it's accra, capitol of the west african country of ghana.alls itself one of the most religious places on earth. pentecostal, mormon, methodist, there's a church on every corner and indeed, there may be. ghana has 700 christian sects and 71,000 individual congregations. since religion often links guilt and shame with sex and the female body, i'm wondering how love and relationships can function here. what are the sexual habits of people who identify as one of the most christian countries in the most christian countries in the world? >> so many people think that one of the causes of divorce is only adultery, it's not true. selfishness. greed, if you are selfish, don't marry. marriage is never about you. if you marry the woman because she is very slim, and she is very wonderfully made, and if you are motive and reason for marrying a woman is because she looks a particular way, when she start making babies and changing, the reason for the marriage is over. >> moesha is an actress and model who gained a huge following on social media by flaunting

nato. —— russia was hacking accra one's daughter.ng timing. nato. —— russia was hacking accra one's daughter. adjusting timingm goes on a number of questions, one is windy we find this information out. were we monitoring the safety of the skripal family adequately? if it is new information that has come to light, why had to come to light now? it is clear that we have been struggling in the propaganda war with russia on this one. that they are much more adaptive, kind of muddying the waters sewing this information. and we are almost playing catch with this. even as putting aside the syria question, well, i think they are strictly linked, but theresa may started off well on skripal, came out and blamed russians and then found herself slightly on the back foot probably because of the head of porton downs saying in a hazard the word interview... well, he couldn't say who it was. but the way he frees his may be as clear as it should have been. borisjohnson, may be as clear as it should have been. boris johnson, kind may be as clear as it

reporter: one of the students, mary, comes from bucum, a poor neighborhood in the ghanaian capital accra. her parents were unemployed, and unable to take care of her. to prevent the girls from entering prostitution, and the boys from living on the street, harriet brought them to the orphanage. for a long time, harriet kept silent about her sacrifices. she just wanted the children to get on in life and contribute to their country's development. harriet: if they are studying in industrial countries and they stay there, who cares about them? but when they take it to where they really need them, that it where they can really have a great impact on the society from where they are coming from. james: my primary aim is to go back to ghana, improve the conditions, assist somebody, help somebody. everybody is complaining, everybody is talking about the system, so if you have the oppoportunity, i think i shouldt be selfish about it. i've got education, i've got knowledge, i have something to do with my hand. so i go back home. i have a couple of businesses in my mind already. yeah, i want to becom

by kristy leissle, who is on the faculty at the university of washington, and is currently based in accra, ghana. she recently spoke with newshour weekend's megan thompson. >> reporr: who are these cocoa bean growers? what conditions do they live in? >> yeah, they're all-- 90%, 95% are small holder farmers, which means they o very little, small plots of land, and they grow a tiny fraction, each of th, of the total crop, whi is over four million metric tons. so, each one of those coco farmers grows just a little bit of that. they live in really challenging conditions the infrastructure that we enjoy here is not present in the areas where cocoa farmers live. so things like paved roads and running water and electricity, usually they don't enjoy those things.ry so it's a hallenging life. >> reporter: what kind of income are these growers earning? >> it's hard to give you an chaverage because there's range in how much farmers can grow. some of the work that i've done has found between $2 and $3 a day, if you average it over time. it's also a little bit t misleadisay $2 or $3 a day, because eac

base to the united states of america but a statement comes after mass protests in ghana's capital accra against the military deal with the us the demonstrators were worried such an agreement would give washington too much influence over the country's sovereignty artie's ecostar of looks at how the u.s. and other nations have been trying to gain a stronger foothold in the continent. is wooing africa boasting about the strong historical bond a family tree washington's key argument is seven thousand strong. scattered all across the continent the impression this mob makes is an ambiguous africa is no one's playpen but america's this impression is wrong though in fact many african nations prefer relations not secured by the u.s. dollar and ghana is the latest country on the u.s. troublemaker list and for washington it couldn't have come at a worse time the pentagon understands hearts and minds are there for the taking external actors may diminish u.s. influence by undermining our development and diplomatic efforts in africa nonetheless as the strategic environment becomes more crowded and co

particularly in the growing markets of africa and in latin america, imagine if you are sitting in accraaica or georgetown guyana, it is not a good look, is it? this is not a country that you think will treat you seriously if actually, having spent 60, 70 years with people here who have paid their taxes and thought themselves as british and now suddenly they are being shown the door. that is not the way to begin this new era and these new friendships. trevor phillips talking to norman smith earlier. in a moment, a summary of the business news this hour, but first the headlines on bbc news: dignitaries from around the globe have gathered in london for the commonwealth heads of government meeting. the government is to propose a ban on plastic drinking straws and cotton buds in an effort to cut the billions of items that are thrown away each year. a former head of the civil service calls for an investigation into the destruction of thousands of documents which could have helped commonwealth citizens prove their right to stay in the uk. good afternoon. i'm jamie good afternoon. i'mjamie robi

in accra or you're sitting in kingston jamaica or georgetown guyana, it's not a good look, is it?ir taxes, who'd have thought themselves to be british and now suddenly they are being shown the door. that is not the way to begin this new era and these new friendships. trevor phillips, thank you very much indeed. i should tell you that michael gove also in that interview stressed that there will be no repeat of the winter saga for those 3 million also eu migrants living in the uk who will have to have their records processed after brexit and have to prove they have lived in the ukfor have to prove they have lived in the uk forfive have to prove they have lived in the uk for five years. norman, thank you very much. norman smith at westminster. in a moment, a summary smith at westminster. in a moment, a summary of the business news. first, the headlines bbc newsroom live. dignitaries from around the globe have gathered in london for the commonwealth heads of government meeting. the government is to propose a ban on plastic drinking staws and cotton buds in an effort to cut the billion

the problem of course is that there is very different understandings about what accra one means.ndamental problem. we do know that. donald trump is all too aware that. donald trump is all too aware that his view of denuclearisation is very different to that of north korea. given that, these words were used and a commitment was made albeit one that has been made before. do you think that there was a difference to what we have seen today than previous commitments and previous agreements was not yes, there is. i think that was exactly there is. i think that was exactly the point of today's meeting. i do think that what both korean leaders we re think that what both korean leaders were trying to do today was to show that the one thing that they agree on is that absolutely but cannot occui’ on is that absolutely but cannot occur his war on the korean peninsula. that is really what president moon was trying to show. that fundamentally, war and military conflict cannot occur. and that is the one thing that both korean leaders and all the korean people agree on. and that is what presiden

parts of africa plenty of showers showing up here and we'll likely see one or two showers affecting accra in ghana. the way sponsored by. where they're online. and in yemen that. number. or if you join us on sat. this is a dialogue i want to get in one more comment because this is someone who. joined the global conversation at this time on al-jazeera. it's good to have you with us on al-jazeera these are our top stories russia us accusations of attempts to delay international inspectors get into the site of a suspected chemical attack in syria the table still waiting for access to the area and. after a viable. hundred members of. the government and. the moon have agreed to lay down their weapons and in other news south african president has cut short his trip to the u.k. to deal with the violent protests at home demonstrators a northwest province are demanding the resignation of the regional leader they accuse of corruption. the u.n. says more than a hundred thousand people have fled to a province in the democratic republic of congo this year their villages have been at the center of an e

sort of an international process not a russian process restarts in geneva and that must suppose i'm accra wants to be the mediator for that and for that to happen of course he expects the american president to act in certain ways first of all not to expand the bargeman to beyond chemical weapons and to stay the course in syria so that america would have some leverage moving forward because let's remember while there was correct to say that most of the people in syria. on that no regime control but most of the resources of syria on their american control there are almost in the north and the east not in the worst all right thank you for now our senior political analyst marwan bashara and so as we were just discussing that france is saying that must join a push for a political solution in syria and and what is his first public interview since the military strikes took place president emanuel has accused but idea of pollution of being complicit in the suspected chemical attacks strong words there our correspondent joins us live from paris and so we hear emmanuel very keen to reiterate his co

protests in accra walk over despite the president scrapping reforms that sparked the end rest. and then sport england star footballer of the year is setting his sights on team success and europe and he will have that story. france's president mandela micron is on his first official visit to the united states has been trying for us for his close relationship i think as president and iran says he'll use the visit to try to persuade donald trump to stick with the two thousand and fifteen nuclear deal with the ron allen fisher has more. fuel for getting going to work as a politician and a statesman emanuel mccrum decided to be taking the opportunity of a sunny spring day in washington to walk to the lincoln memorial the french president arrived a few hours earlier with a warm greeting but a clear agenda we will need you to discuss a lot of bilateral issues and to discuss about her security about trade and a lot of milk you know generally issues very important for all countries and beyond our two countries are the white house he was welcomed for the first official state visit of the