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Giving guitarfish a chance: one man???s mission to persuade fishers to farm giant snails instead. Marine biologist Issah Seidu has found a way for Ghana???s fishing communities to earn a living ??? and help protect the ancient and critically endangered fish species

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Bracketology: predict a path to World Cup victory. Click your way through the group stage and the knockouts to crown champion

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World Cup 2026: guide to all 1,248 players. Everything you need to know (and more) about every squad member. Click on the player pictures for more information

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Lewis Koumas snatches Wales draw to ruin Ghana???s World Cup sendoff. Lewis Koumas scored an injury-time equaliser for Wales in their 1-1 draw to deny Ghana in their World Cup warm-up friendly

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People ???panicking??? as Ghana passes sweeping law criminalising LGBTQ+ activity. Community groups say some fear they could lose homes, jobs and access to healthcare if the new law is ratified by President John Dramani Mahama

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Person

Ernest Addison. Ernest Kwamina Yedu Addison is a Ghanaian economist who served as the 15th governor of the Bank of Ghana. He had previously worked at the same central bank as director of research from 2003 to 2011, and as an economist at the African Development Bank.

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Elizabeth K.T. Sackey. Elizabeth Kwatsoe Tawiah Sackey is a Ghanaian politician and a former Member of Parliament for Okaikwei North. She was a member of the Sixth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Okaikwei North Constituency in the Greater Accra Region on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.

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Bank of Ghana. The Bank of Ghana is the Central Bank of Ghana. It is located in Accra and was formed in 1957. The Bank of Ghana has Seven Regional Offices in addition to its head office in Accra. The regional offices are located in the following cities, Hohoe, Kumasi, Sunyani, Tamale, Takoradi, Bolgatanga, Wa. The regional offices are responsible for implementing the policies and directives of the Bank of Ghana in their respective regions. They also provide banking services to the government, financial institutions, and the public.

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Agumatsa Range. Agumatsa is a mountain range in Ghana which includes the country's highest points: Mount Aduadu and the nearby Mount Afadja. The popular tourist attraction, Wli waterfalls is within the range. The range also contains a conservation area, the Mount Afadja-Agumatsa Range.

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Hausa. Hausa is a Chadic language spoken by over 94.5 million people in West Africa, primarily by the Hausa people in Niger and Nigeria, but also as a lingua franca in most of northern Nigeria, southern Niger, as well as in northern Cameroon, Ghana, Benin and Togo, southern Chad, and parts of Sudan. Hausa also has significant a number of speakers in C??te d???Ivoire and the Central African Republic.

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Nana Akufo-Addo. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is a Ghanaian politician who served as the 13th president of Ghana from January 2017 to January 2025. He previously served as Attorney General from 2001 to 2003 and as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2003 to 2007 under the administration of then-president John Kufuor.

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.gh. .gh is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Ghana.

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Mountain

Mount Afadja. Mount Afadja, known as Afadjato to the Ewe people of Ghana and Togo, is one of the highest mountains in Ghana. The summit is located in the Volta Region, near the border with Togo, close to the villages of Liati Wote and Gbledi Gbogame in the Afadjato South District and Hohoe Municipality, respectively. It is about 178 kilometers (111??mi) northeast of Accra, and 178 kilometers (111??mi) northwest of Lom??. Part of the Agumatsa sub-range of the West Africa Mountains, its summit is often cited at 885 metres (2,904??ft) above sea level, but in reality is only 587 metres (1,926??ft). The summit of Mount Aduadu lies 3.5 kilometers (2??mi) to the east, while Ghana's highest peak, Leklata, lies about 4.6 kilometers to the east.

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Accra. Accra is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2021 census, the Accra Metropolitan District, 20.4??km2 (7.9??sq??mi), had a population of 284,124, and the larger Greater Accra Region, 3,245??km2 (1,253??sq??mi), had a population of 5.46 million. In common usage, the name "Accra" often refers to the territory of the Accra Metropolitan District as it existed before 2008, when it covered 199.4??km2 (77.0??sq??mi). This territory has since been split into 13 local government districts: 12 independent municipal districts and the reduced Accra Metropolitan District (20.4??km2), which is the only district within the capital to be granted city status. This territory of 199.4??km2 contained 1,782,150 inhabitants at the 2021 census, and serves as the capital of Ghana, while the district under the jurisdiction of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly proper (20.4??km2) is distinguished from the rest of the capital as the "City

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Currency

Ghana Pesewa. currency denomination in Ghana

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Black Volta. The Black Volta or Mouhoun is a river that flows through Burkina Faso for approximately 1,352??km (840??mi) to the White Volta in Dagbon, Ghana, the upper end of Lake Volta. It is one of the three main parts of the Volta, with the White Volta and the Red Volta.

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John Mahama. John Dramani Mahama is a Ghanaian politician who has been the president of the Republic of Ghana since January 2025. A member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), he previously served as president from 2012 to 2017.

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Bissa. Bissa, is a Mande ethnic group of south-central Burkina Faso, northeastern Ghana and the northernmost tip of Togo. Their language, Bissa, is a Mande language that is related to, but not the same as, a cluster of languages in the old Borgu Kingdom area of Northeast Benin and Northwest Nigeria, including Busa, Boko, and Kyenga. An alternate name for the Bissa is Busansi which is used by the Mossi people and Kusasi people or Busanga.

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Moor??. Moor?? is a Gur language of the Oti???Volta branch and one of three official languages of Burkina Faso. It is the language of the Mossi people, spoken by approximately 6.46 million people in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Benin, Niger, Mali, Togo, and Senegal as a native language, but with many more L2 speakers. Moor?? is spoken as a first or second language by over 50% of the Burkinab?? population and is the main language in the capital city of Ouagadougou.

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English. English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family that emerged in early medieval England and has since become a global lingua franca. The namesake of the language is the Angles, one of the Germanic peoples who migrated to Britain after the end of Roman rule. English is the most spoken language in the world, primarily due to the global influences of the former British Empire and the United States. It is the most widely learned second language in the world, with more second-language speakers than native speakers. However, English is only the third-most spoken native language, after Mandarin Chinese and Spanish.

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Timezone

Africa/Abidjan. IANA time zone

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Ghana cedi. The cedi is the unit of currency of Ghana. It is the fourth historical and only current legal tender in the Republic of Ghana. One Cedi is divided into one hundred Pesewas (Gp).

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Togo. Togo, officially the Togolese Republic, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It is one of the least developed countries in the world. It extends north from the Gulf of Guinea to the Burkina Faso-Togo border. It is a small, tropical country, spanning 57,000 square kilometres with a population of approximately 8 million. It has a width of less than 115??km (71??mi) between Ghana and its eastern neighbour Benin.

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Ivory Coast. Ivory Coast, also known as C??te d'Ivoire and officially as the Republic of C??te d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital city of Yamoussoukro is located in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is the port city of Abidjan. It borders Guinea to the northwest, Liberia to the west, Mali to the northwest, Burkina Faso to the northeast, Ghana to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean's Gulf of Guinea to the south. With 31.5 million inhabitants in 2024, Ivory Coast is the third-most populous country in West Africa. Its official language is French, and indigenous languages are also widely used, including B??t??, Baoul??, Dyula, Dan, Anyin, and Cebaara Senufo. In total, there are around 78 languages spoken in Ivory Coast. The country has a religiously diverse population, including numerous followers of Islam, Christianity and traditional faiths often entailing animism.

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