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US trade Act seen as mixed blessing

Nora Bannerman checks the pristine white uniforms made for American pharmacist Walgreens in her factory in the humid heart of Accra. Her Sleek Garments company exports shirts,…

Thousands cheer Ghana’s 50th birthday

Thousands of cheering Ghanaians waving the red, yellow and green national flag packed a central square in the capital on Tuesday to celebrate the 50th birthday of the first…

Ghana parties through the night to celebrate 50

Thousands of Ghanaians danced in the streets into the early hours of Tuesday in celebrations marking the 50th birthday of the first nation in sub-Saharan Africa to win…

Hero’s return to Ghana ‘completes circle’ for Annan

Hundreds of cheering well-wishers, dancing and waving Ghanaian flags, greeted former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan when he arrived in his native Ghana after 10…

Alleged African witches still outcast to camps

Mariama Alidu was cast out as a witch from her village by her own family, yet she swears she has never cast a spell. The mere suspicion of witchcraft was enough to see her and 80…

Ghana’s currency to shed four zeros in July

Ghana’s cedi currency will shed four zeros next July, a central bank official said on Monday, and shoppers weary of carrying big bundles of bank notes welcomed the plan.…

Learning to keep children off cocoa farms in Ghana

No matter how busy he gets, cocoa farmer Simon Afram never keeps his children home from school to work on his farm. ”If you don’t let a child go to school, it will spoil his…

Water woes hit Guinea worm fight in Ghana

Musah Issahaku could not know that the water he drank was teeming with Guinea worm larvae. Now, a bandage on the 12-year-old’s leg covers the tip of a white worm up to one metre…