Carmignac photojournalism award: Ghana and e-waste
Photojournalists and an investigative writer documented the flow of electronic waste between Europe and Ghana
July 2024
Ebike entrepreneur Valeria Labi: ‘If I see a problem and I think it can be solved, I follow that thread’
The British-born businesswoman behind Ghana’s first electric bike is out to woo Africa’s delivery riders away from costly and polluting petrol while cutting carbon emissions
June 2024
African and Asian artists condemn ‘humiliating’ UK and EU visa refusals
‘Unfair’ rejection rates of up to 70% harm cultural diversity and create a ‘global apartheid’, say promoters and musicians
May 2024
Five of the best
Five of the best books about west African cities
World Bank and IMF can press Ghana to rethink ‘punitive’ LGBTQ law, charities say
April 2024
Break the cycle of debt and dependency that stunts developing countries’ growth
Letter: 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 Cafod
‘My cast and crew’s safety kept me up at night’: why a queer Ghanaian film may never be screened
Joewackle J Kusi was finishing his film Nyame Mma when an anti-LGBTQ+ bill was passed, bringing the threat of prosecution for those ‘promoting’ queer stories
‘It contrasts with the grey British sky!’ Why the Barbican has been wrapped in pink fabric
Ibrahim Mahama has draped London’s brutalist landmark in 2,000 square metres of fabric, including robes that have been urinated on. The artist, whose rise has been meteoric, explains why
March 2024
The age of extinction
Extortionate Easter eggs and shrinking sweets: fears grow of a ‘chocolate meltdown’
West Africa heatwave was supercharged by climate crisis, study finds
Opinion
Men enthusiastically express their heterosexuality in Ghana, so why is being queer so unacceptable?
Elliot Kwabena Akosa
The Guardian view on Africa’s homophobic legislation: western influences are encouraging hatred
February 2024
Inside Guardian Weekly
Is democracy dying in Africa? Inside the 1 March Guardian Weekly
Ghana intensifies crackdown on rights of LGBTQ people and activists
Post-colonial party pads! The architects who got Ghana back in the groove
Is democracy dying in Africa? Senegal’s slide into chaos bodes ill in a year of key elections
Opinion
Africa is the world’s youngest continent – education is key to unlocking its potential
Nana Akufo-Addo and Jakaya Kikwete
‘It’s created with a big red love!’: the ultra-inspirational music of Ghanaian star Black Sherif
Opinion
A menopause revolution is stirring in Africa – I’m helping it to succeed
Sue Mbaya
January 2024
V&A’s ‘return’ of looted Ghana gold is a new way to tackle Britain’s painful past
Tristram Hunt
A loan deal for the Asante treasures offers a golden opportunity for cultural exchange, argues the museum’s director
