<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Ghana: News &amp; Videos about Ghana - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Ghana</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Ghana from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:12:42 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Ghana: News &amp; Videos about Ghana - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Ghana</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Ghana from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>World Cup qualifying latest</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/football/11/14/football.world.cup.qualifiers.review/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/football/11/14/football.world.cup.qualifiers.review/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The final 32 for the 2010 World Cup finals has become clearer after the latest round of qualifying matches with three more nations claiming places in South Africa.</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:12:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Adebayor hails Ghana's Under-20 success</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/10/30/football.emmanuel.adebayor/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/10/30/football.emmanuel.adebayor/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Togo striker Emmanuel Adebayor has heaped praise on recent Under-20 World Cup winners Ghana describing their success as a major advancement in the progress of African football.</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:16:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Ghana looks to World Cup after U-20 success</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/football/10/18/africa.ghana.nigeria/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/football/10/18/africa.ghana.nigeria/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Ghanaians clad in the national colors of red, gold and green celebrated long into the night on Friday as excitement over the national team's penalty shootout victory over Brazil in the final of the Under-20 World Cup in Egypt brought the West African nation to a standstill.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:51:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ghana U-20 champions after dramatic shoot-out</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/football/10/16/football.u20.brazil.ghana.final/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/football/10/16/football.u20.brazil.ghana.final/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Ten-man Ghana overcame Brazil 4-3 on penalties in the Under-20 World Cup final in Cairo to become the first African side to win the tournament.</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>History repeats as Brazil face Ghana in U20 final</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/football/10/13/football.ghana.brazil.hungary.costa.rica/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/football/10/13/football.ghana.brazil.hungary.costa.rica/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Alan Kardec scored a spectacular second-half winner for Brazil against Costa Rica to set up a replay of the 1993 Under-20 World Cup final against Ghana in Egypt.</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Essien on target as Ghana reach World Cup</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/football/09/06/football.world.cup.africa.ghana/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/football/09/06/football.world.cup.africa.ghana/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien scored one of the goals as Ghana defeated Sudan 2-0 in Accra on Sunday to become the first African qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa.</description><pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 21:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Slavery needs more than an apology</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/19/browne.slavery/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/19/browne.slavery/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Senate voted to apologize for slavery on June 18. The House apologized last summer. The first family -- descendants of Africans, of enslaved Africans and of slave-holders -- visited a slave fort in Ghana.</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:56:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ghana fans go wild after victory over Zambia</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/football/08/13/ghana.zambia.friendly/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/football/08/13/ghana.zambia.friendly/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>With a 4-1 scoreline, a penalty and a sending-off all within the first 45 minutes, Wednesday's international friendly between Ghana and Zambia was anything but.</description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Doctor journeys to Ghana for triple negative breast cancer clues</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/21/bia.triple.negative.cancer/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/21/bia.triple.negative.cancer/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>For Dr. Lisa Newman, a 16-hour trip over two days from Michigan to Ghana in Africa is just part of the journey in uncovering clues about a rare form of breast cancer.</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Living in the now: Cancer survivor finds her purpose in life</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/21/bia.cancer.survivor.diary/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/21/bia.cancer.survivor.diary/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Who knew that fighting breast cancer for the third time in seven years would reveal my purpose in life.</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:28:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama on slavery: 'Capacity for cruelty still exists'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/07/17/obama.slavery/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/07/17/obama.slavery/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>President Obama slowly walked across the grounds of Cape Coast Castle, a slave outpost in Ghana where hundreds of thousands of Africans were shipped as human cargo to a life of bondage in the United States, South America and the Caribbean.</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:26:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama in Ghana: War a 'millstone around Africa's neck'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/11/obama.ghana/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/11/obama.ghana/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>President Obama reached out to Africa on Saturday with a wide-ranging address praising the continent's steady achievements, but he called its persistent violent conflicts "a millstone around Africa's 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can celebrate the January 7 inauguration of Ghana's new president, professor John Evans Atta Mills, who defeated the leader of the incumbent party in a December 28 runoff election by a mere 41,566 votes out of 9,001,478.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:24:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Opposition candidate wins Ghana presidential election</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/03/ghana.election/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/03/ghana.election/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Opposition candidate John Evans Atta Mills has narrowly won Ghana's presidential election, the Ghana Electoral Commission said on its Web site.</description><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 02:52:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Ghana vote results expected Friday</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/30/ghana.election/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/30/ghana.election/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Ghana's new president won't be determined until Friday when voters in one constituency return to the polls to recast their ballots, the chairman of the Ghana Electoral Commission announced.</description><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Presidential election polls close in Ghana</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/28/ghana.election/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/28/ghana.election/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Polls closed Sunday in Ghana's presidential runoff election after what one official described as a peaceful round of voting, one that shows the country is an example for other African nations.</description><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 02:31:00 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Aug 2008 11:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Greenpeace: E-Waste in Africa Rising
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1829671,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1829671,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Greenpeace called on the world's electronics companies to eliminate hazardous chemicals from their products, saying toxic waste from wealthy nations' gadgets ends up being dumped in poor countries despite laws prohibiting it</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>UK drugs girls freed from Ghana jail</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/07/17/ghana.cocaine/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/07/17/ghana.cocaine/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Two teenage girls from Great Britain will fly home Thursday after spending a year behind bars in Ghana for drug-smuggling, the British High Commission in the west African country said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chocolate's bitter sweet relationship with the rainforest</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/06/eco.chocolate/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/06/eco.chocolate/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>"I think that in 20 years chocolate will be like caviar," says John Mason, executive director and founder of the Ghana-based Nature Conservation Research Council (NCRC).</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Eye on Ghana</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/05/29/btc.jennifer.video.jackie/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/05/29/btc.jennifer.video.jackie/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Jennifer Staple runs the Unite For Sight program which started in the U.S., but has branched out into working overseas.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 16:23:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>A football tournament like no other</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/football/02/08/african.nations.wald/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/football/02/08/african.nations.wald/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>I've always wanted to go on a thematic holiday. 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My Giants jersey is still airing out from one of the more nerve-wracking experiences I've ever had as a fan last Sunday. 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Presumably, the army teams play here, while their generals watch from the leather recliners in the south stand. 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That's what I found myself uttering again and again as the African Cup of Nations kicked off on Sunday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:03:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Eye care in Ghana's refugee camps</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/12/11/btc.jennifer.blog.camp/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/12/11/btc.jennifer.blog.camp/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Jennifer Staple runs the Unite For Sight program which started in the U.S., but has branched out into working overseas.</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:41:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Muntari gives Ghana winning start</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/football/01/20/africa.cup/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/football/01/20/africa.cup/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sulley Muntari gave hosts Ghana a winning start to the African Nations Cup when he scored in the last minute to give them a 2-1 victory over Guinea in Accra.</description><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:42:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>2 U.S. Navy sailors found dead in Ghana</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/01/01/ghana.sailors.dead/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/01/01/ghana.sailors.dead/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Two U.S. Navy sailors were found dead Tuesday morning in their hotel room in Tema, Ghana, the Navy said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 23:47:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Eye screenings in Ghana</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/11/16/btc.jennifer.video.screenings/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/11/16/btc.jennifer.video.screenings/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Jennifer Staple runs the Unite For Sight program which started in the U.S., but has branched out into working overseas.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:47:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Unite for Sight in Africa</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/11/08/btc.jennifer.blog.ghana/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/11/08/btc.jennifer.blog.ghana/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Jennifer Staple runs the Unite For Sight program which started in the U.S., but has branched out into working overseas.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:18:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>UK girls guilty over Ghana drugs</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/11/21/ghana.drugs/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/11/21/ghana.drugs/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A Ghanaian court Wednesday found two British teenage girls guilty of attempting to smuggle drugs out of the west African country, and a legal adviser for the girls said they planned to appeal.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:27:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Ghana through the eyes of American teenagers</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/11/07/ghana.graduation/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/11/07/ghana.graduation/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Social Studies came alive for Atlanta charter school eighth-graders.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 17:36:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Traveling to Ghana</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/10/23/btc.jennifer.blog.ghana/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/10/23/btc.jennifer.blog.ghana/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Jennifer Staple runs the Unite For Sight program which started in the U.S., but has branched out into working overseas.</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 10:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ronaldo omitted from Brazil squad</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/football/03/08/brazil.squad/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/football/03/08/brazil.squad/index.html</guid><description>Ronaldo has been left out by Brazil again after coach Dunga named his squad for this month's friendlies against Chile and Ghana in Sweden.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:34:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Tomasson double defeats Australia</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/football/02/06/denmark.friendly/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/football/02/06/denmark.friendly/index.html</guid><description>Jon Dahl Tomasson struck twice as Denmark comfortably beat Australia 3-1 at Queens Park Rangers' Loftus Road in an international friendly on Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2007 22:24:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Australia fix friendly with Danes</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/football/11/07/australia.friendly/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/football/11/07/australia.friendly/index.html</guid><description>Australia will play Denmark in a friendly match in London on February 6, Football Federation Australia announced on Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2006 08:09:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Ronaldo world record as Brazil win</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/football/06/27/world.brazil/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/football/06/27/world.brazil/index.html</guid><description>Ronaldo became all-time top scorer at the World Cup finals with 15 goals as Brazil beat Ghana 3-0 in Dortmund on Tuesday to reach the quarterfinals.</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2006 15:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ghana win keeps Africa hopes alive</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/football/06/22/worldcup.ghana/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/football/06/22/worldcup.ghana/index.html</guid><description>Ghana won a place in the last 16 of the World Cup on their finals debut, with a 2-1 victory over the United States in a Group E decider they largely controlled.</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jun 2006 16:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Football highlights African divide</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/football/06/20/ghana.football/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/football/06/20/ghana.football/index.html</guid><description>Chuchu, who has had polio since he was a small boy and helps find parking spaces for cars in Accra's central Osu district, lifts his thick stick aloft and waves it for joy in the air.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2006 13:49:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ghana secure first African victory</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/football/06/17/worldcup.ghana/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/football/06/17/worldcup.ghana/index.html</guid><description>World Cup debutants Ghana kicked some life back into African football with a deserved Group E 2-0 win over the Czech Republic.</description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jun 2006 17:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Italy open tournament with victory</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/football/06/12/worldcup.italy/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/football/06/12/worldcup.italy/index.html</guid><description>Goals from Andrea Pirlo and Vincenzo Iaquinta gave Italy a 2-0 victory over Ghana in an entertaining World Cup Group E match.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 2006 21:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ghana win impresses coach Dujkovic </title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/football/05/29/ghana.friendly/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/football/05/29/ghana.friendly/index.html</guid><description>Ghana continued their warm-up for the World Cup with a comfortable 4-1 victory over Jamaica.</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 May 2006 19:17:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ghana</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/football/04/26/worldcupteams.ghana/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/football/04/26/worldcupteams.ghana/index.html</guid><description>Group E | World ranking: 48</description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2006 14:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>120 feared dead as boat capsizes</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/04/10/ghana.boat/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/04/10/ghana.boat/index.html</guid><description>About 120 people are feared dead after a boat capsized on Ghana's Lake Volta, police in the West African country told CNN.</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Apr 2006 12:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ghana hopes revived after victory</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/football/01/27/africa.ghana/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/football/01/27/africa.ghana/index.html</guid><description>An early goal from Bundesliga-bound striker Matthew Amoah revived Ghana's hopes at the African Nations Cup, as they overcame Senegal 1-0 in their Group D match.</description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2006 18:44:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Annan's son to repay duty on Mercedes</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/01/24/annan.car/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/01/24/annan.car/index.html</guid><description>The son of U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan says he is sorry he misused his father's name to save more than $20,000 on a Mercedes SUV he had shipped to his native Ghana. 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To break the language barrier, Westin Hotels &amp;amp; Resorts, Dollar...</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 1991 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>