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Cocoa pods hang from a tree on a farm outside of Kumasi, Ghana, on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008.

Cocoa Trees in West Africa Are Being Ravaged By a Disease With No Known Cure

A devastating outbreak in Ghana is renewing urgency to find a solution

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Google Doodle Honors Entrepreneur Esther Afua Ocloo, a Pioneer of Microlending

Esther Afua Ocloo established a microfinance nonprofit that provided loans ...

Esther Afua Ocloo established a microfinance nonprofit that provided loans to millions of poor women, to help start their own businesses

The exterior of the fake embassy in Accra, Ghana.

Ghana Shut Down a Bogus U.S. Embassy

It was housed in a two-story pink building with an American flag flying out...

It was housed in a two-story pink building with an American flag flying outside

A statue of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi in Accra, Ghana on Sept. 22, 2016. Professors at a university in Ghana's capital are campaigning for the removal of a new statue of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi.

Ghana Will Remove 'Racist' Gandhi Statue From Its Oldest University

Critics accused Gandhi of being racist toward black Africans

A statue of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi at the University of Ghana.

Protesters at the University of Ghana Want a 'Racist' Gandhi Statue Removed

Critics accuse him of advocating for the superiority of Indians over Africa...

Critics accuse him of advocating for the superiority of Indians over Africans

Here's Where You're Going to Find the Best Schools in the World

Schools in Asia outperform those everywhere else

NA/COAL - Through the early morning fog, a mountaintop removal drag line (a crane with huge scoop for removing coal) several stories high can be seen from Highway 17 near Blair, West Virginia. There is much mountaintop removal for coal going on in the area. Original Filename: mine1bw.jpg (Photo by Michael Williamson/The Washington Post/Getty Images)

Five Best Ideas of the Day: April 8

1. Mountaintop removal coal mining has made the air and water in Appalachia...

1. Mountaintop removal coal mining has made the air and water in Appalachia carcinogenic. By Jeff Biggers in Al Jazeera America 2. Police officers are far more likely to commit intimate partner violence. By Leigh...