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Online News and The Internet

• Accra Mail, The. (Online) -- Accra, Ghana: Accra Mail Online, 1998--
  A daily online newspaper from Ghana with brief reports under a variety of news topics; no back issues available.
  
  
• African Cup of Nations 2008 from "GhanaHomePage"
  
  
• All Africa.Com's Recent News Summaries on Ghana (AllAfrica Global Media, Washington, DC)
  News summaries in English based on reports from Ghanaian and other West African newspapers, the United Nations, and other sources. Warning: news articles older than 30 days are accessible only via subscription.
  
  
• America.gov: US President Barack Obama in Ghana, July 10-11, 2009 (Washington, DC)
  
  
• BBC News Country Profile on Ghana (2009) (British Broadcasting Corporation, London, UK)
  
  
• Business guide. (Online) -- Accra, Ghana: Western Publications, 2009-
  The online version of a Ghanaian business newspaper, with an archive of articles since June 2009.
  
  
• Daily Guide (Western Publications, Accra, Ghana)
  A Ghana news web site, begun in 2005 ; with new stories and features for the last month only.
  
  
• Elections 2008 in Ghana ; plus archive on 2004 and 2000 elections
  • African Studies Centre, Leiden University: "Ghana Elections 2008" Web Dossier
    -- Leiden, The Netherlands: African Studies Centre and Leiden University Library, Documentation and Information Department, 2008.
    
  • Electoral Commission of Ghana (Accra)
    
  • Ghana Elections 2008: news and information in detail (ThinkGhana, Accra)
    
  • Ghana HomePage on Presidential and Parliamentary Elections, December 7, 2008 (Francis Kojo Awuku Akoto, Finland; Rob Bellaart, GhanaWeb.Com, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
    -- Presidential candidates 2008
    -- 2008 Political Parties
    
  • ModernGhana.Com -- "Ghana Decides 2008" (Modern Ghana Media Communications, Ltd., Accra)
    News, electoral results, and links to political party and candidates' web sites
  • Ghana HomePage on the Presidential and Parliamentary Elections 2004 (Francis Kojo Awuku Akoto, Finland; Rob Bellaart, GhanaWeb.Com, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
  • "Profile: Ghana's 'gentle giant'" (Dec. 10, 2004) and links to "Ghana election diary" and related stories (British Broadcasting Corporation, UK)
  • BBC News on "Rawlings: The legacy" (December 2000) (British Broadcasting Corporation, UK)
  
  
• Ghana Business News (Legon, Accra, Ghana)
  A business and general news portal site for Ghana, with an archive of news stories since December 2008.
  
  
• GhanaHomePage's Current News and News Archive (Francis Kojo Awuku Akoto, Finland; Rob Bellaart, GhanaWeb.Com, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
  
  
• Ghanaian chronicle, The. (Online) -- Accra: The Chronicle, 1996-.
  Current electronic issue of the daily newspaper from Ghana and selected articles from the current week.
  
  
• Ghanaian journal, The. (Online) -- Accra, Ghana: SMS Ltd., 2006-
  A daily electronic newspaper, with news stories since August 2007.
  
  
• Ghana Review International (Online) -- U.K.: Ghana Review Ltd., 1996-.
  A news service on Ghanaian affairs, with an archive of news from the past three weeks, special reports on Parliament and other aspects of Ghanaian politics; plus, international news.
  
  
• Ghana Sports News (F. K. Akoto, Ghanaweb.Com)
  
  
• Graphic Ghana Daily graphic. (Online) -- Accra, Ghana: Graphic Communications Group Ltd., 2004-
  The online edition of the Daily Graphic newspaper, with Graphic Sports and The Mirror (society news). Current news only ; no archive.
  
  
• The Internet in Ghana (See below)
  
  
• Media Foundation for West Africa (Legon, Accra, Ghana)
  This site --in English or in French-- features current news and alerts on press freedom issues in the region. "The MFWA seeks to advance the development of free mass media and of a culture of free expression using advocacy strategies, networking and collaboration..."
  
  
• ModernGhana.Com: Ghana Resource Center (Modern Ghana Media Communications Ltd., Accra, Ghana)
  News, commentary, and Ghana-related web links.
  
  
• Public agenda. (Online) -- Accra, Ghana: Integrated Social Development Centre--ISODEC, via GhanaWeb.Com, 2002-
  Published twice per week, this online newspaper focuses especially on development issues and politics in Ghana. The site features selected back issue articles since 2002.
  
  
• Statesman, The. (Online) -- Accra, Ghana: The Statesman, 2006-
  The newspaper was originally founded in 1949. Since 2006, it has been published as a daily. The website offers the electronic version of the current and recent news, plus an archive of selected past articles since January 2007.
  
  
• VibeFM.Com (Accra, Ghana)
  The web site for a contemporary music and news radio station.
  
  
• Joy Online (JoyFM.Com, Accra, Ghana)
  The 24-hour online news and cultural broadcast service from Ghana. RealPlayer is required to hear live broadcast.
  
  

Ghana and The Internet

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• GINKS -- Ghana Information Network for Knowledge Sharing (Accra, Ghana?)
  • A website with ICT news and discussion fora. "GINKS was born [in 2003] out of a collaboration between the International Institute for Communication (IICD) and its local partners in Ghana, with the aim of streamlining all the disjointed ICT projects, initiatives and programs in Ghana, in a way that provides solutions to challenges and problems."
  
  
• Internet Society--Ghana Chapter (Accra, Ghana)
  "...established in February 1996...to inform the private and public community of Internet users, on recent developments in Internet technologies and their impact on today's global society."
  
  
• National Information and Communications Infrastructure for Sustainable Development in Africa: Ghana, 1999 (United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
  General background, Internet connectivity data, and project information.
  
  
• Network Computer Systems (Accra, Ghana)
  This site offers information on internet services and useful links to Ghana-related web sites.
  
  
• Telephone and Communications in Ghana (Francis Kojo Awuku Akoto, Finland; Rob Bellaart, GhanaWeb.Com)
  This web page offers very brief statistics and related links. See also, the Ghana Home Page
  
  
• West Africa Internet Governance Forum (WAIGF), October 14-16, 2009, Accra, Ghana
  A workshop sponsored by AfriNIC--Regional Registry for Internet Number Resources for Africa (Port Louis, Mauritius)