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A police official says 15 people — 13 of them women — were killed when a gold mine caved in on them in western Ghana.
ExxonMobil has bought Kosmos Energy's stake in oil blocks offshore the West African country of Ghana in an area that contains huge crude discoveries, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
President Barack Obama is back home after a whirlwind visit to Ghana.
The lucky ones saw him waving from behind the bulletproof glass of his passing vehicle for a few fleeting seconds. The others, like the rest of the world, just watched President Barack Obama's visit on TV.
President Barack Obama has landed in Ghana on his first trip to sub-Saharan Africa since taking office.
Authorities in Ghana say they will deploy more than 10,000 police in this West African nation to boost security for President Barack Obama's weekend visit.
President Barack Obama has phoned Ghana's new president and congratulated him on the African nation's peaceful transfer of power.
The severed head of King Badu Bonsu II is going home to Ghana, around 170 years after it was hacked off in retaliation for the slayings of two Dutch emissaries whose skulls were hung from the tribal leader's throne.
Ghana's new president took office Wednesday vowing to "heal wounds and unite our dear nation" following a peaceful but tense election that secured the country's status as one of the continent's few stable democracies.
Opposition leader John Atta Mills was declared Ghana's next president Saturday in a peaceful ballot that secured the West African nation's place as a beacon of democracy on a volatile continent.
Neither the ruling party nor the opposition secured enough votes to win the presidential election outright, forcing a runoff in one of Africa's few stable democracies, according to results released Wednesday.
Political scientists define a mature democracy as a country that has had two peaceful transfers of power from one democratically elected head of state to another. By that definition, only a handful of Africa's 54 nations can be classified as full-fledged democracies.
Political scientists use a simple litmus test to determine if a country has a mature democracy: Has it had not just one — but two — successful handovers of power from one legitimately elected leader to another?
A tanker truck carrying gasoline overturned on a highway in Ghana and exploded while people were trying to take the leaking fuel on Wednesday, killing at least 21 and injuring about 80, police said.
A top security official says an Israeli businessman has been kidnapped in Ghana and the kidnappers have contacted his family to demand a $300,000 ransom.
President Bush on Monday lavished the full White House treatment on Ghanaian President John Kufuor, a West African ally who holds a kinship with the U.S. president as their two-term tenures near a close.
The old shore road to Totope is now under the sea, and when developers began carving out another one, it was washed away so often they abandoned it. Now the road to this village is just a track across the sand.
Years ago, no one thought twice about felling the rainforest around this village in West Africa.
Two British teenage girls left prison Thursday after serving nine-month sentences for trying to smuggle cocaine out of Ghana in laptop computer bags, prison officers and the girls' lawyers said.
The U.N. chief said Monday the world must do more to eradicate poverty in sub-Saharan Africa, where not a single country is on track to meet the goals of a global anti-poverty campaign launched in 2000.
Chocolate maker Cadbury PLC announced Monday it would spend millions over the next few years to boost cocoa yields and to improve the lives of cocoa farmers in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean.
Two British teenage girls were sentenced Wednesday to nine months in jail for trying to smuggle cocaine out of Ghana in laptop bags, government officials said.
The bodies of two U.S. Navy sailors who were found dead in a hotel room in the West African nation of Ghana on New Year's Eve have been flown to Germany for a post-mortem examination, a top Ghanaian police official said Friday.
Two U.S. Navy sailors who were found dead in a hotel room in the West African nation of Ghana on New Year's Eve have been identified.
The U.S. Embassy opened an investigation into the deaths of two U.S. Navy sailors in Ghana's capital, a naval official said Wednesday.
Would you send your child to a boarding school in Africa to get them out of the ghetto?Would you send your child to school halfway across the world if it meant the chance to escape the distractions of a dangerous neighborhood?
African view: Honouring titlesThe rule of thumb is that you may not call someone who is older than or senior to you in any way by their name without an appropriate title......
Bonds invested in Ghana's nascent oil industry rose sharply in value over the past year. They nearly doubled between November 2008 and July 2009. Ghana is working to broaden its exports beyond cocoa and gold.
British firm fined for corruption A British construction firm has been ordered to pay almost £5m after pleading guilty to overseas corruption and breaching UN sanctions. Mabey & Johnson tried to influence officials in Jamaica and Ghana when bidding for public contracts.
African Social Networks Aiding in Blackmail of GaysSocial network blackmail schemes are on the rise, but nowhere have they become more malicious than in the east African nation of Ghana, where gay Internet community members are being trapped, kidnapped and robbed, often with the aid of the police.
D.C. Area Woman--Secretary by Day, King by NightA Washington D.C. area woman, who works as a secretary, has recently been named king of a Ghanan village.
Hundreds of Thousands Displaced By West African FloodAfter three months of rain West Africa has been devastated by flooding that displaced 600,000. The current season has been unusually rainy and the rain is expected to last through the end of the month.
TheStar.com | GTA | Ghanaian royals call GTA homeThis royal family from Ghana has their own version of The Foster Parents Plan operating to improve living conditions in their homeland.
Cocoa cultivation rising in southern statesKochi: Robust trend in bean prices triggered by a global shortage of cocoa has prompted some southern states to spread the cultivation to more area.
Ex-Ghanaian President, John Kufour, is fighting world hungerJohn Kofi Agyekum Kufuor says he aims to inspire world leaders to ensure that every child receives the nutrition they need to develop their physical and mental potential.
King's bottled head returned to GhanaThe Netherlands has presented to Ghana the bottled head of a monarch, Badu Bonsu II, executed by Dutch colonists in the former Gold Coast in 1838 and kept in a western museum for decades.
President Obama's Address to Ghanaian Parliament This is a great speech by the president, the best that I have seen from him since he became president. There are many interesting snippets in here that bear examination but overall, an excellent speech.
Oil theft lubricates corruption in West AfricaTen per cent (around 55 million barrels) of Nigeria's oil is stolen and trafficked every year. In fact, it is estimated that oil production in Nigeria runs at only two thirds of capacity because of theft, vandalism and violence in the Niger Delta.
Obama in Ghana: The speech he might have madeThe internet and wires have been burning with anger and disappointment at the speech made by Obama this week at the start of his visit to Ghana.
Obama for closer 'engagement' with SyriaLONDON - US President Barack Obama said he was troubled by Syria's behaviour but hoped for progress in ties with former foe Damascus, in an interview to be screened Sunday...
Obama's speech in GhanaGood morning. It is an honor for me to be in Accra, and to speak to the representatives of the people of Ghana. I am deeply grateful for the welcome that I've received, as are Michelle, Malia and Sasha Obama.
We don't need Obama to show us how to make Kenya a great countrySo America's Barack Obama is in Africa, but he has snubbed Kenya? The US President is in Ghana at the time of your reading this piece. His spokespersons say his visit to the former Gold Coast is a reward for Ghana's alleged democratic credentials.
Mini-Me? Resemblance to Obama Makes Ghanaian Boy Local CelebrityMini-Me? Resemblance to Obama Makes Ghanaian Boy Local Celebrity
Obama Declares to Africa: End Tyranny, CorruptionObama spoke to a large crowd during his visit to Africa, saying:
Obama heralds Africa's 'moment of promise'"An American president who has "the blood of Africa within me" praised and scolded the continent of his ancestors Saturday, asserting forces of tyranny and corruption must yield if Africa is to achieve its promise."
Obama marks Africa's promise, problemsIn his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa since taking office, President Barack Obama is seeking to lift up the continent of his ancestors - while keeping its emotions in check.
Obama is coming to Ghana, so what?Through no fault of his Barack Obama is getting on my nerves. His impending visit has unleashed an unprecedented bout of Ghanaian foolhardiness and it's annoying me. Yes, I am nobody – but I am annoyed all the same.
Rebranding AfricaU2's Bono writes an Op-Ed for the New York Times about President Obama's trip to Ghana, and its impact on the way we see sub-saharan Africa.
Hu Jintao's African AdventurismWhile U.S. President Barack Obama was shepherding his economic stimulus bill through Congress, Chinese President Hu Jintao was making his fourth trip to Africa.
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