- FRANCE 24

08/02/2012 - 2012 AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS

Zambia reaches final after surprise win over Ghana

Zambia defeated favourite Ghana 1-0 in the African Nations Cup football semi-final on Wednesday. Emmanuel Mayuka, the only member of the Zambian squad to play for a European first division club, scored with a 78th-minute goal.

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28/01/2012 - 2012 AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS

Ghana victorious with 2-0 win over Mali

Ghana came out victorious with a 2-0 win over Mali on Saturday, to rise to the top of Group D at the Africa Cup of Nations. Ghana faces off against Guinea on Wednesday, a match that will decide which team advances to the knockout stage.

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25/01/2012 - 2012 Africa Cup of Nations

Ghana's Mensah plays hero and villain in defeat of Botswana

Ghana captain John Mensah scored the only goal in his team's 1-0 win over Botswana at the Africa Cup of Nations on Tuesday before his sending off in the 66th minute led to a shaky finish for Group D's hot favourites.

04/09/2011 - HEALTH

Fake drugs: a global overdose

This week in Health, we shine a spotlight on the worldwide ring of counterfeit medication.

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30/07/2011 - THE OBSERVERS

A controversial Lebanese belly dancer, fake Apple Stores in China and odd coffins in Siberia

This week our Observers take us on stage with a Lebanese belly dancer, into a Chinese "Apple Stoer," and all the way to Siberia, where a coffin maker from Ghana is working on a very special order.

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29/06/2011 - WEBNEWS

Libya: Tripoli opposition waiting for its moment

Tripoli’s underground network of anti-government opposition. Bloggers break the taboo of homosexuality in Ghana. The Vatican launches its online news information portal.

09/06/2011 - THE WEEK IN AFRICA

Sudan: Abyei, refugees in their own country

In Sudan, north and south continue to clash causing one hundred thousand to flee the border town of Abeyei. Uganda had long been seen as a sucess story in the fight against AIDS. But thirty years after the disease first broke, AIDS in Uganda is back on the rise. And we'll take a look at some of the best preserved cave paintings in Africa, over five thousand years old.

06/06/2011 - GHANA

China's gold rush: firms exploiting Ghanaian resources

Foreigners prospecting for gold isn't new in Ghana. But a new wave of Chinese companies appear to be exploiting the country's resources: more and more of them are becoming involved in the shadowy world of clandestine gold mines, that skirt mining regulations in Ghana. Some farmers have lost their farm lands to Chinese mineral exploitation, without any compensation.

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02/06/2011 - THE WEEK IN AFRICA

Sudan: Abyei, a territory at the heart of the conflict

The oil rich town of Abyei has found itself at the heart of tensions ahead of the official split of Sudan into two separate states. Child trafficking between Togo and Ghana is a persistent problem despite the strict laws that were introduced in 2005. And political satire in South Africa rubs President Jacob Zuma the wrong way.

08/07/2010 - THE WEEK IN AFRICA

World Cup: South Africa shines despite doubts

In this new edition of the Week in Africa, we'll find out how the World Cup football tournament became more than just a game for the hosts in South Africa. Then, we look at how prisoners in one of Africa's most notorious jails used the sport to triumph over adversity. Finally, one of France's biggest radio stations has something to say in kiswahili.