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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
“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…
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…
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…