"Ghana has adopted a new peace plan dubbed National Architecture for Peace" to foster "respect for the rule of law, transparency, accountability and free and fair elections", which have been achieved for the past seven years and lead to a durable internal peace.
A new kind of bicycle, lightweight and sturdy, made from the abundant bamboo in the forests of Ghana is making life easier for farmers and villagers who cannot afford cars and trucks.
Ghana is on track to be the first country in Africa to achieve Millennium Development Goal for halving poverty and hunger by 2015. Between 1990 and 2004, Ghana outperformed all other countries worldwide, reducing hunger by 75 percent.
Imagine trying to get a healthy family meal on the table after spending a long day at the hospital with a sick child.
A new group in Helsinki, Finland encourages taxpayers to focus on the good provided by public services, rather than dwelling on negative thoughts about income tax.
Eating cheese boosts the immune system of older people, according to a new study by scientists in Finland. Researchers found that cheese can act as a carrier for probiotic bacteria, widely regarded as beneficial to immune health.
Helsinki, Finland is pioneering a huge cooling system that will use cold water from its lakes instead of electricity-powered air conditioning.
"Sunni and Shiite leaders from Iraq met in Finland on Friday to study past peace processes to see if lessons can be learned to end Iraq's inter-communal violence, Finnish officials said."
Gashaw Tahir, an American citizen, traveled back to his birth country of Ethiopia to find the green hills that surrounded his home eroded and stripped bare from deforestation. So he decided to do something extraordinary: Plant one million trees for Ethiopia
Britain said on Thursday it will give Ethiopia 133 million pounds (2.5 billion birr) this year to help the Horn of Africa country try to achieve the U.N. Millennium Development Goals, sending 1 million children to school and buying three million mosquito nets.
Using improved seeds, farmers in Ethiopia have more than tripled harvests and improved living standards.
Superstar couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have donated two million dollars to help children affected by AIDS and tuberculosis in Ethiopia, announced the nonprofit group Global Health Committee (GHC) announced Monday.