Ghana

Persecution of LGBTQ people: a crime against humanity? Photo: in Uganda, a gay activist wears a mask on which he has stuck a rainbow flag.

Persecution of LGBTQ, a crime against humanity?

17 September 2024 by Julia Crawford

More than 60 countries, notably in Africa and the Middle East, criminalize LGBT people. These laws are used to harass, arrest, imprison and attack people. Some countries have de-penalized in recent times, but some have seen a back [...]

Restitution of stolen gold royal artefacts to Ghana’s Asante king.

Opinion

Ghana’s looted Asante gold comes home – what’s the deal?

9 February 2024 by Rachel Ama Asaa Engmann

After 150 years, 39 artefacts that form part of Asante’s royal regalia are due to return to the Asantehene – the ruler of the Asante people – in Kumasi, Ghana, in February and April this year. Archaeologist and Ghana heritage spec [...]

Yahyah Jammehon 22 July 2016 (Gambia)

Gambia: Did Jammeh order the killing of migrants?

2 March 2021 by Mustapha K. Darboe

This is the largest massacre committed during the 22 years of Yahya Jammeh's reign in the Gambia. More than fifty migrants were executed in July 2005. Clear evidence that it was carried out on the orders of the government was so f [...]

AFP

Former UN chief and Nobel laureate Kofi Annan dies

18 August 2018 by AFP

Former UN chief and Nobel peace laureate Kofi Annan died Saturday at the age of 80, prompting a barrage of tributes and condolences from around the world for the "diplomatic rock star". The Ghanaian national, who lived in Switzerl [...]

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