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With cinemas closed, Ghana's hand-painted movie posters find homes abroad

With a flick of his brush, Ghanaian painter Daniel Anum Jasper armed actor Paul Newman with a pair of revolvers. Unfinished paintings of a bell-bottomed John Travolta and nunchuck-spinning Bruce Lee adorned the walls of his crammed Accra studio.

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Malian PM speaks to FRANCE 24, RFI after France withdraws troops

In tonight's edition: In an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24 and its sister station Radio France Internationale (RFI), Mali's Prime Minister Choguel Maiga says that since 2012, French authorities have tried to divide his country by fueling autonomy claims in the north. And African countries weigh in on Russia's decision…

France 24

Emmanuel Dennis could make Nigeria return after talks ahead of World Cup play-off

Watford forward Emmanuel Dennis could play a role in Nigeria’s World Cup play-off against Ghana next month after holding clear-the-air talks with the president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).

Evening Standard

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West trains Africa forces as coastal nations fret attacks

At a training site in Ivory Coast, a Ghanaian officer says he has watched neighboring countries be overrun by jihadis for nearly 10 years, wondering if his country will be next

The Independent UK

‘I phoned the president of Ghana onstage in a pub’: how we made The Mark Thomas Comedy Product

‘It was a steep learning curve, from shouting abuse at a Tory MEP to chasing international arms dealers’

The Guardian - UK

Defying Ghana's lockdown rules wasn't simply stubborn: here's what was going on

Ghana imposed lockdowns in the Accra and Kumasi districts on 30 March 2020 to limit community transmission of the new coronavirus. But members of the public found ways to evade the restrictions, making them ineffective. People went about their daily lives as usual, where they could, and avoided checkpoints. Police…

The Conversation

Ghana's debt makes development impossible: here are some solutions

By the year 2000, the government of Ghana had borrowed so much that the country was in debt distress. It then subscribed to the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries initiative of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. Consequently, much of the country’s external debt of over US$4 billion was written…

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One trans woman’s fight against a bill that would criminalise Ghana’s LGBT+ community

It’s already illegal to be gay in Ghana and a new law could made LGBT+ advocacy punishable with 10 years in prison. Cooper Inveen meets a trans woman who is petrified about her future, but also defiant

The Independent UK

Finding cultural pride through football – why the African Cup NSW means so much to these women

The African Cup NSW is a long-running community tournament, but for the first time in 2021 — women were able to take centre stage.

ABC News

EU-AU summit: Ghana's Akufo-Addo calls for 12-month transition in Mali

In a interview with FRANCE 24 at the EU-African Union summit in Brussels, Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo said the French-led troop withdrawal from Mali required "new arrangements" in the regional fight against terrorism. Akufo-Addo, who is also the current chairman of West African bloc ECOWAS, demanded the departure of "foreign…

France 24

The fighting spirit of young African footballers who migrate overseas

When Sadio Mané scored the decisive penalty to secure Senegal’s triumph over Egypt at the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon, Isaak, a professional Ghanaian footballer in his late 20s, could not have been further away from the action. Watching the final online in his room in eastern Thailand, Isaak’s…

The Conversation

Africa’s Fossil-Fuel Trap

A Response to “The Divestment Delusion”

Foreign Affairs

Drug smugglers hid £3m of cocaine in luggage on flights from Ghana to UK

While some suitcases had hidden compartments, others had illicit narcotics stashed in packets of traditional African food mix

Wales Online

What Ghana can do to combat corruption: educate, prevent, enforce

Ghana’s finance minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, estimates that the country loses over US$4 billion annually to corruption: abuse of entrusted power for advancing private interests. The loss is about 20% of Ghana’s budget, reckons Richard Quason, deputy commissioner of Ghana’s Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice. This money could instead…

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Four jailed after trying to bring £3m of cocaine through Heathrow

Four members of a Ghanaian cocaine smuggling ring have been jailed for more than 28 years following a National Crime Agency investigation (NCA).

The Independent UK

After blow of Beijing, Olympians ask: What about Africa?

African representation has shriveled at the Winter Olympics

The Conversation

Une brève histoire des nations africaines aux Jeux olympiques d'hiver

Un nombre record de huit pays africains ont participé aux Jeux olympiques d'hiver de 2018 à PyeongChang, en Corée du Sud. Aux jeux d'hiver de Pékin de 2022, actuellement en cours, l'Afrique est représentée par six athlètes issus de cinq pays : l'Érythrée, le Ghana, Madagascar, le Maroc et le…

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Transformation of Ghana's legal profession. A return to Kwame Nkrumah's vision?

Late last year the University of Ghana School of Law at Legon held a conference to discuss the future of legal education in Ghana. The keynote speaker, President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo called for a reform to meet the current and future needs of the country. His remarks came at a…

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Radio France Internationale

Not just fancy moves: how Ghana’s DWP dance academy is transforming lives

When Ghanaian dancer and choreographer Laud Konadu teamed up with two of his friends Ernest Kwablah, aka Quables, and Nicholas Botchey, aka Afrobeast, to set up the Dance With A Purpose Academy (DWP) in 2017, they knew it was a huge gamble. But four years later, their decision is paying…

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What it would take for more Ghanaians to adopt mobile payment systems

The introduction of information and communication technologies has created an opportunity for consumers to pay for products and services online and offline using mobile phones.

Chicago Sun-Times

Tribalism has always existed among those of us who are Black — but why?

If we stand divided, divided we will keep falling.

Zenger

Israeli STEM Program Empowers Girls In Ghana

World ORT Kadima Mada trains female university students in Ghana in coding, animation and other science and technology skills

Nottingham Post

'Honestly not sure' - Nottingham Forest fans divided after Chris Hughton news emerges

Former Nottingham Forest manager Chris Hughton has joined the Ghana national team as an adviser and supporters are split about him

The Conversation

Ghana's electronic transaction tax: not a bad idea, but must be properly designed

The government of Ghana’s revenue collection has performed poorly for some years now. The average growth rate of total government revenue and grants has fallen sharply from 32.6% (2009-2012) to 19.9% (2013-2016) and 14.6% (2017-2020). The total revenue as a ratio of GDP currently stands at 16%. This is lower…

The Conversation

A brief history of African nations at the Olympic Winter Games

A record number of eight African countries competed at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea. At the 2022 Beijing winter games, currently underway, Africa is represented by six athletes from five countries: Eritrea, Ghana, Madagascar, Morocco and Nigeria. Five are competing in Alpine (downhill) skiing and one…

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