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8 00 N, 2 00 W
Regional Information

Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Cote d'Ivoire and Togo

Capital City

Accra
Regional Relationships

Ghana struggles to accommodate returning nationals who worked in the cocoa plantations and escaped fighting in Cote d'Ivoire
Environmental: Goals/Challenges/Agreements

Challenges

Recurrent drought in north severely affects agricultural activities; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; poaching and habitat destruction threatens wildlife populations; water pollution; inadequate supplies of potable water

International Agreements

Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Marine Life Conservation
Humanitarian Projects
Native Languages

English (official), African languages (including Akan, Moshi-Dagomba, Ewe, and Ga)
Climate

Tropical; warm and comparatively dry along southeast coast; hot and humid in southwest; hot and dry in north