First African pope? Ghana's Catholics root for local contender
CAPE COAST, Ghana - On Sundays in the Ghanaian city of Cape Coast, the pews in Roman Catholic churches do something most Americans would find surprising. They fill up...
Hugo Chavez's lessons for Africa
OPINION - The day after Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s death, students in the West African country of Ghana were marching...
African papal candidate makes controversial remarks on gays
theGRIO REPORT - Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana, who has been widely reported to be on the shortlist of potential Popes, has suggested homosexuality may be part of the reason for the Catholic Church's sexual abuse scandals...
African papal contender wants change
VATICAN CITY (AP) - One of Africa's brightest hopes to be the next pope, Ghanaian Cardinal Peter Turkson, says the time is right for a pontiff from the developing world...
'Jungle Gold': A case study in the exploitation of Africa
OPINION - 'Jungle Gold' chronicles an ill-advised mission of three Utahans desperate to pay off over a million dollars of debt...
UBS rogue trader from Ghana guilty of $2.2 billion fraud
LONDON (AP) - A rogue trader who lost $2.2 billion in bad deals at Swiss bank UBS was sentenced to 7 years in prison Tuesday after being convicted in what prosecutors called the biggest fraud case in U.K. banking history...
14th century African emperor was richest person who ever lived
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Ghana VP sworn in hours after president's death
(AP) - John Atta Mills' election victory secured Ghana's reputation as one of the most mature democracies in West Africa...
Ghana's president Atta Mills has died
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) - State-run television in Ghana is announcing that President John Atta Mills has died at age 68...
Ghana's children get gift of computers from tech whiz
Tech expert Seth Owusu is giving back to his native country of Ghana an extraordinary way...
