Ghana's Covid-19 restrictions hit traders
Ghana Traders Union says informal traders operating along the country's borders have been severely hit by Covid-19 restrictions that prevent border crossing.
The Resident Presidents explore (more or less honest) ways to access COP26 funds destined to help with the impact of climate change. The United Nations Human Rights Council has ordered an international investigation into abuses carried out during the conflict in Ethiopia. Patricia Kingori becomes the youngest-ever black Oxford professor. Protesters in Tunisia call for a return to democracy as President Saied's absolute nearly-absolute rule protracts into the fifth month. A human rights organisation says that 345 people died in a fire that ripped through a prison in the Burundi capital on 7th December.
(Photo: Two boys sit at the back of a lorry transporting dry rubber in Ghana's Western Region. Credit: CRISTINA ALDEHUELA/AFP via Getty Images)
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