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Ghana elections: swing voting is on the rise, shaping outcomes – a look at what’s driving this

YoopyaNov 19, 2024November 19, 20240

Ghanaian elections have become much more challenging for politicians. In the past they have often been characterised as nothing more than an ethnic headcount. But

Main Ghana opposition leader tipped to win presidential vote, poll shows

YoopyaNov 11, 2024November 11, 20240

ACCRA, Nov 11 (Reuters) – Ghana’s main opposition leader John Dramani Mahama looks set to win December’s presidential election, an opinion poll showed on Monday,

Exclusive: JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon to visit Africa in growth push

YoopyaSep 18, 2024September 18, 20240

NAIROBI/NEW YORK, Sept 17 (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase (JPM.N) CEO Jamie Dimon plans to travel to Africa in mid-October in a push by the biggest U.S.

Victory for women’s rights in Ghana as affirmative action law is passed – what must happen next

YoopyaSep 9, 2024September 9, 20240

The passage of the Affirmative Action (Gender Equality) Act 2024 by the country’s parliament on 30 July 2024 marked a victory for women’s rights in Ghana. The bill,

Slavery tribunal? Africa and Caribbean unite on reparations

YoopyaApr 4, 2024April 4, 20240

April 4 (Reuters) – Support is building among Africa and Caribbean nations for the creation of an international tribunal on atrocities dating to the transatlantic

IMF board set to approve $600 mln loan for Ghana on Friday – sources

YoopyaJan 15, 2024January 15, 20240

LONDON/ACCRA, Jan 15 (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) executive board is due to meet on Friday to approve a $600 million rescue loan

Blitz Bazawule – the Ghanaian who dazzled Beyoncé takes on The Color Purple

YoopyaDec 26, 2023December 26, 20230

Blitz Bazawule, the director of a new film adaptation of Alice Walker’s revered 1982 novel The Color Purple, is a true renaissance man. In his

West African leaders lift economic and financial sanctions on Mali

YoopyaJul 4, 2022April 6, 20230

Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday lifted economic and financial sanctions imposed on Mali, after its military rulers proposed

Explosion kills 13, flattens village in Ghana mining region

YoopyaJan 22, 2022June 30, 20230

At least 13 people were killed and scores injured when a truck carrying explosives to a gold mine in western Ghana detonated, flattening a rural

Some Ghanaians hate him, some love him: the mixed legacy of Jerry John Rawlings

YoopyaSep 25, 2021June 13, 20230

Ghana’s Third Republic lasted for just two years – from September 24, 1979 to December 31, 1981. Jerry Rawlings book-ended these two events. In 1979