News stories by Kwaku Botwe

ACCRA, Apr 30 (IPS) - This article is part of a series of stories and op-eds launched by IPS on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day on May 3.Ghana is a living contradiction, at least in the arena of freedom of expression, free speech and press freedom.

KWAME DANSO, Ghana, Feb 06 (IPS) - Thirty-year-old Nazir Mohammed sits on one of the two sofas in his single room in Kwame Danso, a small town about 290 kilometres north of Ghana's capital Accra, reflecting on life back in Libya.

ACCRA, Oct 05 (IPS) - Ghana is home to the world's favourite cocoa beans. They're bigger in size, have a higher butter content and superior flavour – all qualities which make Ghana's cocoa the world standard against which all cocoa is measured.

ACCRA, Mar 09 (IPS) - Ghana turned 60 years old this week. The West African country gained independence from Britain on Mar. 6, 1957, and remains a study in contradictions.

KUMASI, Ghana, Dec 11 (IPS) - Ghanaian opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo has made history as the first son of a former president to lead the West African country, beating incumbent President John Mahama in the 2016 presidential elections held on Wednesday, Dec. 7.