Ghana’s former First Lady Theresa Kufuor dies at 87
Theresa Kufuor, the former First Lady of Ghana, has died at the age of 87. “Her warmth, kindness and grace were exceptional,” said the country’s current president in an announcement…
Theresa Kufuor, the former First Lady of Ghana, has died at the age of 87. “Her warmth, kindness and grace were exceptional,” said the country’s current president in an announcement…
A historic mosque in Bole, a town in north-west Ghana, has partially collapsed following heavy rains. The mud roof of the Bole Mosque crumbled after years of neglect and termite…
Kwaku Boakye Gyamfi, a young Ghanaian, became one of Ghana’s youngest doctors at the age of 22. Born in 2001, he began his primary education at the age of five…
Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo has demanded the payment of reparations to African nations for the historical injustices of the transatlantic slave trade. Speaking at the UN General Assembly on Wednesday,…
More than 50 protesters have been arrested in Ghana for defying a police order not to demonstrate in the capital, Accra. A group calling itself the Democracy Hub was embarking…
Police in Ghana have confirmed that five people are being charged in connection with organising a rally last month in support of the Russian mercenary group Wagner. The small gathering…
Ghana, Angola and Tanzania has qualified for January’s African Cup of Nations finals when they finished in the top two of their respective groups on Thursday, leaving only six more…
Opposition lawmakers in Ghana have expressed concern over the Ecowas plans to potentially launch military action in Niger as part of efforts to restore constitutional order in the country. The…
The sanctions imposed on Niger by the regional bloc Ecowas since last month’s coup are intended to put pressure on the junta there. But they may have an impact…
The Ghana Immigration Service has suspended 27 employees for allegedly committing several offences including running fake recruitment drives and visa fraud. Three senior officers and 24 junior officers have been…
Ghana’s former Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources Cecilia Dapaah has been arrested by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) after the reported theft of $1m (£780,000) cash…
Ghana’s Central Bank has increased key interest rates 30% to curb the country’s soaring inflation. This is a 0.5% increase. The hike was announced on Monday at the end of…
Ghana’s Supreme Court has dismissed an application to stop parliament from considering a controversial anti-LGBT bill. In a unanimous decision on Wednesday, the court said that the applicant, an…
News that Ghana’s parliament has passed a controversial law allowing the industrial cultivation of cannabis for medicinal purposes has been generally welcomed. The recreational use of marijuana remains illegal. The…
Parliament in Ghana has backed a proposed amendment to an anti-gay bill that would make identifying as LGBT punishable by a three-year prison sentence. People who campaign for LGBT rights…
Some Ghanaians will be without regular electricity for over a week, if an independent power consortium follows through on threats it has made. Intermittent outages will begin from Saturday and…
Mr Abraham Koomson, Secretary General, Ghana Federation of Labour (GFL), has called for improvement in the service conditions of workers to curb corruption. He said better service conditions and improved…
Ghana will intensify interventions that were successful in the past to achieve the target of malaria elimination, a health official has said. Mildred Komey, the focal person for Malaria in…
Fitch Solutions has predicted that the Ghana cedi will end 2023 at a rate of ¢12.40 to one US dollar, which is a significant improvement from the 38% depreciation recorded…
The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) Tema Regional Command, has joined the rest of the world in marking 2023 International Firefighters Day in memory of their fallen heroes. The event,…