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  2. Galamsey - Wikipedia

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    Galamsey in Ghana. Galamsey refers to illegal small-scale gold mining in Ghana. [1] The term is derived from the English phrase "gather them and sell". [2] Historically, galamsey referred to traditional small-scale mining practices in Ghana, where local communities would gather and search for gold in rivers and streams.

  3. Crime in Ghana - Wikipedia

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    Ghana is a country of origin, transit, and destination for women and children subjected to trafficking in persons, specifically forced labor and forced prostitution. [2] The nonconsensual exploitation of Ghanaian citizens, particularly children , is more common than the trafficking of foreign migrants . [ 2 ]

  4. Founders' Day (Ghana) - Wikipedia

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    The "Founders' Day" is also a day on which the Ghanaians take the opportunity to reflect the sacrifices of their fore-bearers who fought for Ghana's independence. [30] There are a number of celebratory activities during the day including talks, discussions, public lectures, etc. about the country's past, present and future.

  5. Paga Crocodile Pond - Wikipedia

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    Paga Crocodile Pond is a sacred pond in Paga in the Upper East Region of Ghana, which is inhabited by West African crocodiles. Due to the friendliness of the reptiles, it has become popular among tourists and the pond is now reliant on tourism to ensure the population of crocodiles remain fed and healthy. It is also known as Chief's pond. [1]

  6. Robert Young Pelton - Wikipedia

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    The World's Most Dangerous Places. Pelton's first major writing project was his self-published guide to conflict, The World's Most Dangerous Places. [39] The New York Times [40] described it as "One of the oddest and most fascinating travel books to appear in a long time". CNN called the book a "compendium of the world's frightful places." [41]

  7. List of newspapers in Ghana - Wikipedia

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    news from Ghana and Africa, politics, entertainment, world, health, business and sports Today Newspaper: North Ridge, Accra 2007 Ghana Sports Publications Limited w.todaygh.com: private Free Press: private The Gazette Newspaper: weekly newspaper The Ghanaian Chronicle [3] Accra 1996 [4] privately owned daily Ghanaian Times: state-owned daily

  8. List of causes of death by rate - Wikipedia

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    Health policy and health systems can have impacts on deaths and thereby may also be a factor of deaths, also including for example education policy (e.g. health illiteracy), climate policy (e.g. future water scarcity impacts) and transportation policy (e.g. motor vehicle accidents, pollution and physical activity), [citation needed] as well as ...

  9. Extreme tourism - Wikipedia

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    Bungee jumping off the Victoria Falls Bridge in Zambia/Zimbabwe Everest base camp is a popular destination for extreme tourism.. Extreme tourism, also often referred to as danger tourism or shock tourism (although these concepts do not appear strictly similar) is a niche in the tourism industry involving travel to dangerous places (mountains, jungles, deserts, caves, canyons, etc.) or ...