It was a sunny Friday, the last day of multicultural week at Edmonds-Woodway High School. Sporting jeans and sweat shirts, students settled into auditorium seats. As they awaited the speaker, one of ...

Commissioned in 1977, Festac Town, Lagos, was the toast of everyone fortunate to have a slice of it. It was plush, very well-planned and a symbol of affluence. But somewhere behind the popular 1st ...

Truth matters. Community matters. Your support makes both possible. LAist is one of the few places where news remains independent and free from political and corporate influence. Stand up for truth ...

Four years ago, Ghana launched a campaign to welcome people from the African diaspora back to the continent of their ancestors. The country has even created a settlement offering free land to ...

TOTOPE, Ghana (AP) — The old shore road to Totope is now under the sea, and when developers began carving out another one, it was washed away so often they abandoned it. Now the road to this village ...

If Ghana is to build a solid foundation for modernization, local government must be rebuilt from the ground up.If Ghana is ...

San Diego Surf Soccer Club Coach Louis Hunt and his U15 Girls ECNL team are hoping to make a difference through the beautiful game. The team is currently fundraising to build a new football pitch for ...

AFIASO, Ghana (AP) — Years ago, no one thought twice about felling the rainforest around this village in West Africa. Land was cleared, cocoa and palm oil were planted, and the hamlet survived. But ...