from Europe is choking the waterways of the west African country. It must not go on, says Ghanaian entrepreneur Yvette Yaa Konadu Tetteh

The Guardian - UK

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Ghana pays the price for our unwanted clothes

Letter: Western cast-offs are contributing to Ghana’s flooding problems and hamper the country’s fashion industry, writes Tim Gossling

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s like a death pit’: how Ghana became fast fashion’s dumping ground

Yvette Yaa Konadu Tetteh’s epic swim down the River Volta highlights the damage done to the country’s waterways by an out-of-control trade in secondhand clothes from the global north, and why it’s time for change

The Guardian - UK

Vibrant pop-up shop opens in Nutgrove Shopping Centre

Sahara boasts a wide range of woven baskets, lampshades and textiles inspired by Ghanaian culture

Dublin Live

Alogte Oho and His Sounds of Joy: O Yinne! review – the gospel truth, Ghanaian style

Frafra gospel meets vintage highlife on the troupe’s vibrant second album, recorded with producer Max Weissenfeldt

The Guardian - UK

Ama Ata Aidoo: Ghana's renowned feminist writer dies at 81

Ama Ata Aidoo, who is considered as one of the most-celebrated feminist writers of Africa, died on May 31, 2023 in Ghana. She was 81-years-old.

The Times of India

Author Ama Ata Aidoo, ‘an inspiration to feminists everywhere’, dies aged 81

The Ghanaian playwright and novelist, who also served as her country’s education minister, focused on the modern African woman

The Guardian - UK

Protesters clash with soldiers at Ghana gold mining town

The clashes come as hundreds remain trapped in mining pits, unable or unwilling to resurface out of fear of arrest.

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Ghanaian writer and feminist Ama Ata Aidoo dies at 81

She was one of the continent’s best-known writers and inspired a generation of younger authors, artists and feminists.

The Guardian - UK

Stop dumping your cast-offs on us, Ghanaian clothes traders tell EU

With 100 tonnes of clothing from the west discarded every day in Accra, ‘fast fashion’ brands must be forced to help pay for the choking textile waste they create, environmentalists say

The Conversation

Ghana and the IMF have struck a deal, but hard choices lie ahead

In mid-May 2023 the International Monetary Fund (IMF) finally approved a US$3 billion 36-month arrangement with Ghana. It immediately disbursed the first tranche of US$600 million.

Bangkok Post

A world of debt is in need of more flexibility

Recent headlines seem to augur a global debt crisis. The US is teetering on the precipice of a self-inflicted default. Egypt, Ghana, Pakistan, and other countries face grave financial difficulties. And the Chinese are delaying or hampering multilateral efforts to restructure low- and middle-income countries' debt.

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Accra's market fires are devastating to informal traders - but they don't trust or understand what they're being told about managing risk

Ghana’s informal urban markets play a key role in the country’s economy. They employ more than 80% of the people who work in the informal sector. They create livelihoods for traders, give urban residents access to essential household products, and add value to the culture of urban life.

The Guardian - UK

Larry Achiampong: Wayfinder review – a big-hearted meander through the immigrant experience

Poignant and inclusive, the British-Ghanaian artist Larry Achiampong’s first major solo show roams through class, race and the English landscape, always circling back to his own family

Reuters

Musicians launch drive for more funding for arts in Africa

Performers from Ghana, Ethiopia and Tanzania have helped launch a five-year project to try to secure more funding for arts and culture, aiming to persuade African governments to allocate at least 1% of their budgets.

The Conversation

Africa is getting renewed attention from Washington — and some African states are courting African Americans

Recent allegations by the U.S. ambassador to South Africa that the African nation gave ammunition and weapons to Russia in December 2022, amid Russia’s war on Ukraine, illustrate the complexity of U.S.-Africa relations.

Al Jazeera

How inflation made West Africa’s prized jollof rice a pricey meal

Inflation driven by economic instability, fallout from war in Ukraine and COVID have made jollof rice an expensive meal.

The Conversation

The real cost of your chocolate habit: new research reveals the bittersweet truth of cocoa farming in Africa's forests

Chocolate sales have boomed in recent months. As the cost-of-living crisis bites, consumers are increasingly reaching for chocolate as a simple and affordable pleasure.

The Guardian - UK

Cocoa planting is destroying protected forests in west Africa, study finds

Global trade in chocolate, worth more than $1tn a year, is leading to widespread deforestation in Ivory Coast and Ghana

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