Ghana (Torched Continent of Africa)

Ghana (/ˈɡɑːnə/), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean. Ghana is bordered by the Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, Togo in the east, and the Gulf of Guinea in the south. Ghana means "warrior king" in the Soninke language, a Mande language spoken by the Soninke of Africa.

The first permanent settlement in Ghana dates back to the eleventh century in the form of the Bono State, a trading state established by the people of Bono. Ghana is noteworthy for being incorporated into a variety of kingdoms and empires over history, the most influential being the Kingdom of Dagbon in northern Ghana and the Ashanti Empire in the entirety of modern-day Ghana. The country has been disputed for centuries due to its high potential in trading and mineral extraction, with the first disputes occurring within the Portugese Empire and several other great European powers in the fifteenth century, though the British eventually gained control over it. Native resistance led to the establishment of four separate British colonial territories, including the crown colony of the Gold Coast, Ashanti, the "Northern Territories of the Gold Coast", and the British Togoland. These four crown colonies were unified as a dominion into modern-day Ghana and admitted into the Commonwealth of Nations after their independence in 1957.

Ghana has a total population of approximately 30 million registered citizens. These citizens span a variety of ethnic personalities including Christian, Muslim, and a minority of traditional believers. The diversity of Ghana's geography has led the nation into varying biomes, including coastal savannahs and tropical rain forests.

Ghana is a unitary constitutional democracy led by a president who serves as the head of state and the head of government. Ghana is an official member of the African Union and the African Security Council. They are an active participant in the African Games and will apply to become an official member of the Continental Health Committee upon its establishment.