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Ghana SearchesHere a list of sites were you can expect to find specific information about Ghana when you search their database on the word "Ghana": UNIONS is the United Nations International Organizations Network Search. Here you can search within all the UN-system, including sub-organizations. Expect to find too much documents, reports, articles, etc. about Ghana. ECA-search - (UN.org.) In the database of the Economic Commission for Africa you might find some country-specific information about development. They also are quite good on gender issues. FAO-search - (UN-org.) Their database gives you lots of articles and reports about livestock and agriculture in Ghana. Tons of free information! ILO-search - (UN-org.) Their database might find you some reports about working conditions in Ghana, although there is little African country-specific information. Infonation is a UN statistics service. Choose country specific data from their huge and updated database. All countries are represented with data from the fields geography, economy, population and social indicators. You can compare data from up to seven countries. Excellent tool! UNDP-search - (UN-org.) You will find a solid amount of documents and reports about development in Ghana in their database. UNESCO-search - (UN-org.) Their database contains loads of document related to education, science and culture and related items in Ghana. WHO-search - (UN-org.) You'll find quit a few documents and reports about health issues in Ghana and the region doing a search in their database. WTO-search - In the database of the World Trade Organization you'll find quit a few country-specific documents about trade, subsidies, development, etc. in Ghana. Write "Ghana" in the "Document Title" bar. WoYaa! is a search engine in French and English with links to quite a few sites in French-speaking Africa. Not updated since 1998 (?) and many bad connections. Yahoo-search - Yahoo helps you find websites related to Ghana, although you'll have no idea what you'll find clicking their links...
Newspapers & PressHere, you'll find links to Ghanaian and non-Ghanaian newspapers and news agencies regularly writing about Ghana, international press in general and other facilitators of news about Ghana.
The Press in GhanaGhana Newsrunner is the best site on the web to see the last news from Ghana. It offers a daily updated service in English.
The Daily Graphic is a online news service from Graphic Corporation. It offers daily features on Ghana, among others special reports about beauty, sports, etc. English.
The Ghanaian Chronicle is the web version of the newspaper with he same name. It has a daily updated publication with ample features on Ghana and Africa. English.
The Online Independent is not daily updated, but offers a good coverage with news of all topics from Ghana. English.
Press reporting about GhanaAfrica Confidential is a bisemanal journal on Africa. They let you enter their database on Ghana of past headlines, which has some basic facts and news about Ghana. Africa News Online is an electronic network handling the distribution of reporting from more than 40 African news organizations and provides a showcase for journalism from across the African continent. You can also go directly to their Ghana page, listing the latest news stories. Recommended. Ghana News (also Accra News) is powered by WorldNews.com. This news site brings you daily news about Ghana, provided by the world's leading newspapers and press agencies. It's not really a newspaper itself, more a very efficient search engine, giving you headlines made all over the world. IRIN (Integrated Regional Information Network) is a UN humanitarian information unit, covering news from all Africa. You can also go directly into their Ghana archive, where articles from the last months about Ghana figure. NewAfrica, Ghana offers interesting information about Ghanaian infrastructures, agriculture, business, environment, education, etc. One World News Service is an international news service with a special page for Ghana. In English, but not too regularly updated. PANA (PanAfrican News Agency) has an expanding pool of correspondents continent wide and partnerships with 48 national news agencies and the largest news-gathering operation in Africa. No country pages, but daily updated news from all over Africa. Weather.com has a page about the weather in Ghana.
International pressLe Monde, the leading French newspaper, has an ample international coverage (all in French). You can also go directly to their Africa page. The Africa and Middle East site of the BBC World Services offers updated news, articles and other media services on Africa. The Financial Times is one of the world's leading business newspapers with a global outlook. You can also go directly to their Middle East and Africa page. The Independent is an excellent British newspaper with a wide international coverage. You might want to go directly to their Africa page, where the latest articles about the continent are listed. The International Herald Tribune is a daily newspaper edited in Paris with a focus on news from all over the world. Published with The New York Times & The Washington Post. The New York Times is one of the most important US newspapers, having a relatively good international coverage, including an Africa page. Most international articles, however, are by AP or Reuters. The Washington Post is a prestigious US newspaper with an ample international coverage. You might want to go directly to their Africa page or Ghana page, were the last articles from WP are listed. Times Internet Edition (UK) is the internet edition of the world's oldest daily newspaper. The sister paper, the Sunday Times Internet Edition has its own website. Relatively good international coverage.
News & Discussion GroupsAfrica Online Ghana offers services like e-mail, chat, newsgroups. A lot of news too, and only in English. L'Afrique sur Internet is a website in French about everything what's happening on Internet in francophone Africa. List of links, forums, etc. NewAfrica has chats, besides offering lots of other services.
Government OfficesNational Institutions:
About Ghanaian government, see also Politics and General Information, below.
OtherCities & TownsWeather.com has a page about the weather in Ghana, with special information about some cities, like Accra and Tema.
Companies
CultureAfromix' web page to Ghanaian music, groups and artists, with special pages on some Ghanaian musicians. French and Spanish versions. The Ethnologue Database is a catalogue of more than 6,700 languages spoken in 228 countries. The Index organizes languages according to language families and countries.
EconomyGhana Economic Development and Indicators is an annual NewAfrica country profile on their pages about African economy. They use the IMF as their primary source, which should guarantee for their quality. Mbendi Consultants' country profile on Ghana concentrates on economical issues. Statistics on communications and information technology, etc. Planet Business-Ghana offers interesting data of the country's economic situation for importers, exporters, distributors and traders. In the website of Union-Transport you'll find well structured information about transportat, logistics, brokerage, consulting and documentation in Ghana.
Education
Environment/NatureFriends of the Earth (FoEI) is the world's largest federation of environmental groups, uniting close to one million activists worldwide. FoEI's member organizations in 61 countries. Its local office in Ghana has a web page with some basic information. NewAfrica-Environment offers interesting information about the environment in Africa, among other subjects, and sometimes news about the environment in Ghana.
General Information/Read about GhanaThe U.S.
government has several informative, though subjective, pages about most countries in
the world, including Ghana, being regularly updated. Big
resources are used to produce and maintain these pages. The CIA.
annual Factbook 2000 is probably
the best and most updated collection of data on the web. The Ethnologue Database is a catalogue of more than 6,700 languages spoken in 228 countries. The Index organizes languages according to language families. The Spanish spoken website of the Basque publishing house Ikuska has pages on all African countries with relatively good statistical data and fuller information on ethnic groups. Infoplease.com contains a page about Ghana with basic data of the country: history, geography, etc. NewAfrica Ghana offers interesting information about Ghanaian infrastructure, agriculture, business, environment, education, etc. You can order books about Ghana on amazon.com's web page.
Human RightsThe Committee to Protect Journalists has a small, but interesting rapport about the situation of the press in Ghana in 1997. The most informative site about human rights in Ghana is the annual Country Report on Human Rights Practices Released by the U.S. State Department. Big, elaborated report about the state of human rights in Ghana. In the annual World Press Freedom Review looks at the the state of the media in 168 countries, like Ghana, documenting press freedom violations. 1999. .
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