Africa hemorrhages a staggering $580 billion each year due to corruption and illicit capital flight, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has revealed. This bleeding of resources is eroding economic stability, hampering infrastructure development, and exacerbating a mounting debt crisis—an alarm sounded by AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina in a recent Bloomberg interview.
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The Government of Ghana has inaugurated a $3.5 million state-of-the-art fertiliser manufacturing plant built by Invess Agriculture Ghana Ltd, a move expected to transform the country’s agriculture sector and strengthen food security.
Ghana’s battle against galamsey has reached a turning point, with the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources signaling that Legislative Instrument (LI) 2462 could soon be repealed as part of sweeping measures to confront the nation’s illegal mining crisis.
The African Union (AU) has recently thrown its full support behind the “Correct The Map” campaign, demanding an end to the widespread use of the Mercator projection by governments and international organizations. In its place, the AU—and a growing chorus of cartographers, educators, and activists—are championing the Equal Earth projection, a modern, equal-area map that reflects Africa’s real scale.
The Nsawam Medium Security Prisons in the Eastern Region is once again engulfed in uncertainty as two of its officers have mysteriously gone missing under separate circumstances.
In a devastating turn of events, Ghana’s Minister for Defence, Dr. Edward Omane Boamah, has died in a military helicopter crash that occurred Wednesday morning, August 6, 2025, in the Ashanti Regio
A Ghana Air Force helicopter carrying eight people—including senior government officials—has reportedly crashed near Adansi Sikaman in the Adansi North District of the Ashanti Region. All those on board are feared dead.
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged African leaders to establish a dedicated Africa Health Fund aimed at financing critical health infrastructure and emergency response systems without overreliance on foreign aid.
President John Dramani Mahama has assured Nigerian nationals and the government of Nigeria that there will be no mass deportations of Nigerians from Ghana, describing recent fears as “a storm in a teacup.”
The Human Rights Division of the High Court in Accra has rejected a judicial review application filed by suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, describing it as an abuse of the court process and asserting that the court lacked the jurisdiction to entertain the matter