Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo |Published 3:40 PM ET, Wednesday April 23, 2025| President John Dramani Mahama has suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo amid serious allegations of misconduct, a move that has shocked Ghana’s legal and political spheres. This historic action—unprecedented in Ghana’s democratic journey—has exposed the delicate balance between constitutional ...

|Published 3:25 PM ET, Wednesday April 16, 2025| Accra: In a decisive move toward economic sovereignty and resource nationalism, Ghana has ordered all foreign entities to exit its domestic gold market by April 30, 2025. The directive—part of a broader strategy to reform the country’s lucrative artisanal and small-scale gold ...

Ghana Interior Minister, Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka |Published 3:00 PM ET, Tuesday April 08, 2025| The Ghanaian government has recently announced a policy to deport foreign nationals involved in illegal mining activities, commonly known as “galamsey,” rather than prosecuting them within the country. Interior Minister Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka stated that this ...

Ghana’s Finance Minister, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson |Published 1:10 PM ET, Thursday March 13, 2025| Ghana’s Finance Minister, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, has announced that the country is set to receive $1.32 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, which will cover approximately 35% of Ghana’s ...

|Published 5:40 PM ET, Wednesday March 5, 2025| Ghanaian lawmakers have reintroduced the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, a controversial piece of legislation aiming to impose stricter penalties on LGBTQ+ activities. The bill had previously passed in February 2024 but was not enacted due to former President Nana ...

President John Dramani Mahama |Published 3:50 PM ET, Thursday February 13, 2025| ACCRA: Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama has announced an ambitious initiative to recover approximately $21.19 billion in misappropriated state assets and undervalued land sales. This effort is spearheaded by the Operation Recover All Loots (ORAL) Committee, chaired by ...

|Published 11:35 AM ET, Friday January 31, 2025| ACCRA: On Thursday night, Ghana’s parliament descended into chaos during a session of the Appointments Committee. Lawmakers from both the majority and minority factions engaged in physical confrontations, resulting in the destruction of parliamentary property, including tables, microphones, and sound equipment. The altercation ...

Published 9:30 AM ET, Monday January 20, 2025 On Saturday a violent confrontation occurred at AngloGold Ashanti’s Obuasi gold mining site in Ghana’s Ashanti region, resulting in the deaths of at least seven individuals. The Ghana Armed Forces reported that approximately 60 individuals, identified as illegal miners, breached the mine’s ...

Teddy Osei toured the world with Osibisa Published 1:30 PM ET, Saturday January 18, 2025 Ghanaian musician and saxophonist Teddy Osei, one of the founding members of Afro-rock band Osibisa, has died. Teddy Osei, born December 1937, is best known as the leader of the Afro-rock band Osibisa, founded in ...

Published 8:20 PM ET, Wednesday January 15, 2025 Ghana: (BBC ) – A statue of Ghana’s immediate former president, Nana Akufo-Addo, put up at the end of last year, has been destroyed. The unveiling by Akufo-Addo of his own likeness in November in the country’s Western Region sparked a social media ...