Africa Ghana Catholics in Ghana observed a requiem mass in honor of Pope Francis at Accra’s Holy Spirit Cathedral on the Friday evening before his funeral, celebrated on 26 April; Catholics make up about 10% of the population in Ghana, a majority Christian nation
Africa Ghana Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Ghana’s former foreign affairs and regional integration minister, has taken up the position of Commonwealth Secretary General, pledging to advance the values of the Charter amid growing global tensions and shifting alliances
Africa Ghana Ghana's president, John Dramani Mahama, is showing lively activism in trying to re-establish relations and diplomatic ties, and not only, with the countries of the Sahel Alliance, namely Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger
Africa Ghana Efforts to combat poaching of pangolins are being stepped up by authorities and conservation groups; in Ghana, the three native species - giant pangolin, ground pangolin and white-bellied pangolin - are all at risk of extinction