Ghana

U.S. military conducts first maritime drills with West African forces

SOGAKOPE, Ghana, March 16 (Reuters) - The West African troops silently pulled their small boats up to a rust-stained ferry and swarmed up its sides on grappling hooks to disarm…

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Ghana to default on most of external debt as economic crisis worsens

By Christian Akorlie and Cooper Inveen ACCRA, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Ghana said on Monday it would suspend payments on most of its external debt, effectively defaulting as the country…

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Concern after two test positive in Ghana for highly infectious Marburg virus

Two people have died in Ghana after contracting a highly contagious Ebola-like virus, sparking a rush to identify potential contacts and squash the outbreak before it spreads. It is the…

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Crisis-hit Ghana changes its mind and turns to IMF for help

ACCRA, July 1 (Reuters) - Ghana, one of West Africa's largest economies, will hold formal talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a support package, the government said on Friday, after…

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At least 17 dead after explosion in Ghana mining region

ACCRA, Jan 21 (Reuters) - At least 17 people were killed and 59 injured in an explosion in western Ghana when a truck carrying explosives to a gold mine collided…

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Ghana’s main airport to fine airlines if they bring unvaccinated passengers

ACCRA, Dec 13 (Reuters) - The operator of Ghana's main international airport will fine airlines $3,500 for every passenger they bring in that is not vaccinated against COVID-19 or that…

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Ghana culls thousands of chickens, bans poultry movement amid avian flu outbreak

Ghana has destroyed 4,500 chickens and restricted the movement of poultry after nearly 6,000 birds were found to have died of the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian flu, the country's veterinary…

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Ghana no longer faces increased monitoring over money laundering, says FATF

Global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog FATF said on Friday that Ghana was no longer under its increased monitoring process but said other nations were now on that list.…

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Ghana’s COVID-19 infections skyrocketing and threatening to overwhelm the health system

Ghana’s COVID-19 infection rates are skyrocketing and include new strains of the virus not before seen in the country, filling treatment centres and threatening to overwhelm the health system, President…

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Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo wins re-election with 51.59% of vote

ACCRA (Reuters) -Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo has won re-election with 51.59% of the vote, beating his predecessor and old rival John Mahama, results from the election commission showed on Wednesday. …

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Ghana votes as candidates pitch route out of economic crisis

ACCRA (Reuters) - Ghanaians started voting in elections on Monday in which President Nana Akufo-Addo and his main rival, former president John Mahama, are each offering plans to help the…

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One person infects 533 others in Ghana

A worker at a fish-processing factory in Ghana's Atlantic seafront city of Tema infected 533 other workers at the facility with the coronavirus, Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo said in a broadcast late…

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IOM Assists over 1,400 Migrants with Voluntary Return to Ghana

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) this week assisted 61 migrants who were stranded in Niger with voluntarily return to Ghana, bringing the total number of assisted Ghanaians to 1,400 since…

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Ghana forces rescue two kidnapped Canadian women

Ghana forces have rescued two Canadian women who were kidnapped last week outside their hostel in Ghana’s second city of Kumasi. The women, aged 19 and 20, were volunteers for…

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Two Canadian aid workers kidnapped in Ghana

Two Canadian women working for a local aid agency in Ghana, the Youth Challenge International NGO, were kidnapped at a golf club. A police statement did not name the victims…

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Ghana’s Football Association dissolved

BBC reports that Ghana has dissolved its national football association after its president was filmed apparently accepting a "cash gift". Sports Minister Isaac Asiama said the association had been "dissolved…

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