Tag: Ghana
Visiting Ghana, Senegalese president pledges to defend democracy in West Africa
Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye is on an official trip to Ghana on Friday May 17 after visiting Nigeria the day before. Alongside the Nigerian Bola Tinubu, also current president…
“The atmosphere, from the top of the state to the ordinary citizen, is currently very homophobic”
This May 17 is the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. In Ghana, Parliament passed a law last February – not yet ratified – exposing people identifying as LGBT…
In Accra, American artist Stevie Wonder becomes a Ghanaian citizen
Ghana has a new citizen: Stevie Wonder. The famous African-American author, composer and performer, to whom we owe the titles “Superstition” and “Living for the city”, received his new passport…
young people called to register as voters
In Ghana, the start of the second session of registration on the electoral rolls in order to be able to vote in the presidential election in December. The first day,…
appointments in May 2024
In New York, Paris, Brussels, Geneva, Lille, Dakar, Cannes, Bordeaux, Tangier, Montreuil, Marseille, Togo… Indoors or outdoors, here are 22 events of Afro or African culture not to be missed…
in Kumasi, the moving return of sacred Ashanti objects looted 150 years ago
In Ghana, 32 sacred Ashanti objects that were looted by British settlers in 1874 have been temporarily returned by museums in the United Kingdom. Their presentation at the Manhyia Palace…
launch of a new political alliance to try to break the bipartisanship
In Ghana, former Minister of Commerce Alan Kyerematen launched a political alliance on April 17, 2024 in Accra – Alliance for Revolutionary Change (ARC) – to try to break, on…
the marriage of a 12-year-old girl to a religious man causes scandal
The Attorney General and the Ministry of Justice have requested the opening of an investigation into a child marriage on the outskirts of the capital Accra. An alleged union, widely…
Major internet outages in several African countries due to faulty cables
Major internet outages affected several African countries this Thursday March 14 due to faulty submarine cables. Some countries are more affected, this is the case of Côte d’Ivoire where the…
the African Games open for the first time in Ghana
The 2023 African Games officially opened on March 8, 2024 in Accra, seven months late, following a ceremony without excess. Ghana thus becomes the 10th country to organize this major…