Ghana

A $6,3 million project to minimise the use of mercury in mining has been launched in Accra by the government in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme and the United Nations Industrial Organisation

The country is optimistic that the ongoing negotiations with the IMF to obtain the fund's support by March will have positive outcome, with issues related to the domestic debt swap programme, one of the requests, "virtually concluded"

International attention is gathering around the works of Michael Tetteh, professional glassblower and pioneer artist in Ghana, who makes his colourful glass artworks using scrap metal, glass, TV screens, bottles and other waste

The country receives around 15 million pieces of used clothing every week from Western countries and China; according to the US-based Or Foundation, around 40% of this ends up in huge urban landfills

Passengers at the Bolgatanga township of the Upper East Region have expressed worry as tricycle drivers haven’t reduced transport fares, despite the decrease of fuel prices and a specific direction to reduce fares by 15.3%

Cocoa farmers have been urged not to allow themselves to be influenced by the huge sums of money being offered by some individuals to sell their farmlands for illegal and small-scale mining activities

Unstable currency and delayed payments to pharmacies, particularly by government facilities, are crippling the pharmaceutical industry; members of the Chamber of Pharmacy, though worried, have extended credits to local distributors and health facilities

The country has launched a national debt exchange, said Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, expressing confidence that the move will help restore macroeconomic stability and end the country's worst economic crisis in years

Government should establish a price control mechanism to ensure uniformity of food prices across the country, according to Dr Edward Ebo Onumah, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Agricultural and Agri-Food Economics at the University of Ghana

News has emerged of a massive layoff of employees in Twitter's only African office located in the capital Accra

In a half-hour speech broadcast on Sunday, President Nana Akufo-Addo addressed the nation to explain the series of measures his government will take to emerge from the financial turmoil, including measures to support domestic production

Ghanaian cedi is now world's worst performing currency, following Monday's slump; this year's loss exceeded 45%, the highest among the 148 currencies monitored by Bloomberg