Girls in Ghana carry a heavy burdenTens of thousands of young women in Ghana have left their families in the country for the country’s capital city of Accra to work as “Kayayo” — porters carrying heavy loads on their heads for as little as AU$1.56 a day.
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Social networks used to entrap homosexuals in Ghana
In Ghana, where homosexuality is a crime, one of the only ways gay people can connect is through social networking. But now people — with the help of the police — are also using this as an avenue for blackmail.
Obama to Africa: stop blaming colonialism
Ahead of his Ghana visit, Barack Obama, the son of a Kenyan, has said he’s “probably as knowledgeable about African history as anybody who’s occupied my office,” and believes “Africans are responsible for Africa.”
Obama picks Ghana as first African destination
The White House passed over Kenya, where Mr Obama’s late father was from, in favour of the small nation of Ghana as the site of his first presidential visit to sub-Saharan Africa.
