Ghana

The world within Vanessa Williams

2013-04-27 00:00:00

Most of us are curious about our family lineage. For Vanessa Williams, who recently took part in the show "Who Do You Think You Are" and explored her family's history, the task was both surprising and informative. Here, she talks about what she learned...

Projects Abroad gives teens a chance to lend a hand

2013-04-17 06:30:00

From childcare to medical internships, Projects Abroad offers high school students an opportunity to travel and help nurture a community in another country. This year about 1,000 students from around the world will volunteer through Projects Abroad's...

Man convicted of embezzling $100,000 from O.C. Girl Scouts

2013-01-31 19:53:54

Argentina is cautionary tale as U.S. debates debt limit

2013-01-15 16:20:00

You know all those warnings about how America's addiction to deficit spending is going to make us look like Greece? Stop worrying. The bigger concern should be that America will look like Argentina. That could happen, theoretically, if the...

Meat cutters of Kabul hack at carcasses and praise Obama

2012-11-07 10:24:30

Dozens trapped in Ghana shopping center collapse

2012-11-07 09:53:47

John Atta Mills dies at 68; president of Ghana

2012-07-25 00:00:00

JOHANNESBURG — Ghanaian President John Atta Mills, who vowed that the nation's oil reserves would be used for the good of the people, died Tuesday shortly after becoming ill, officials said. Mills, who turned 68 on Saturday, had planned to run...

Ghanaian President John Atta Mills dies suddenly at 68

2012-07-24 12:23:06

Irvine couple detained in Ghana after adopting children

2012-06-27 04:35:34

Liberia's Leymah Gbowee: The power of the powerless

2011-10-09 00:00:00

Friday morning, Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee — along with her country's president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, and Yemeni activist Tawakul Karman — was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. A decade ago, this moment would have seemed unthinkable....

Graduate Study Abroad

2011-08-12 19:18:59

Evelyn Robertson was consulting in Canada and the Caribbean for Xerox when she decided to enroll in Pepperdine University’s Organization Change Program at the Graduate School of Education and Psychology to broaden her career internationally. The...

Climate change could shrink chocolate production: report

2011-10-12 16:34:32

From left, Sue Fahey, Dave Ruff and Dan Greenwald cycle during the Suffer for a Cause fundraiser. Erin Ruff founded the Kisseman Children's Foundation after spending a summer abroad at the University of Ghana.

2012-12-26 17:30:00

Peace Corps volunteers Jordan and Sarah Wein talk to a group at Bethlehem Lutheran Church about Ghana on Wednesday night. American News Photo by John Davis

2012-12-22 20:34:00

Ghana national football team players take part in a training session, in Bata, a day ahead of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations semi-final football match between Zambia and Ghana.

2012-02-07 00:00:00