Ghana

Ghana

• Ghana detains 124 Chinese for illegal gold mining

  Police in Ghana have detained 124 Chinese workers suspected of illegally mining gold in the resource-rich West African country, the Chinese Embassy ... 

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  China and India's rivalry extends to the Arctic

  While the recent troop standoff in a remote Himalayan desert spotlights a long-running border dispute between China and India, the two emerging giants ... 

• Peace Corps volunteer dies in Ghana

  A spokeswoman for the United States Embassy in Accra confirms that a Peace Corps volunteer has died in Ghana. Zainab Mahama declined to provide ... 

• US device will screen for fake medicines overseas

  U.S. health officials are making a high-tech screening device available in Africa to help spot counterfeit malaria pills in hopes that the technology ... 

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  United on brink as City implodes at Spurs

  After spending weeks on the brink of a 20th English title, Manchester United can finally get the job done on Monday. Second-place Manchester City's ... 

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  Hundreds arrested in Nigeria immigrant raids

  The buses crammed full of young men leave each afternoon from this busy market in Nigeria's largest city, some with bruises around their faces and ... 

• US to invest $1.2 million for Ghana police academy

  The United States embassy in Ghana's capital says the U.S. is investing over $1.2 million to construct a training center for the marine unit of the ... 

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  Cardinal Turkson: Africa's best hope for pope

  Often cast as the social conscience of the church, Ghana's Cardinal Peter Turkson is viewed by many as the top African contender for pope. 

• Kofi Annan tackles drug trafficking in West Africa

  Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan launched a commission Thursday to tackle drug trafficking in West Africa as the region increasingly ... 

• Hoffenheim signs Ghana midfielder Acquah

  The Bundesliga club Hoffenheim has signed Ghana midfielder Afriyie Acquah from the Italian side Parma. Hoffenheim says the 21-year-old player signed ... 

• Ble Goude charged with war crimes in Ivory Coast

  Authorities in Ivory Coast have charged former youth leader Charles Ble Goude with war crimes over his alleged role in violence linked to the ... 

• Officials: Pirates seize oil tanker in Ivory Coast

  Armed men have hijacked a tanker carrying 5,000 tons of jet fuel from an Ivory Coast port and taken it off the coast of Ghana, though its precise ... 

• Ble Goude returned to Ivory Coast from Ghana

  The state-run TV network says Charles Ble Goude, the former leader of an ultranationalist youth movement in Ivory Coast, has been handed over to ... 

• Ghana arrests Ble Goude, wanted in Ivory Coast

  Authorities in Ghana on Thursday arrested Charles Ble Goude, the former leader of an ultranationalist youth movement in Ivory Coast wanted in ... 

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  Ghana inaugurates John Mahama as president

  John Dramani Mahama became president of Ghana on Monday, sworn in as the opposition continues to dispute election results in one of West African's ...