It's called the 'Year of Return,' where people of African descent are encouraged to go to Ghana to mark 400 years since the first enslaved Africans were brought to the US
It's called the "Year of Return", where people of African descent are encouraged to come to Ghana to mark 400 years since the first enslaved Africans were brought to what became the United States. This week a delegation from U.S. civil rights organization, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, or NAACP, is in Ghana visiting the sites of their ancestors. Stacey Knott reports from Accra.
It's called the "Year of Return," where people of African descent are encouraged to come to Ghana to mark 400 years since the first enslaved Africans were brought to what became the United States. This week a delegation from U.S. civil rights organization, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, or NAACP, is in Ghana visiting the sites of their ancestors. Stacey Knott reports from Accra.
Studies show an increase in the number of female peacekeepers increases mission effectiveness and decreases sexual exploitation and abuse
New living income differential aims to fix low incomes for cocoa farmer
Sixty percent of the world's cocoa production comes from two countries in West Africa — Ghana and Ivory Coast. But for years, the farmers behind the beans have been struggling with low income, raising concerns about the sustainability of the cocoa industry. The two nations are working to increase farmers' incomes, though farmers say a lot more needs to be done. Stacey Knott has this report from Asikesu, Ghana.
Four hundred years after the first ship of enslaved Africans sailed to America, US House speaker condemns 'grave evil' of slavery in speech to Ghana's parliament
The waters off West and Central Africa are a global hot spot for piracy
An American admiral says there has to be deterrence and punishment in the region to stop illegal activity at sea
Accra holiday camp aims to teach children where their food comes from and how to grow it themselves
Agriculturist Lauren Goodwin wants children to develop a passion for ethical agriculture. As Ghana’s capital Accra expands, green spaces diminish, and fast food starts to become a norm, Goodwin is teaching kids where their food comes from - and how to grow it themselves. Stacey Knott reports for VOA, from Accra.
About 2 million people rely on fish for food and income, but trawlers, run almost exclusively by Chinese operators using Ghanaian front firms, are illegally targeting this staple and selling it back to local communities at a profit
Crime against foreigners is rare in Ghana, but appears to be increasing in recent months
Service, launched in April, makes on-demand emergency deliveries of 148 different vaccines, blood products and lifesaving medications to health facilities in the country, 24 hours a day
Ghana is the second African country to get vaccine, which is expected to reduce cases of mosquito-borne and sometimes fatal disease
