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…
Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah, the MP for Manhyia South, has cast doubt on the credibility of a report that was presented in Ghana’s Parliament and said to be from the Ghana Audit Service. He said that the statement read by Deputy Finance Minister Thomas Nyarko Ampem did not make it clear that it was based…
The African Union has chosen former Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to head its Election Observation Mission to the Republic of the Congo. The mission will go to the country before the presidential elections on March 15, 2026. A statement from his office on March 10 said that the mission will include members of…
The war between the US, Israel, and Iran has been going on for eleven days and has killed more than 1,700 people and caused a lot of damage to people and the economy. President Donald Trump says that “major strides” have been made and that the mission is partially successful. However, Iran has ruled out…
According to numbers released at the start of the National Clean Air Campaign in Accra, Ghana loses more than 32,000 people each year to air pollution, which is almost 14% of all deaths. High blood pressure is the only other cause of death that is higher than this. The Green Africa Youth Organization (GAYO) is…
According to Minister of Health Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, Ghana had 1,038 confirmed Mpox cases and eight deaths as of March 3, 2026. Cases have been reported in 124 districts, with Greater Accra and the Western regions being the worst hit. However, the outbreak is getting better, with weekly cases dropping from 28 to seven after…
To make border controls stricter, stop the flow of money, and protect government revenue, the Ghanaian government has banned the land transit of nine goods: cooking oil, rice, sugar, frozen goods, textiles, flour, canned tomatoes, pasta/spaghetti, and pharmaceuticals. Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, the Minister of Finance, announced the directive during a meeting with Aaron Akanor,…
Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, the Minister of Health, told Parliament that the government paid GH¢2.69 billion to National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) service providers and GH¢1.5 billion to the Ghana Medical Trust Fund in 2025. He said that the government is committed to bringing back payment discipline and better managing claims to avoid late payments and…
The Government of Ghana has told the boards of state-owned businesses and public institutions to stop all international travel paid for by public funds right away. This is to improve fiscal discipline and keep costs down. The order came from Jubilee House under President John Dramani Mahama and was sent out by Dr. Callistus Mahama,…
