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October 14, 2015 | Pulitzer Center
Ghana: Walking on Water
Loyola University Chicago's student fellow Olivia Conti looks at the daily lives of fishermen on the beach of Elmina at Cape Coast in Ghana.
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October 02, 2015 | Pulitzer Center
Ghana: A Headmaster's Headache
Children in Ghana contract serious diseases while walking barefoot. Why is this still an issue if the solution is so easy?
September 14, 2015 | Pulitzer Center
Ghanaian Workers Fight Pay Discrimination
In October 2014, Ghanaian workers at MODEC, a general contracting company, demonstrated against pay discrimination and were fired. Is this indicative of a larger trend within the entire industry?
September 11, 2015 | Pulitzer Center
Ghana: Fishing in Oil's Ocean
Fishing communities have been a major part of Ghanaian culture for centuries. Today, fishermen face serious challenges following the discovery of oil along Ghana's coast.
September 04, 2015 | Pulitzer Center
Labor Disputes, Local Concerns Prevent Ghanaian Oil from Helping Ghanaians
Expectations for the Ghanaian oil industry were high when the resource was discovered in 2007, yet most Ghanaians have not yet seen the benefits of the industry's presence.
September 08, 2014 | Pulitzer Center
Skin Bleaching in Ghana: The Cost of Beauty
In Ghana the ideal skin complexion represented in the media is of fair skin tones. How far will women go to lighten their skin?
September 02, 2014 | Pulitzer Center
Skin Bleaching in Ghana: The Next Generation?
These portraits were chosen to illustrate the diverse beauty of young Ghanaian girls. They respond to questions about perceptions of beauty and the media promotion of skin-bleaching products.
November 14, 2013 | Pulitzer Center
Cleaning Ghana's Streets: ZoomLion on the Ground in Agona
Watch ZoomLion, Ghana's largest private waste management company, in action as it cleans Ghana's streets.
September 11, 2013 | Pulitzer Center
Managing Ghana's Waste
Waste management services in Ghana have improved since private companies entered the scene. Even so, Ghana is running out of places to put its trash and is looking for alternative methods of disposal.
August 27, 2013 | Pulitzer Center
Cancer's Global Footprint E-book
New e-book available on cancer's global footprint from Joanne Silberner, Pulitzer Center and PRI's The World.
August 23, 2013 | Pulitzer Center
Ghana: Political Power Plays Impact Open Defecation
Rural development in Ghana could reduce urban migration, as well as the nasty business of open defecation.
August 07, 2013 | Pulitzer Center
Ghana: Religion, State and Waste
Cleanliness may be next to godliness, but when it comes to waste management and sanitation, church and state in Ghana are not singing from the same hymnbook.