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It is an oasis that maintains biodiversity in culture and religious based knowledge system. Mike Anane writes, "It is gratifying that in Ghana today, some NGOs and scholars are recognizing the importance of various traditional religious beliefs or culture-based knowledge systems in addressing alarming problems of environment and development ...
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 ]
Cannabis in Ghana is illegal without license from the Minister of Health, [1] but the nation is, along with Nigeria, among the top illicit cannabis-producing countries of West Africa. [2] Cannabis in Ghana is known as weed [ 3 ] or devil's tobacco ( obonsam tawa ).
Ghana was first exposed to cannabis through Ghanaian soldiers who came in contact with the substance in South Asia during World War II. [6] Cultivation and consumption consequently spread quickly through larger cities such as Accra. Ghana is now the second largest West African producer of cannabis. [6]
The following 50 cities have the highest homicide rates in the world of all cities not at war, with a population of at least 300,000 people. [1] This is based on 2022 data from El Consejo Ciudadano para la Seguridad Pública y la Justicia Penal (The Citizen Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice), an advocacy group from Mexico City. [2]
However, less than 35 percent of low- and middle-income countries have policies in place to protect these road users. [3] The average rate was 17.4 per 100,000 people. Low-income countries now have the highest annual road traffic fatality rates, at 24.1 per 100,000, while the rate in high-income countries is lowest, at 9.2 per 100,000.
The World Economic Forum statistics in 2010 showed that out of the world's favourite tourist destinations, Ghana was ranked 108th out of 139 countries. [183] The country had moved two places up from the 2009 rankings. In 2011, Forbes magazine published that Ghana was ranked the 11th most friendly country in the world. The assertion was based on ...
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 ...