Africa seeks action plan on slavery reparations at Ghana conference
Accra, Ghana Reuters Financial reparations are long overdue to Africans and the diaspora as compensation for the enslavement of people of African descent, Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo said on Tuesday on the first day of a conference on how to address such historical injustices. A performance on the trans-atlantic slave trade is staged during the […]
Rags not riches: Ghana drowns in Western castoffs
Traders in the world’s largest second-hand clothes market want reparations for chronic pollution caused by fast fashion. BUKOLA ADEBAYO, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
Sakawa boys: Meet Ghana’s online romance scammers
Poverty and unemployment are driving Ghana’s youth into the dark underbelly of identity theft and romance scams. BUKOLA ADEBAYO, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
Wow!: Ghana’s vintage enthusiasts give new life to Western clothing waste
FRANCIS KOKOROKO and COOPER INVEEN, of Reuters, report…
Ghana chef serves free stew as more struggle to afford food
Accra, GhanaReuters Storm clouds circled a large zinc shed outside Ghana’s capital Accra where market porters sat on overturned metal bowls, disheartened by the lack of business as the encroaching rain deterred shoppers from nearby stalls. Then a rumbling sound broke the stillness as gourmet chef Elijah Addo pulled up in a food truck and […]
In Ghana, bakers feel the heat of rising inflation
Accra, GhanaReuters Blazing heat radiated from the wood-fired oven of the Bethel Brothers Bakery in Ghana’s capital Accra, as a dozen men hastily shaped dough into hundreds of rolls that would be scattered through the city the following morning. The bakery, founded nearly 25 years ago by childhood friends Raphael Borketey and David Eshun, churns […]
Ghana tackles floods, waste and pollution with Accra resilience plan
Dakar, SenegalThomson Reuters Foundation Ghana plans to replace its polluting “trotro” buses and formalise waste collection in slums as part of a new plan to help its crowded capital withstand climate change and disasters. The West African country on Thursday became the second in the region after Senegal to launch a plan to help its […]
Ghanaian churches banned from using stadium
World Watch Monitor At least four churches have been banned from holding religious service in a stadium in Ghana’s northern city of Tamale. In addition to hosting sport activities, the Aliu Mahama Sports Stadium is used by a number of institutions, including religious organisations and political parties. The stadium was recently renamed after the late […]