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Ghana’s opioid crisis brings pain and death
The highly addictive pain medication Tramadol is being sold as a street drug
Ghana’s Akufo-Addo lies in thorny bed he may or may not have made
Bad luck, corruption or incompetence – the jury is out on what derailed Ghana’s economy under its current president
Ghana’s president under pressure
Nearly 1.8-million Ghanaian workers were unemployed by the third quarter of 2022
Ghana hopes to make World Cup history for Africa
In 2010, Ghana came close to being the first African team to reach the semifinals. They have set their sights on going a step further in Brazil.
The motormouths
Most taxis in Ghana carry some inscription on the back windows. Some are funny, others don’t seem to mean anything — not until the owners explain.
You’re breaking up
On a bus ride to Koforidua, Francis Kokutse’s ears burn as his fellow passengers lie into their cellphones.
‘He is my Mandela’
‘Dem youthboy defied every order and turned a senator’, says a Cameroonian reggae song that captures the country’s rapture with Obama.
Beating the clock — into a coma
There’s no point working up a sweat about African Time in Accra, says Francis Kokutse.
Illegal logging cuts into Ghana’s forests
Illegal logging, which is decimating the forests of Ghana, has been getting worse as global demand for timber grows.
Checkpoint ‘friendships’ slow regional trade
”Give it to God.” These are the words inscribed on the front of the huge truck that goods transporter David Agbalanyo drives between Ghana and Burkina Faso. Agbalanyo has indeed…
Pollution may force Ghana’s farmers into illegal mining
Environmental groups have for several years accused mining companies in Ghana of destroying the environment. In a strange twist of events, it now seems that farmers have turned…
Ghanaian cocoa industry’s future looks sweet
After almost a decade of poor cocoa production during the 1980s, the Ghanaian government is upbeat about the subsequent growth in output of the product that is the country’s main…