Ghana
Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo seeks coalition to fight West Africa 'terrorism'
'The menace caused by terrorism is such that we must share the burden of the fight,' said Afuko-Addo, in a Washington speech in which he contrasted Western aid...
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Ghana parliament outlaws death penalty
Lawmakers voted late Tuesday to remove the death penalty from the country's statute books.
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Malaria vaccine gets green light for use in Ghana
"The vaccine has been approved for use in children aged 5-36 months, the age group at highest risk of death from malaria," Britain's Oxford University, who developed the vaccine, said in a statement.
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US VP Harris brings aid package to Ghana on Africa tour
US Vice President Kamala Harris met with Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo on Monday, bringing an aid package to shore up security, economic and development cooperation as part of a three-nation African tour.
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Africa is world's 'future' for touring US VP Harris
US Vice President Kamala Harris will start a three-country tour of Africa this weekend, promoting the White House's positive vision of the continent as the 'future of the world'.
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Ghana suspends part of foreign debt payments
The government said the foreign debt payment suspension was an interim emergency measure pending future agreements with the country's creditors.
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Ghana accuses Burkina of inviting Russian Wagner mercenaries
"Burkina Faso has now entered into an arrangement to go along with Mali in employing the Wagner forces there," Akufo-Addo said Wednesday in remarks that Burkina Faso had not responded to by Thursday.
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Ghana reaches $3 bn deal with IMF
The West Africa state is facing more than 40% inflation, growing debt and a sharp decline in its cedi currency since the start of the year.
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Odds stacked against African teams at World Cup, says Ghana coach
No African side has ever gone beyond the quarter-finals at a World Cup, although Ghana were a missed penalty away from reaching the last four at South Africa in 2010.
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Ghana president defends IMF aid decision
The decision has stoked fierce debate in Ghana, where Akufo-Addo has come under fire from critics who say his government reversed its position on the IMF after initially saying a new tax would help revive the economy.
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West African bloc lifts Mali sanctions, agrees on Burkina transition
Heads of the Economic Community of West African States met in Ghana's capital Accra to assess efforts to secure guarantees for restoring civilian rule in Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso.
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Ghana police fire tear gas to disperse protest over living costs
The West African nation, reeling from a pandemic-spurred economic slump and hammered by the impact of Russia's war in Ukraine, has seen inflation surge to more than 27% this month, the highest level in almost two decades.
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Ghana reopens borders after two-year COVID-19 closure
President Nana Akufo-Addo also announced in a televised address on Sunday night that the wearing of masks in the West African country is no longer mandatory as active COVID-19 cases drop below 100.
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Ghana, Nigeria flying home citizens stranded by Ukraine crisis
Nigeria plans to start using chartered planes to evacuate hundreds of its citizens on Wednesday from Poland, Romania and Hungary, where they have fled the conflict.
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Ghana activist detained over 'coup' comments
Oliver Barker-Vormawor, leader of the pressure group #FixTheCountry, which has championed protests in the West African country over economic hardships among other issues, was detained on his arrival from the UK at an airport on Friday.
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Nigeria to meet Ghana in African World Cup play-offs
Ghana will have home advantage first and both legs will be played between March 21 and 29 with the aggregate winners securing a place at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
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17 killed, 59 injured by explosion in western Ghana
The blast left a huge crater and reduced dozens of buildings to dust-covered piles of wood and metal in Apiate, near the city of Bogoso some 300 kilometres (180 miles) west of the mineral-rich West African country's capital Accra.
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SA and Ghana consolidate relations following Ramaphosa's two-day state visit
Accra and Pretoria agree that the strong ties will increase exponentially under the framework of the continental free trade area while driving private sector participation as a catalyst to increase trade between the two countries.
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Omicron: Ghana's Akufo-Addo describes travels bans as immigration control
President Nana Akufo-Addo was speaking during official talks with President Cyril Ramaphosa at Saturday's inaugural bi-national commission between South Africa and Ghana.
