7:15:57 AM Thu, June 20th 2013

EDITOR'S CHOICE

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A Google Doodle to wish Ghana a Hap..

Today, March 6 is Ghana’s Independence Anniversary Day and Google has a new doodle to celebrate with Ghanaians on its search page. The doodle features
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The Economist takes pride in Africa..

The Economist has not always been kind or favourable to Africa. In an Editorial published about 10 years ago the Economist tagged Africa as the
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South African Paralympic athlete Os..

  Oscar pistorius granted bail: A South African magistrate has delivered his ruling on whether Oscar Pistorius, accused of murdering his girlfriend should be granted
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Africa’s First Social Media W..

Social Media Week is a worldwide event exploring the social, cultural and economic impact of social media. This year, events will be held in multiple locations
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The never ending tug of war: They S..

The tug of war still goes on We say – We have 7 out of 10 of the world’s fastest growing economies (2011-2015) :) just my two
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Ghana’s Disabled Football Skate Team

This is the inspirational story of a group of disabled Ghanaian sports men with an obsessive passion for skate football. The documentary preview tells the story of Ghana’s skate soccer team,
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Ghana’s Cardinal Peter Kodwo ..

You may or may not be a betting man or woman, but the bookies do have a knack of making accurate predictions. Two of the
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Is indigenous African food as healt..

Traditional African food varies enormously from one part of Africa to another. We know that! However, there tends to be similarities between regions. Jollof rice
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Video: Portrait of a Nation Ghana

Duration 28 mins: This film tells the story of a country – Ghana the land of Azonto coming into its own; a nation with ample business
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Perspectives of Poverty Project

Every so often I stumble on an article that has the rare quality of being timeless. This is one such article written by Duncan McNicholl
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Infographic: African Nobel Prize Winners

The latter half of 2011 saw two African women win the Nobel Prize in the same year. Below is an infographic of Africans who have won
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A smiling Fabrice Muamba is dischar..

The Zaire born English premier league football player collapsed almost a month ago when he suffered a cardiac arrest during a game between his side Bolton
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Kony 2012: Part 2 – The saga continues

Even though the  original Joseph Kony 2012 video was watched by over a 100 million viewers worldwide, the film was criticised for lacking in accuracy especially
One of Nelson Mandela's journals from his time in Robben Island prison. Photograph: Nelson Mandela Digital Archive Project

Nelson Mandela Digital archive proj..

  The Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory is a digital archive project dedicated to Nelson Mandela. The online project has over 1900 documents, photographs and