http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/ghana 2008-10-07T16:50:20Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47902-electronic-waste-in-ghana 2008-10-07T16:50:20Z Greenpeace <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pr1zQrXM_7s&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pr1zQrXM_7s&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/47902-electronic-waste-in-ghana"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/57619" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/digital-danger-ghana</p> <p>Ghana is the latest place where we have discovered high tech toxic trash causing horrendous pollution. Our analysis of samples taken from two electronic waste (e-waste) scrap yards in Ghana has revealed severe contamination with hazardous chemicals.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/47902-electronic-waste-in-ghana">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45493-people-power-curse-of-gold-8-jul-08 2008-07-16T04:45:14Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DmQ4uOFJL-E&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DmQ4uOFJL-E&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45493-people-power-curse-of-gold-8-jul-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/52652" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Human adornment is the driving force behind the global demand for gold. However, for the people of Western Ghana, life only gets harder as the soil under their feet gives up its cherished metal.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/45493-people-power-curse-of-gold-8-jul-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/38990-sportsworld-malaysia-s-sailing-hopes-12-may-08-part-2 2008-06-13T09:36:24Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/i328yzoY-fI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/i328yzoY-fI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/38990-sportsworld-malaysia-s-sailing-hopes-12-may-08-part-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/44013" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Plus, boxing the Venda way, Ghana's rugby team and South Korea's archers.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/38990-sportsworld-malaysia-s-sailing-hopes-12-may-08-part-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/38989-sportsworld-malaysia-s-sailing-hopes-12-may-08-part-1 2008-06-13T09:36:24Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GC5wRXvhnYA&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GC5wRXvhnYA&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/38989-sportsworld-malaysia-s-sailing-hopes-12-may-08-part-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/44012" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Plus, boxing the Venda way, Ghana's rugby team and South Korea's archers.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/38989-sportsworld-malaysia-s-sailing-hopes-12-may-08-part-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/38338-sportsworld-boxing-in-bukom-05-may-08-part-2 2008-06-08T03:29:28Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bTT_nY38lZA&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bTT_nY38lZA&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/38338-sportsworld-boxing-in-bukom-05-may-08-part-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/43301" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>We look at boxing in Ghana's slums, and see what the Olympic committee is up to.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/38338-sportsworld-boxing-in-bukom-05-may-08-part-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/38339-sportsworld-boxing-in-bukom-05-may-08-part-1 2008-06-07T09:37:00Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OkPV8OW1oBo&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OkPV8OW1oBo&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/38339-sportsworld-boxing-in-bukom-05-may-08-part-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/43302" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>We look at boxing in Ghana's slums, and see what the Olympic committee is up to.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/38339-sportsworld-boxing-in-bukom-05-may-08-part-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/27721-south-africa-s-africa-cup-of-nations-31-jan-08 2008-06-11T15:33:58Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jFuv2dudl-c&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jFuv2dudl-c&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/27721-south-africa-s-africa-cup-of-nations-31-jan-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/29795" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>South Africa host the Fifa World Cup in two years time, but they have struggled at the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations. Carlos Alberto Parreira, South Africa's Brazilian coach, claims his side are in a rebuilding phase and will be ready in 2010, but Fifa president Sepp Blatter argues that the Bafana Bafana should also have been prepared for the African Cup in Ghana. Andy Richardson reports from Ghana's mystical city of Kumasi.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/27721-south-africa-s-africa-cup-of-nations-31-jan-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/27007-meet-james-essien-28-jan-08 2008-06-10T21:30:54Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tzkunRbhi2A&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tzkunRbhi2A&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/27007-meet-james-essien-28-jan-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/29042" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Andy Richardson speaks with James Essien, father of Ghana's star player Michael Essien, after Ghana's 2-0 win over Morocco in their final 2008 Africa Cup of Nations group stage match in Accra, Ghana.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/27007-meet-james-essien-28-jan-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/26806-acn-ivory-coast-supports-28-jan-08 2008-06-10T21:30:24Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DXZkXupFqEU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DXZkXupFqEU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/26806-acn-ivory-coast-supports-28-jan-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/28824" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Al Jazeera English's Andy Richardson spends a day with Ivory Coast supporters in the Ghanaian coastal town of Sekondi during the group stage of the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/26806-acn-ivory-coast-supports-28-jan-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/25993-african-cup-egy-v-cam-preview-22-jan-08 2008-06-10T09:33:22Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/94uyT2wy-bE&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/94uyT2wy-bE&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/25993-african-cup-egy-v-cam-preview-22-jan-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/28002" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Andrew Richardson reports from the Africa Cup of Nations in Kumasi, Ghana, ahead of the opening clash of Group C between defending champions Egypt and 2002 champions Cameroon.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/25993-african-cup-egy-v-cam-preview-22-jan-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/25545-ghana-s-football-exodus-19-jan-08 2008-06-10T03:32:03Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2fRqL0nNBeQ&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2fRqL0nNBeQ&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/25545-ghana-s-football-exodus-19-jan-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/27564" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The West African country of Ghana is getting ready to stage the 26th African cup of nations.</p> <p>The hosts start their campaign against Guinea on Sunday and most home supporters are already predicting a 5th African title for their team. But what every young player in Ghana really wants is something the vast majority of the current national squad already have - a place at a high profile European club with a wage packet to match. Andy Richardson reports from Ghana.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/25545-ghana-s-football-exodus-19-jan-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/19331-the-pulse-the-fight-to-eradicate-polio-19nov07-ep4-pt-2 2008-06-14T15:29:51Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lm7l2jp_l70&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lm7l2jp_l70&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/19331-the-pulse-the-fight-to-eradicate-polio-19nov07-ep4-pt-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/19004" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>There were just 400 cases in 2001 but by 2006 this had increased to 2000.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/19331-the-pulse-the-fight-to-eradicate-polio-19nov07-ep4-pt-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/19329-the-pulse-the-fight-to-eradicate-polio-19nov07-ep4-pt-1 2008-06-14T15:29:53Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/khVrlHQHFvw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/khVrlHQHFvw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/19329-the-pulse-the-fight-to-eradicate-polio-19nov07-ep4-pt-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/19002" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>There were just 400 cases in 2001 but by 2006 this had increased to 2000.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/19329-the-pulse-the-fight-to-eradicate-polio-19nov07-ep4-pt-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/7899-48-accra-07-july-07-part-2 2008-06-06T09:34:37Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/d-LwKxPwzWM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/d-LwKxPwzWM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/7899-48-accra-07-july-07-part-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/7196" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Amanda Palmer and the 48 crew discover the bustling West African capital of Ghana.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/7899-48-accra-07-july-07-part-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/7898-48-accra-07-july-07-part-1 2008-06-06T09:34:19Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jMc3L3PhNNo&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jMc3L3PhNNo&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/7898-48-accra-07-july-07-part-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/7195" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Amanda Palmer and the 48 crew discover the bustling West African capital of Ghana.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/7898-48-accra-07-july-07-part-1">Watch the video</a>