http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/images/gnn_logo_rss.gif http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/ 249 31 News of a better world editor@greatnewsnetwork.org great news network en editor@greatnewsnetwork.org Copyright 2013 2013-04-29T16:24:08+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/ten_african_nations_pledge_to_transform_their_economies_to_take_nature_into/?source=rss Last month ten African nations, led by Botswana, pledged to incorporate 'natural capital' into their economies. Natural capital, which seeks to measure the economic worth of the services provided by ecosystems and biodiversity—for example pollination, clean water, and carbon—is a nascent, but growing, method to curtail environmental damage and ensure more sustainable development. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World, Politics, Environment, Forests, Land, Water, Wildlife, Regions, Africa, Botswana, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania 2012-06-14T16:10:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/ghana_strengthens_child_labour_monitoring/?source=rss A database system for monitoring and tracking information on child labour issues in Ghana was launched in Accra on Friday with a call on various Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies not to compromise on canker. Top Headlines, Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Human Rights, Regions, Africa, Ghana 2010-08-28T17:23:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/ghanaian_cardinal_to_head_vaticans_peace_office/?source=rss The pope appointed Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana to head the Vatican's justice and peace office Saturday, a high-profile post that cements his reputation as a possible future papal candidate. World, Human Rights, Feel Good, Regions, Africa, Ghana, Europe, Vatican City State 2009-10-28T14:04:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/unique_acacia_tree_could_nourish_soils_and_life_in_africa/?source=rss Scientists have said at the 2nd World Congress of Agroforestry that a type of acacia tree with an unusual growth habit -- unlike virtually all other trees -- holds particular promise for farmers in Africa as a free source of nitrogen for their soils that could last generations. Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Forests, Regions, Africa, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia 2009-09-04T12:56:01+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/chocolate_lovers_to_enjoy_no_guilt_snack/?source=rss Chocoholics in Australia will soon have a good reason to tuck into a chocolate treat without feeling guilty. World, Human Rights, Business, Regions, Africa, Ghana, Oceania, Australia 2009-08-28T13:49:01+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/from_wall_street_to_accra/?source=rss Last year Nnaana Adjei, 23, was working for a major investment bank on Wall Street. Feel Good, Inspirational Stories, Regions, Africa, Ghana, North America, United States, New York 2009-05-22T10:47:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/worms_demise_near/?source=rss Health workers are on the verge of eradicating Guinea worm disease in what would be just the second time in history that a disease has been wiped from the planet, the Carter Center said Friday. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Health Top Stories, USA Top Stories, World Top Stories, Regions, Africa, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, North America, United States, Georgia 2008-12-09T09:55:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/sahara_solar_scheme_could_power_poor_west_africa/?source=rss West African legislators worried by climate change and soaring energy costs want regional leaders to back plans to harness sun and wind energy that experts say could bring electricity to some of the poorest people on earth. Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Land, Science, Technology, Regions, Africa, Angola, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, South America, Brazil, North America, United States, Texas, Environment Top Stories, Science Top Stories, USA Top Stories 2008-09-28T15:55:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/ghana_eu_clinch_deal_to_crackdown_on_illicit_timber_trade/?source=rss Lagos (AFP) Sept 3, 2008 - The European Union on Wednesday inked a landmark deal with Ghana to fight illegal timber exports from the west African country, the EU said. Environment, Forests, Regions, Africa, Ghana 2008-09-04T04:00:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/ghanas_grass_roots_bid_to_save_countrys_last_forests/?source=rss Kakum, Ghana (AFP) Aug 31, 2008 - For five years now the heat has been less intense and the rainfall more abundant in a small cocoa farming area in Ghana's Upper Volta region, thanks to villagers bent on affecting climate change. 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Discarded plastic bags -- in the billions -- flutter from thorn-bushes across the continent, and clog up cities from Cape Town to Casablanca. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Health Top Stories, Environment, General Environment, Land, Health, General Health, Regions, Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, United Nations, United Nations related 2007-08-22T11:34:01+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/bamboo_bike_quite_the_offshoot/?source=rss Funny where an idea will take you. Ten years ago, Luna the dog -- part pit bull and part Labrador retriever -- was gnawing on a piece of bamboo growing behind Craig Calfee's bicycle shop outside Santa Cruz. Environment, Climate and Energy, Science, Technology, Feel Good, Inspirational Stories, Regions, Africa, Ghana, North America, United States, California, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Science Top Stories, Special Interest Top Stories, USA Top Stories 2007-06-25T12:43:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/two_thousand_children_withdrawn_from_child_labour/?source=rss The International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) has said that through its implementing partners, it has withdrawn 2,000 children from various forms of child labour. Regions, Africa, Ghana, Popular Articles 2005-12-28T05:24:01+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/ghana_eradicating_child_labour/?source=rss Kwabena spent seven years in Yeji, before being reunited with his family through the efforts of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), which is working to end the child trafficking common throughout West Africa. World, Human Rights, Regions, Africa, Ghana 2005-08-24T16:14:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/one_legged_cyclist_transforms_african_nation/?source=rss From a distance, he looks like any other cyclist - but Emmanuel Ofusu Yeboah races with one leg he was born with, and one made for him. World, Human Rights, Regions, Africa, Ghana 2005-08-07T10:54:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/ilo_institutes_measures_to_eliminate_child_labour/?source=rss The International Labour Organization (ILO), under its International Program on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC), has instituted a scholarship programme for deprived girls in the Tolon/Kumbung and Savelugu/Nanton districts to complete their education to eliminate child labour in the Northern Region. World, Human Rights, Regions, Africa, Ghana 2005-05-29T03:27:00+00:00