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UN adopts slavery resolution despite resistance
The UN has adopted a Ghana-led resolution recognising transatlantic slavery as the “gravest crime against humanity”.
![“I’ve lived in this camp for 45 years,” says Bachalibanoya. After her husband’s death, the children of his other wife accused her of witchcraft—an allegation that would alter the course of her life. Now the oldest resident of the Gambaga camp, she has lived in exile for more than four decades. [Claire Thomas/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/CT_GHANA_9MAY25_0186-1763638267-1-1763884262.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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‘A soul mission’: The African Americans moving to Ghana
As ‘returnees’ build a home in the country where their ancestors may have come from, questions arise about integration.
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Ghana’s waste pickers brave mountains of plastic – and big industry
Accra has been picked by a World Bank bond to end the waste crisis. But for informal recyclers, it is a false solution.
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Plastic credits: A ‘false solution’ or the answer to global plastic waste?
As UN meets to negotiate an international treaty to curb plastic pollution, many favour carbon credit-like offsetting.
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Ghana helicopter crash kills defence, environment ministers
A helicopter crash in Ghana’s Ashanti region killed the country’s defence and environment ministers.
Published On 6 Aug 2025
Former Arsenal midfielder Partey granted bail on rape charge
The Ghana international, who left Arsenal this summer, has been charged with sexual assaults on three women.
Interpol red notice issued for Ghana’s former finance minister
Ken Ofori-Atta skipped prosecutor summons over corruption claims, including multimillion-dollar cathedral project.
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‘Each person had 10 phones’: Trapped in a cyber-scam centre in Laos
Southeast Asia’s multibillion-dollar cyber-scam centres lure victims from as far away as Africa.
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Bitter truth: Why has chocolate become so expensive?
High temperatures, ageing trees and disease have lowered cocoa supplies and raised prices.
From: Counting the Cost
Will Trump’s policies pay off or will the US fall into recession?
President Donald Trump wants to restructure the US economy. He’s promising Americans a boom in wealth.
Published On 20 Mar 2025
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The ‘ghost reporters’ writing pro-Russian propaganda in West Africa
Al Jazeera finds that nonexistent writers are spreading anti-France sentiment across West and Central Africa.
