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West Africa has been defined as including the 18 countries Benin, Burkina Faso, the island of Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, the island of Saint Helena, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sao Tome and Principe and Togo.

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Africa urged to support adopted General Comment No.25 (2021)

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– – Child Online Africa (COA) has said in a statement that it “extends it compliments to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child for adopting General Comment No.25 (2021) on Children’s Rights in Relation to the Digital Environment.” According to the pan-African group it considers “digital safety and literacy as an essential element of children’s growth… Read More
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Germany considers returning Nigeria’s stolen artefacts

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– – Germany has said that it is considering returning some artefacts stolen from Nigeria during the colonial era. The particular artefacts in question are the Benin bronzes looted from the Kingdom of Benin, in present day southern Nigeria. The artefacts are being held at Ethnological Museum in the German capital, Berlin. The Ethnological Museum has 530 historical objects from… Read More
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GIZ Ghana holds dialogue workshop for migration stakeholders

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– – The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Ghana, through its Programme Migration & Diaspora, has held a week’s multi-stakeholders dialogue workshop to validate the action plans of its partners on the implementation of the National Labour Migration Policy. The workshop was also used to validate a joint Ministry of the Interior – International Organisation for Migration (IOM)… Read More
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Trisolace: Creating agribusiness opportunities for young Ghanaians

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– – For years, young people especially in Africa did not have the interest in creating business opportunities in Agriculture as they consider the sector unattractive and not worth the needed investment. That is however changing in countries like Ghana where a company called Trisolace Farms is helping to young people fall in love with snail and mushroom farming. Trisolace… Read More
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Gambia lawmakers vote against lifting ban on skin bleaching

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– – Gambia lawmakers have voted against lifting a ban on skin bleaching and the use of creams for that purpose. The attorney general, presented to parliament the bill on the prohibition of skin bleaching for consideration. Former Gambian leader, Yahya Jammeh in 1996 imposed the ban which stopped the importation and sale of skin-bleaching creams. The current Adama Barrow-led… Read More
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Ghana: Lecturer files suit against teaching of evolution theory

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– – A Ghanaian lecturer has filed a suit at the country’s apex court against the teaching of the evolution theory in schools. Dr Johnson Anane who is an Assistant Lecturer at the Sunyani Technical University wants the Supreme Court to declare that man was created by God and not through the evolution theory propounded by some scientists. Local newspaper,… Read More
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How Basics International is lifting Ghanaian women out of poverty

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– – Women dominate the informal sector in Ghana but they also fall within the most vulnerable groups of people in dire need of economic empowerment. Many of them lack the needed skills to become employable or build successful entrepreneurial ventures. That’s what the Ghanaian social enterprise Basics International comes in to help with its recent initiative called Hedzole. The… Read More
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Ghana: Outrage after school rejects students with dreadlocks

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– – There has been a huge public outrage in Ghana after a high school rejected two first year students because of their dreadlocks. The students were refused admission to Achimota school in the capital, Accra despite being posted there by Ghanaian education service officials. The school said it turned home the students because of their hair style and asked… Read More
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New Economy Booster: Supporting Ghanaian businesses grow

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– – In 2020, the Coronavirus pandemic hit many economies globally very hard leading to job losses and collapse of businesses. Businesses in Africa were not left out of this devastation and many economies on the continent are yet to recover and rebuild. In Ghana, many businesses have laid-off their workers and entrepreneurs are struggling to thrive. In September 2020,… Read More
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Ghana: Outcry over offensive content in newly authored textbooks

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– – Some publishers in Ghana have incurred the wrath of the public over the content of their newly authored textbooks for basic schools. One of the publishers has come under fire over what has been described as the offensive content in its textbook which denigrate the Ewe ethnic group. Another book also makes disparaging remarks against Ghana’s First President… Read More
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