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Thirty ideas from people under 30: The Social Media Stars
They are explorers and activists, artists and educators, farmers and faith leaders – even mayors. And they have trenchant suggestions on how to improve the world.
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In Pictures: Painted faces
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 04/21
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Ghana pulls off sixth 'free and fair' election in model for region
Despite problems with the voter registry and allegations of vote rigging, Ghanaians have once again chosen their president: John Dramani Mahama.
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In world's most religious country, humanists rally for secular space
A group of humanists is looking to find its niche in Ghana, recently ranked most religious in a survey of 57 nations.
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Shoddy construction behind Ghanaian shopping center collapse?
The five-story building, located in a working-class neighborhood in the capital city of Accra, collapsed early Wednesday, killing at least four people and trapping dozens more in the rubble.
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Rising seas washing away Ghana's former slave forts
As sea levels rise on Ghana’s populated shores, the government mulls defense measures for its forts, castles, and communities.
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Ghana's best shot at going green: sewage power
With solar and wind power costly and inadequate, Ghanaians are turning to some very alternative sources of energy – like human waste.
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Change Agent
Africa's entrepreneurs on the riseAfrica is booming with young entrepreneurs, but they don't always operate like their counterparts in the US.
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Chapter & Verse
Why is Paulo Coelho slamming James Joyce?Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho says of Joyce's book 'Ulysses,' 'There is nothing there.'
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After death of Ghana's president, a calm transition
After the death of President John Evans Atta Mills, Ghana peacefully transferred power to its vice president – a reminder that not all political transitions in West Africa are violent.
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Famine ends in Somalia, as drought looms in West Africa
Aid groups say that improved harvests and food donations have ended risk of starvation, but warn that ongoing war in Somalia could still reverse gains made.
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Africa asks itself: Where is the aid money?
African nations pledged five months ago to do more to help each other when famine and disaster strike. But so far, they haven't come up with the promised cash.
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Africa Rising: Jeffrey Sachs says Ghana's future looks bright
Because of good governance in the past, and now oil production, Ghana is likely to reach all of the Millennium Development Goals toward ending extreme poverty and child mortality.
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Thirty ideas from people under 30: The Social Media Stars
They are explorers and activists, artists and educators, farmers and faith leaders – even mayors. And they have trenchant suggestions on how to improve the world.
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In Pictures: Painted faces
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Change Agent
Nobel winner speaks out on peace, women, and leadershipLeymah Gbowee's Women Peace and Security Network Africa came out of her confrontation with Liberian warlord Charles Taylor. Now she's sharing this year's Nobel Peace Prize with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Yemen's Arab Spring activist Tawakkul Karman.
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Liberian women pray as the nation heads to the polls
Buffeted by years of civil war, Liberian women – led by newly named Nobel Peace Prize laureate Leymah Gbowee – are praying for a peaceful and successful Oct. 11 election, and hoping that fire-mouthed politicians don't drag their country back to war.
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Africa Rising: African countries create new rules in the oil game
New local-content laws in Nigeria, Angola, Gabon, and Ghana aim to ensure African countries gain as much benefit from the oil business as foreign oil companies do.
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Ghana aims to abolish witches' camps
For years, Ghanaians have banished women from their villages who were suspected of witchcraft. Now, Ghana is trying to ban this practice.
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Africa Monitor
West Africa Rising: Ghanaian citizens develop ‘social pact’ on oil wealth ahead of electionsTo prevent the misuse of newfound oil wealth, Ghana citizens groups are urging political parties to adopt a social pact into their manifestos in the leadup to 2012 elections, and to ensure that oil wealth is used for the greater good.
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The Monitor's View: Help starving Somalia now
The worst drought in 60 years has brought 12 million people to the brink of starvation. Time is running out to avoid a large-scale disaster.
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Change Agent
Human waste could be biofuelGates foundation is funding effort in Ghana to turn excrement into biodiesel and methane fuels.
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Ghana takes steps to avoid oil curse
The 'model' West African nation of Ghana last week announced a five-year road map to make sure the economy is not overly dependent on oil, but the policy papers are short on details.
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Africa Monitor
Mother's Day: Who calls home the most?Mother's Day is a favorite moment for offspring scattered around the globe to check in with Mom. But Ghanaians living in the United States get the blue ribbon for thinking of Mom the most.
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Africa Monitor
Ghana says second-hand clothes are no longer good enoughSecond-hand goods from the United States have long been a staple in Ghana, but now the country is seeking to get second-hand goods off its shelves.
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Africa Monitor
West Africa Rising: Senegal hopes new $450 million airport will make it a world trade hubSenegal's government wants its new airport to become a 21st-century global hub, but why don't African infrastructure projects link the region's cities to each other better?
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Africa Monitor
OPINION: US offer of asylum for Ivory Coast's Gbabgo reveals outdated foreign policyThe Obama administration's efforts to get incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo to step down after a disputed Nov. 28 poll reflects an ossified view of African politics, writes guest blogger G. Pascal Zachary.
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