It's also considered to be the first Black-owned luxury hotel in the United States. While there’s still progress to be made, the growing number of Black-owned accommodations worldwide makes it easier ...

Haruna Iddrisu, the Minister-nominee for Education, has reaffirmed the government’s intention to build modern Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) schools in various regions ...

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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Tuesday deflected questions about her controversial overseas trip to Ghana as newly unearthed photos show her at a cocktail party in the African country when the ...

Whether a budget-friendly room or five-star resort, hotels and accommodations are among the biggest expenses of any trip, and no one wants to pay more than they have to. Just as timing impacts getting ...

One such beneficiary was Armen Kassardjian, the developer of the Shangri-La hotel in Ghana. The Kassardjians are a legendary Ghanaian-Lebanese family of Armenian origin. When the patriarch of this ...

A statue of Ghana's immediate former President, Nana Akufo-Addo, put up at the end of last year has been destroyed. The unveiling by Akufo-Addo of his own likeness in November in the country's ...

Ghana's government will investigate controversial plans to build a $400m (£330m) national cathedral, new President John Mahama has said. Pressure has been mounting on authorities to drop the ...

Back in January of 2021, I traveled the country of Ghana for two weeks, starting in the capital city, Accra, before making my way to Cape Coast, Elmina, Kumasi, Mole National Park, and finally ...

Well, 2024 was quite a year for five-star hotels. Take London, which was a clear hotspot (and will continue to be, for some time): Mandarin Oriental opened its second spot in the capital ...

Ghana’s newly sworn-in president, John Dramani Mahama, has announced his key cabinet appointments, naming Cassiel Ato Forson as Finance Minister, John Abdulai Jinapor as Energy Minister, and ...