A six-storey shopping mall collapsed in the Ghanaian capital Accra on Wednesday, with at least three people so far confirmed dead and dozens of victims feared trapped, sparking desperate rescues.

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Ghana Vice President John Dramani Mahama was sworn in as the west African nation's new president on Tuesday, hours after the sudden death of president John Atta Mills.

The country's chief justice swo

A cargo plane crashed on Saturday night near the airport in Ghana's capital Accra, hitting a bus on the ground, an AFP correspondent and local media said.

At least 10 dead in the plane crash, said mi

At least 11 people have died from a fresh outbreak of cholera in Ghana's capital Accra in less than two weeks, Xinhua reported.

Edward Antwi, deputy regional director of public health confirmed the t

Five Indians and 31 other foreigners were arrested in Ghana for flouting investment laws, the authorities said.

The other foreigners arrested include 28 Chinese, two Filipinos, and one Bangladeshi. T

As international aid agencies scramble for donations for East Africa's famine victims, one multi-million-dollar fundraising drive has come from an unexpected source: a West African schoolboy.

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Jimmy Carter watched in horror as the inches-long worm emerged from the breast of a woman in remote northern Ghana.

That was in the 1980s. The former U.S. president then dedicated himself to eradica

Hundreds of Ghanaians took to drinking, drumming and dancing on Sunday as they savoured the Black Stars 2-1 victory over the United States which gave them a berth in the World Cup quarterfinals.