Ghana is set to earn at least $10.5 million just for qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, following FIFA’s approval of a record $727 million prize pool for the expanded tournament. The FIFA Council’s decision marks a 50% increase compared to the 2022 Qatar World Cup and reflects the larger 48-team format that will…
The IMF’s Executive Board has given the green light to Ghana’s fifth review of its financial support plan after meeting on December 17, 2025, in Washington, DC, to check how the country has been meeting its agreed goals under the programme, and this decision reflects progress Ghana has made so far; the detailed staff report…
Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo‑Markin has voiced worries about the government’s choice to send Ghanaian troops and relief supplies to Jamaica after a hurricane, saying that with many issues at home still unresolved, such overseas actions should have been more closely examined by Parliament. Speaking in Parliament on Wednesday, December 17, he criticised the lack of…
NDC General Secretary Fifi Kwetey has denied claims that there is division in the party after President John Dramani Mahama ordered the withdrawal of a private member’s Bill aimed at abolishing the Office of the Special Prosecutor. He said that individual MPs’ opinions do not represent the party’s official stance. Kwetey explained that the NDC…
Professor John Osae-Kwapong, a Democracy and Development Fellow at CDD-Ghana, has praised the Supreme Court’s decision to tell the Electoral Commission to put the Kpandai parliamentary rerun on hold, calling it a wise move to prevent legal and procedural problems. On JoyNews’ AM Show, he explained that the constitutional issues at stake justified the court…
A development economist, Dr. Frank Bannor, has challenged the idea that Ghana’s recent roughly GH¢71 billion jump in public debt is just because the cedi lost value, noting that the local currency also weakened in 2022 but debt only went up by about GH¢67 billion then, which means things like heavy borrowing inside the country could be…
Former Parliament Speaker, Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye, has warned that having more than one body responsible for prosecutions in Ghana could create legal problems and weaken the justice system. Speaking on Channel One TV’s “The Point of View” on December 15, he questioned whether the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has been effective after…
On Tuesday, December 16, 2025, the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, was set to give President John Dramani Mahama an update on the work he has been doing to help settle the long‑running dispute in Bawku, as part of ongoing efforts to achieve lasting peace in the area. Otumfuo was named earlier this year to…
Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Ghana’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, has officially asked ECOWAS to step in and look into claims that Ghanaian-owned companies in Nigeria are facing harassment and unfair treatment, especially Jonah Capital PLC, which belongs to businessman Sir Sam Jonah. The complaint was made during the 95th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Council of…
Former U.S. President Donald Trump has taken legal action against the BBC, filing a defamation lawsuit worth billions of dollars over an edited version of his January 6, 2021 speech that appeared in a Panorama documentary. The case, lodged in Florida, accuses the broadcaster of damaging his reputation and breaching trade practices laws, with Trump…
