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Nana Akufo-Addo
Posted inInternational

U.N. Human Rights Council Opposes Ghana’s Anti-Gay Bill

by WI Guest Author August 18, 2021December 21, 2021

In Ghana, a highly religious country that claims to be exemplary in Africa in its respect for human rights, a handful of opposition MPs are putting the president in a difficult position by promoting a law restricting the rights of sexual minorities.

Courtesy of Global Information Network
Posted inInternational

1619 Anniversary Brought Record Number of Americans to Ghana Last Year

by WI Guest Author January 16, 2020December 21, 2021
Wanda Lockridge, president of the William O. Lockridge Community Foundation, (l) at Cape Coast Castle in Ghana with D.C. students from Wards 7 and 8, sponsored the nonprofit on their first trip to Africa, specifically to Ghana, including (2nd l-r) Taleyah Evans, Jamerah Brown and Tatiana Robinson. Also pictured is Myla Brown of Baltimore, Md.
Posted inInternational

Ghana’s Door of Return is Open Wide

Denise Rolark Barnes photo by Denise Rolark Barnes August 14, 2019December 21, 2021
Harriet Tubman reaches into a river to rescue runaways escaping slavery on one of her journeys to free for her people. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)
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Congressional Delegation Observes Anniversary of First Enslaved Africans in U.S.

by WI Guest Author July 31, 2019December 21, 2021
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Nana Akufo-Addo
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by Lauren M. Poteat August 23, 2017October 31, 2020
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by Lauren M. Poteat August 16, 2017October 31, 2020
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