カテゴリー: Ghana
Report reveals how US Christians, Catholic schools and Islamists fight sex education, LGBTQ+ and equal rightsExtreme religious groups and political parties are targeting schools around the world as part of a coordinated and well-funded attack on gender…
The Jubilee 2000 saw $130bn of debt written off, and yet we now find ourselves in a renewed global debt crisis, says Maria Finnerty of CafodThe Guardian is right to identify the global sovereign debt crisis as one of the most critical impediments to su…
In at least 17 countries, suicide remains a criminal offence – a ‘huge barrier’ to mental health care. As Ghana becomes one of four countries to overturn its law in a year, others could followWhen Ghana’s parliament voted to decriminalise suicide and a…
Readers respond to David Olusoga’s article on how slavery shaped the Guardian, Britain and the worldMy career in textiles from the 1970s to the 1990s took me many times to the mills of West Yorkshire and Lancashire. Being fascinated with old buildings,…
Stefan Dercon, former UK government adviser, discusses his new book – and his belief that wealthy elites, rather than foreign cash, rescue countries from povertyA former government economist has said that aid is “close to irrelevant” in solving the pro…
Britain stirred up tensions, chaos and violence in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, according to declassified papersThe British government ran a secret “black propaganda” campaign for decades, targeting Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia with l…
Study finds children in Ghana, Nepal and Uganda in dangerous, exploitative work, with long hours and little payGopal Magar’s father has had a drinking problem for as long as he can remember, but when Kathmandu went into lockdown last spring, it got wor…
The Goldman environmental prize honours the achievements of grassroots activists in six continents, recognising their efforts to protect natural habitats and push for political change, often at great personal riskPlastic in paradise: Goldman prize winn…
Europe now centre of pandemic, says WHO, as Spain prepares for state of emergency Coronavirus latest – live updatesThe World Health Organization has stepped up its calls for intensified action to fight the coronavirus pandemic, imploring countries “not…