Ken Ofori-Atta, Ghana’s former finance minister, is trying to get permanent residency in the United States while fighting immigration proceedings and extradition requests from Ghana over several corruption charges. After being arrested in January for staying too long on his visa, which had been revoked because he didn’t leave the US by a previous deadline,…
President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa has ordered 2,200 members of the South African National Defence Force to help fight crime in five provinces: the Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, North West, and Western Cape. The troops will help the South African Police Service stop and fight crime, especially illegal mining and gang violence. The…
President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa has ordered 2,200 members of the South African National Defence Force to help fight crime in five provinces: the Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, North West, and Western Cape. The troops will help the South African Police Service stop and fight crime, especially illegal mining and gang violence. The…
Paschal Donohoe, the World Bank Group’s Managing Director and Chief Knowledge Officer, will go to Ghana and Liberia from March 15 to 20, 2026. This will be his first trip to West Africa since he was appointed in November 2025. He will meet with senior officials and John Mahama in Accra and Joseph Boakai in…
Investors in mining, especially shareholders of Atlantic Lithium, are worried about delays in approving the mining lease for the Ewoyaa Lithium Project in Ghana’s Central Region, which was obtained through its subsidiary Barari DV Ghana Ltd. The initial lease signed on October 20, 2023, failed to gain parliamentary approval due to political gridlock, while a…
The Growth and Sustainability Levy, 2026, was passed by Parliament on March 13. It lowers the tax on mining companies’ gross production from three percent to one percent to help the industry after the Minerals and Mining Royalties Regulation was put in place. This regulation raises royalty payments when commodity prices rise on the international…
Parliament has passed the Education Regulatory Bodies Amendment Bill, 2026. This bill makes big changes to Ghana’s tertiary education system by requiring all affiliated tertiary institutions to get a Charter within six years instead of the previous ten-year mentorship period. On February 4, 2026, Deputy Minister of Education Clement Abas Apaak brought the Bill to…
Juliet Ibrahim says she is open to getting married again, even though her past relationships have been hard. On March 7, 2026, she talked to Kwame Dadzie on Joy FM’s Showbiz A-Z and said that after thinking about her past relationships, she would think about giving marriage another chance. The actress said that growing up…
The Minority in Parliament is worried about President John Dramani Mahama’s recent use of a chartered plane for trips abroad. They want more information about the arrangements and costs involved. Members of Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee say that Parliament needs to know how presidential travel works, including how decisions are made about the mode of…
John Ntim Fordjour, the Ranking Member on Parliament’s Defence and Interior Committee, has asked that the current recruitment process for Ghana’s security services be stopped right away and ended because he is worried about fairness and transparency. He told JoyNews that there should be a bipartisan investigation by Parliament and that all application fees should…
