Different energy technologies should be explored in Ghana to enhance clean fuel use.
Nigerian Navy Special forces pretend to arrest pirates during a joint military exercise with the French navy.
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Thomas Daum, University of Hohenheim; David Harris, Bangor University; Kai Mausch, Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF), and Katie LaRue, Grand Valley State University
Young people typically see farming playing some role in their future as they prefer to remain in their rural homes, although few respondents want only to farm.
Building collapses, like this one in Nairobi, Kenya in late 2019, are unfortunately common in many large African cities.
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In Ghana and elsewhere in Africa, NGO policies directing children’s welfare ignore indigenous knowledge on childhood, and how it can aid the sustainable implementation of interventions.
The response to domestic violence by the police in Ghana and Nigeria is lacking.
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The police in Nigeria and Ghana must receive gender sensitivity training to effectively fight domestic violence.
On the outskirts of Accra there are huge electronic waste disposal sites, known locally as Sodoma and Gomorra.
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Despite knowing how harmful it can be, companies and businesses (primarily those in Europe and the US) target countries in the Gulf of Guinea as a dump for their toxic waste.
Sesame seeds could help boost local diets in Ghana
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Mercy Badu, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)
Oilseeds in local diets could be the answer to poverty in Ghana’s savanna region.
The second phase of Ghana’s post-colonial history – from 1981 – is intensely controversial, centering on Jerry Rawlings himself.
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Director of Christiansborg Archaeological Heritage Project, Associate Professor at Africa Institute Sharjah & Associate Graduate Faculty, Rutgers University