High-quality care during childbirth is critical for preventing maternal and newborn deaths.
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Patients with lower socioeconomic status often have more negative healthcare experiences.
By networking within their industries and with regulators, businesses can mitigate against corruption.
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Participants in a Ghana study said their organisations used various strategies to combat corruption and its adverse effects on their operations.
The South African Astronomical Observatory in Sutherland, in the country’s Northern Cape province.
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The first International Astronomical Union General Assembly was held just over 100 years ago, in Rome, Italy.
Weighing bags of cocoa.
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African regulators have not yet met the challenge of protecting farm data.
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Youth citizenship is a fluid identity that stretches beyond disappointment, protest or voting.
Ghana’s two leading parties rely on support from the Asante and Ewe ethnic groups.
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Ethnicity has been largely tamed in Ghanaian electoral politics.
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By promoting digitisation, governments can help create a more transparent and efficient business environment.
Nuclear power is gaining popularity among African countries.
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Ghana looks in the direction of nuclear power for help in achieving its industrial ambitions while contributing to the fight against climate change.
Environmental literacy is low among Ghanaian students.
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Geoscience literacy and awareness among the Ghanaian public is poor.
Bicycles are particularly valued for carrying loads.
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The study looked at who used a household bicycle, who didn’t, and why.
Moving away from intensive farming practices comes with many benefits.
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Transitions to diversified farming systems in Africa will require financial support. But barriers can be overcome.
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Ghana has long attracted African Americans who have suffered racial injustices in the US.
Live broadcasts of court proceedings are rare in Ghana.
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Ghana’s supreme court will rule whether the anti-LGBTQI+ bill is constitutional. The proceedings are being broadcast live on television, a rarity. .
African countries have a history of not exploiting their mineral wealth fully.
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Africa hosts substantial reserves of critical minerals.
Traditional authorities are a key part of the daily lives of millions of Africans.
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Traditional institutions represent, for many African citizens, the most immediate form of governance.
Forest areas are in sharp decline in many parts of Ghana.
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Ghana is losing forests because of cocoa farming, firewood harvesting, mining and logging.
Walking in Accra, Ghana is dangerous.
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Walking is a common way of getting around in most African cities
Ibrahim Mahama: Purple Hibiscus at the Barbican.
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The bright pink fabric swaying gently in the wind stands in stark contrast to the grey tones of the brutalist architectural complex.
Mechanisation can help eliminate the laborious tasks involved in smallholder rice farming.
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Through collaboration and resource sharing, smallholder rice farmers can enhance their productivity and achieve a fully mechanised farming system.
Millions of people in west Africa rely on fishing to make a living.
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Coastal fishing communities in west Africa face increased poverty as fish stocks decline.