Ghana

About 1,3 million high school students are expected to receive a tablet each as part of the "One Student, One Tablet" initiative implemented under the Ghana Smart Schools project

The 13th African Games are underway in Accra, concluding next March 23 and serving as the official qualifier for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games

Ghana's parliament passed a law that gives way to intensifying the repression of Lgbtq+ rights and of those who promote lesbian, gay or considered unconventional sexual or gender identities

Ghana's opposition presidential candidate, John Mahama of the National Democratic Congress, said he didn't agree with the proposal of anticipating the 2024 general elections to November, from the planned December date

Two museums in London, the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum, will return 32 pieces that are part of the African country's crown jewels to Ghana: they were taken away 150 years ago during a sacking of the court of King Asante

More than 16.000 teachers sought education jobs in the UK in 2023; Professor Quartey, Director of the Institute for Statistical, Social and Economic Research, urges the government to create more job opportunities for teachers to reduce the drop-out rate

Afua Asantewaa Aduonum, a journalist by profession, broke the record for the longest singing marathon by an individual and officially entered the Guinness World Record, singing hundreds of consecutive Ghanaian songs for a total of 110 hours

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration called for an upward review of passport application fees; among the countries of West African sub-region, Ghana has the lowest passport application fees of $8, followed by Liberia with $40