Sahel terror threat reaches Ghana’s door, GIS meets Italy, UN to fortify northern borders as extremists creep south.

The Comptroller-General of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), Samuel Basintale Amadu, has led a delegation of senior officers to a meeting with the Director of the Central Directorate of Prevention of the Italian Polizia di Stato and representatives of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) to discuss growing security threats in the Sahel and…

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IMF didn’t fix everything, but it stopped the bleeding, Atuahene says Ghana’s exit is real, not just optics.

A banking consultant, Dr. Richmond Atuahene, has said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme has played a key role in stabilising Ghana’s economy by improving inflation, exchange rate performance, and foreign reserves following the successful completion of the country’s $3 billion Extended Credit Facility. Speaking on Channel One TV’s The Point of View, he noted…

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EPA shuts down ex-DCE’s mining site over illegal Chinese involvement and unpermitted operations, ‘No permit, no pollution,’ Agency warns.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has shut down a mining site belonging to former Mpohor District Chief Executive Asaah Mensah and one Obed Osei for allegedly involving Chinese nationals in illegal small-scale mining operations and operating without an environmental permit. The closure, carried out during a nationwide compliance operation in the Mpohor District on May…

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Chairman Wontumi in court over GH¢30m fraud, prosecution says Exim Bank farm loan was a ‘scam from the start.’

The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, known as Chairman Wontumi, has been charged at the High Court alongside Thomas Antwi-Boasiako, a Director of Wontumi Farms Limited, over allegations of defrauding the Ghana Export-Import Bank (Exim Bank) through false pretence, forgery, money laundering, and causing financial loss of more than GH¢30…

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BoG ditches foreign loans for cocoa, $1bn domestic bond to fund 2026/2027 season as Ghana deepens local capital market.

The Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr Johnson Pandit Asiama, has announced that cocoa purchases for the 2026/2027 crop season will be financed with $1 billion raised from the domestic bond market as part of a new strategy to strengthen cocoa financing, reduce reliance on foreign borrowing, and deepen the local capital market…

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Elon Musk loses OpenAI lawsuit, jury says he waited too long, but he vows to fight on.

A California jury has rejected Elon Musk’s lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI, ruling that the claims were filed too late under the statute of limitations. Musk had accused OpenAI of abandoning its original non-profit mission after accepting early funding from him, and alleged that Microsoft assisted in the company’s transition toward a for-profit structure….

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GBA must do more than condemn, Baffour Awuah says stop cherry-picking cases, look at the justice system as a whole.

Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah has urged the Ghana Bar Association to move beyond issuing condemnations and engage more broadly with concerns about Ghana’s justice system, following recent debates involving the judiciary. Speaking on Citi Eyewitness News, he said the association should adopt a more balanced and principled approach to public controversies rather than focusing solely…

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Reform or return to IMF, Stephen Amoah warns: arbitrary cuts and high borrowing are killing Ghana’s economy.

Stephen Amoah has called for major structural reforms to stabilise Ghana’s economy and prevent a return to another bailout programme with the International Monetary Fund. Speaking amid discussions on Ghana’s transition from the IMF-supported programme to the Policy Coordination Instrument, the Nhyiaeso MP argued that expenditure cuts should be based on sound economic analysis rather…

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$78m US aid loss, but Ghana fights back, Mahama unveils MahamaCares and free primary care at WHO assembly.

John Dramani Mahama has called for a new global health order centred on self-reliance, equity and health sovereignty, warning that declining international aid and shifting global politics were undermining healthcare systems, especially in Africa. Speaking at the 79th World Health Assembly, he said Ghana lost $78 million following the closure of some United States Agency…

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