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Toilet facility made from plastics in Ghana

The Ghana Recycling Initiative by Private Enterprises (GRIPE), in partnership with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research’s Building and Road Research Institute (CSIR-BRRI),...

[Photos]: Ghana’s eco-friendly market where plastics are banned

African communities are replete with trading centres or markets. In fact they are the backbone of many economies on the continent where trading in...

Africa gets new alliance to tackle plastic waste

A major alliance has been formed by a number of multinational businesses to help tackle the plastic waste menace on the continent. Led by Diageo...

170 nations agree to reduce use of plastics at UN meeting

A major step has taken by 170 countries to reduce the use of plastics due to the threats they pose to the environment. The nations...

European Parliament backs Single-use plastics ban

The European Parliament has voted for a complete ban on a range of single-use plastics across the union in a bid to stop pollution...

Chile bans plastic bags for businesses

Chile has become the first South American country to legally ban the widespread commercial use of plastic bags. The new legislation, approved by Congress and...

Turning Plastics into alternative building material

Plastics are nuisance for many countries and finding the right solution can be a headache especially for African countries. But in Ghana a local engineer...

Ghana builds roads using plastic waste

Plastics are a nuisance to the environment and finding alternative use for them in parts of Africa is a major headache but in Ghana that is no longer an issue.

Plastic bag bans in Africa: reality or fantasy?

Plastic bags are used daily across Africa - the bans are hoped to tackle the pervasive problem of waste. In both Tunisia and Kenya,...

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Nigerian High Commission apartments in Ghana demolished

Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers. The apartments have been constructed to...

Covid-19: Ghana records significant recovery numbers

Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered. The significant number of recoveries means the country now...

DR Congo: President’s ex-chief of staff jailed 20 years for corruption

The ex-chief of staff of the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been jailed 20 years by a high court. Vital Kamerhe was...

Covid-19: Zimbabwe’s health minister arrested, charged for graft

Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million. Moyo is accused of illegally...

Ghana’s new law that jails citizens not wearing facemask 10 years

Ghanaians who fail to wear the face masks in compliance with a presidential directive risk going to jail for ten years. They also face a...
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