The 70th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70) will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City from March 9 to 19, 2026. Agnes Naa Momo Lartey, Ghana’s Minister for Gender, Children, and Social Protection, will lead the country’s official delegation. The UN’s main global intergovernmental platform for…
President John Dramani Mahama has announced plans to use Ghana’s gold resources to create a “economic war chest” that will protect the country from future financial shocks and help it become more prosperous in the long term. He said in his State of the Nation Address that high global gold prices that last for a…
To make sure that public spending is more accountable and disciplined, the Minority in Parliament wants to introduce the Public Financial Management (Amendment) Bill, 2026. The Private Member’s Bill wants to change the Public Financial Management Act so that money can only be used for projects that are in line with the national development priorities…
Bernard Antwi Boasiako, the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has said he wants to run for NPP National Chairman. He says that his experience and track record are more important than his ability to speak English. Before the September 2026 national executive elections, he told party members in the Western Region…
President John Dramani Mahama has said that rising tensions between the US, Israel, and Iran could have big effects on Africa’s economy. He said the Middle East was the “epicenter of global oil supplies” at a meeting with Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan in Arusha on March 2, 2026. He also warned that rising crude…
As a result of new attacks on commercial ships near the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping route that carries about 20% of the world’s oil, Ghanaians may have to pay more for gas. The events, which were caused by rising tensions between Iran, the US, and Israel, set two ships on fire and almost…
The First Lady, Mrs. Lordina Dramani Mahama, has been named the Nkosuohemaa (Development Queenmother) of the Akroso Asukawkaw Traditional Area in the Oti Region. Her stool name is Nana Oseadeeyo Odamewaa II. Nana Odam Gyamfi III, the Paramount Chief, gave her the title because of her work to improve healthcare, which included the opening of…
Ukrainian officials say that at least 55 Ghanaians who joined the Russian army for the war in Ukraine have died. Brigadier General Dmytro Usov told a Ghanaian delegation led by Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa in Kiev that 272 Ghanaians have joined the army in the last three years, with recruitment rising by more…
Lawyer Oliver Barker-Vormawor has said he will try to get the High Court’s March 2 ruling that he must pay GH₵5.1 million to former National Security Minister Albert Kan Dapaah for defamation thrown out because he thinks the process was unfair. Barker-Vormawor said that his lawyers were not allowed to finish cross-examination and that the…
Nana Agradaa (Patricia Asiedua Asiamah), also known as Mama Pat, will be free on March 3, 2026, after serving two-thirds of her new sentence. She started her prison term on July 3, 2025. The Accra Circuit Court found her guilty of false advertising and fraud in connection with a money-doubling scheme that she promoted at…
