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Livestream funerals and online services: Ghana's churches adapt to Covid | Africanews

The Covid-19 pandemic is forcing many Christian Ghanaians to change their religious practices, with churches turning to online services and donations, and live streaming funerals. More than 70 percent of the West African country's 30 million people are Christian, mainly Pentecostals or Evangelists

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