Bicycles are particularly valued for carrying loads.
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The study looked at who used a household bicycle, who didn’t, and why.
Moving away from intensive farming practices comes with many benefits.
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Transitions to diversified farming systems in Africa will require financial support. But barriers can be overcome.
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Ghana has long attracted African Americans who have suffered racial injustices in the US.
Live broadcasts of court proceedings are rare in Ghana.
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Ghana’s supreme court will rule whether the anti-LGBTQI+ bill is constitutional. The proceedings are being broadcast live on television, a rarity. .
African countries have a history of not exploiting their mineral wealth fully.
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Africa hosts substantial reserves of critical minerals.
Traditional authorities are a key part of the daily lives of millions of Africans.
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Traditional institutions represent, for many African citizens, the most immediate form of governance.
Forest areas are in sharp decline in many parts of Ghana.
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Ghana is losing forests because of cocoa farming, firewood harvesting, mining and logging.
Walking in Accra, Ghana is dangerous.
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Walking is a common way of getting around in most African cities
Ibrahim Mahama: Purple Hibiscus at the Barbican.
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The bright pink fabric swaying gently in the wind stands in stark contrast to the grey tones of the brutalist architectural complex.
Mechanisation can help eliminate the laborious tasks involved in smallholder rice farming.
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Through collaboration and resource sharing, smallholder rice farmers can enhance their productivity and achieve a fully mechanised farming system.
Millions of people in west Africa rely on fishing to make a living.
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Coastal fishing communities in west Africa face increased poverty as fish stocks decline.
Play and storytelling are a crucial part of children’s cognitive development.
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Children benefit enormously from regular, cognitively stimulating interactions with their caregivers.
Several parts of the world are suffering from extreme heat events.
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Ghana is experiencing record high temperatures and rainfall patterns have become inconsistent.
Mental health symptoms are triggered by a wide range of activities.
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Corruption imposes mental health costs on individuals.
Aluminium is an important global ingredient in industrial development.
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Ghana has spent over 60 years trying to build an aluminium industry.
A food market in Ghana, where many already don’t have access to a healthy and varied diet.
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Poorer countries will be hit hardest, as a new study shows.
Removing cost barriers helps girls to get a secondary education.
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Free secondary educational policy in Ghana is worthwhile but struggles to keep up with quality.
Several economies are dependent on cocoa.
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Major African cocoa plants in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana have stopped or cut processing because they cannot afford to buy beans.
Workers haul part of a fibre optic cable onto the shore at the Kenyan port town of Mombasa.
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Fibre optic cables now literally encircle Africa, though some parts of the continent are far better connected than others.
Tech tools improve the monitoring of ship activities in the Gulf of Guinea.
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Tech tools are playing a vital role in addressing security threats at sea in various west and central African countries.