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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › West_AfricaWest Africa - Wikipedia

    2 days ago · West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo, as well as Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da ...

    • 5,112,903 km² (1,974,103 sq mi) (7th)
    • 418,544,337 (2021 est.) (3rd), 381,981,000 (female: 189,672,000; male: 192,309,000 (2017 est.)
  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › AccraAccra - Wikipedia

    2 days ago · Accra ( / əˈkrɑː /; Ga: Ga or Gaga; Twi: Nkran; Ewe: Gɛ; Dagbani: Ankara) is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. [2] [3] As of 2021 census, the Accra Metropolitan District, 20.4 km 2 (7.9 sq mi), had a population of 284,124 inhabitants, and the ...

    • 61 m (200 ft)
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  3. 3 days ago · In the 1990s when civil wars wracked West Africa, Ghana was an oasis in a sea of chaos and led the processes for restoring peace to the region. At the comparative level, the findings and lessons point to the limits of constitutional rule in the ways in which this can thwart, stall, and complicate sorely needed social and economic engineering.

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › AfricaAfrica - Wikipedia

    3 days ago · Africa. Africa is the world's second largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km 2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth 's land area and 6% of its total surface area. [7] With 1.4 billion people [1] [2] as of 2021, it accounts for about 18% of the world's human ...

    • 30,370,000 km² (11,730,000 sq mi) (2nd)
    • 1,393,676,444 (2021; 2nd)
  5. 5 days ago · The Ghana Empire was a medieval West African state that flourished between the 8th and 13th centuries. It was located in present-day southeastern Mauritania and western Mali. Contrary to its name, it was not related to modern Ghana but derived from the Soninke word “Ghana,” meaning “warrior king.”.

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  7. 2 days ago · Tribes of Africa: Ghana’s Rich History. Ghana, a country located in West Africa, is renowned for the diversity and richness of its many tribes. These tribes have played a significant role in shaping the socio-cultural fabric of the region over centuries.

  8. 5 days ago · There is a multitude of security arrangements in West Africa (Nouakchott Process, Gulf of Guinea Commission, Mano River Union, Liptako-Gourma Authority, G5 Sahel, Accra Initiative), even though organizations whose mission is specifically oriented towards economic integration also deal, by force of circumstance, with security issues (ECOWAS, Council of African Unity).

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