A US court denies bail to former Ghana Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, leaving him in ICE detention in Virginia as he contests deportation and a reported extradition request from Ghana over alleged offences during his tenure.
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Finance Minister Cassiel Ato Forson orders a sweeping investigation after an alleged GHS 85 million transit diversion scheme involving 18 trucks was uncovered at the Aflao border, exposing systemic weaknesses within the Ghana Revenue Authority’s Customs Division.
A new evidence dossier by the African Digital Democracy Observatory reveals how Africans are being deceptively recruited into Russia’s war in Ukraine, exposing rising casualties, missing persons, and growing concerns from Kenya and Nigeria over covert mobilisation networks.
Ghana launches an ambitious plan to generate US$12 billion annually from six tree crops by 2030, banning raw cashew, shea and rubber exports while targeting 50–60% local processing, US$500 million in oil palm investment, and 250,000 new jobs under its agro-industrialisation drive.
An investigative report into COCOBOD’s financial crisis, examining how GH¢23 billion cocoa road contracts awarded in 2023/2024, as revealed by Roads Minister Governs Kwame Agbodza, deepened debt concerns and reshaped Ghana’s cocoa sector governance.
Dr. (Med) Paa Kwesi Baidoo, CEO of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), and family announce the funeral rites of their late mother, Madam Grace Baffoe (Abena Grace), aged 67, to be held in Nkoranza, Bono East Region, on February 28 and March 1, 2026.
Following the killing of Ghanaian traders in a terrorist attack in Burkina Faso, Mahamudu Bawumia has called for strengthening Ghana’s counter-extremism framework and deepening regional intelligence collaboration. This investigative report examines cross-border security risks, Sahel insurgency spillover, and the vulnerability of vital Ghana–Burkina Faso trade routes.
When the rains stop trusting the sky, a farmer in northern Ghana reads the wind, the radio, and the satellite. This is the human face of climate adaptation.
Ghana’s government will absorb $150 million in losses after cutting cocoa farmgate prices by 28%, directing COCOBOD to immediately pay farmers for 50,000 metric tonnes already supplied, raising fiscal and sector reform concerns.
President John Dramani Mahama announces Ghana’s plan to ratify the AU Convention on Ending Violence Against Women and Girls in 2026, highlighting economic costs of gender-based violence, the Affirmative Action Gender Equity Act, and new budget allocations for women’s empowerment.