The dumping and burning of e-waste in Agbogloshie has attracted significant attention from environmental groups, researchers and journalists, writes Clair MacDougall, a journalist in Monrovia, Liberia.
Ghana
Letter from...: Letter from: Ghana … caught on the wrong side of the political divide
While Côte d’Ivoire may be relatively stable for now, human rights organisations continue to express concern at the government’s seeming unwillingness to investigate and prosecute its own forces, writes journalist Clair MacDougall.
From free man to slave: walking through the ‘door of no return’
St George’s Castle in Elmina, Ghana, was the spot where thousands of West Africans were kept in cells and then pushed on to boats to be sent as slave to the Americas. Claire Chaffey went along for a sombre visit.
An African education in Accra
When Claire Chaffey’s housemate came home from work with a human tooth lodged in the sole of her shoe, it became obvious that ‘just another day in Accra, Ghana’ wasn’t a normal day at all.
‘Mercenaries’ point to Libyan racism
With Muammar Gaddafi holding onto power, rumours abound he’s hired mercenary fighters in his battle for Libya. It’s fuelling race baiting in the Middle East, says Clair MacDougall in Ghana.
Letter from...: Letter from … Ghana, home of bright lights and deep-water dreams
The sea breeze swept in as we drew closer to the southern-most tip of Ghana and the closest point on land to the Jubilee oilfield, which holds an estimated 1.6 billion barrels in oil reserves, writes freelance journalist Clair MacDougall.
Girls in Ghana carry a heavy burden
Tens 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.
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.
