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From Accra to Arusha: A journalist’s journey across Africa
Okay, I know it’s cliche to travel to Africa and expect to launch my career as an international journalist. But, hey, if it worked out for so many others, why not give it a try? Of course I spent six months backpacking and not a lot of time actually doing my journalism. Throughout my travels…
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Tears from Teshie – Accra, Ghana’s coastal crisis
ACCRA, Ghana — The rape of a 13-year-old girl by a group of three young men from her own village was one of the first reported cases in 2013. Outside of LEKMA hospital in Accra, near the coastal fishing village of Teshie, the grandmother of the young rape victim puts a handkerchief over her face…
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The proliferation of e-waste in Africa (full length documentary)
Used – second hand- electronics arrive on the shores of Ghana to help bridge Africa’s digital divide. Much of what arrives from North America, Europe and Australia is beyond repair and ends up at an Accra slum known as “Sodom and Gomorrah.” This is where electronics are broken down and burned to retrieve valuable metals.…
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Rights Radio Report #5: Making rape history
In an Accra, Ghana fishing village known as Teshie, a local doctor has waged a public campaign to shame village men from raping young girls. The high incidence of reported rapes last year in Teshie gave Dr. Leticia Wiafe reason to believe many more were going unreported in the community. Health officials, under Dr. Wiafe’s…
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Accra, Ghana: The city of African liberation
“Obruney, obruney! [white man, white man]” the little black girl screams as she runs into the street, arms flailing from side-to-side, as I pass her home. I wave back and immediately my frown turns into a smile. It’s scenes like these that can turn any depressing day into a happy one. I was always walking…
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Pravda World News Tonight – third edition #PWNT #Africa
The third edition of Pravda World News Tonight hears from former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. The international diplomat speaks about his career working to solve conflict around the world. Annan also launched his new book “Interventions: A Life in War and Peace.” This week’s international news update starts Africa, goes to Asia and the…
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Pravda World News Tonight – first edition
The very first episode of Pravda World News Tonight aired Dec. 19, 2012 on Pravda Radio 93.5 in Accra, Ghana. This is Africa’s first independently produced world news program. Featuring an in-depth interview with Samia Nkrumah, daughter of Ghana’s independence leader, Kwame Nkrumah, the program also features Didier Awadi’s song “Amandla” which is dedicated to…
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