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President John Dramani Mahama and First Lady, Mrs Lordina Dramani Mahama, have arrived in Beijing, China, to participate in a Global Leaders’ Meeting on Women. Hosted by President Xi Jinping and UN Women, the 13 and 14 October meeting will bring together other world leaders to “renew the spirit of the Beijing Declaration and accelerate…
Ghana is facing growing concern over its inability to attract new investments in the upstream petroleum sector, according to the 2025 Semi-Annual Report released by the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC). The report highlights that, for the fifth consecutive year, no new petroleum agreements have been signed, signaling waning investor confidence in the country’s…
Moody’s Ratings raised Ghana’s sovereign credit rating, citing improved prospects for debt reduction. The West African nation’s long-term foreign currency debt was upgraded to Caa1 from Caa2, the ratings agency said on Friday. The outlook was changed to stable from positive. “Greater macroeconomic stability and favourable external dynamics are supporting more controlled funding costs and…
The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has firmly denied reports that Ghana will receive Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national targeted for deportation by the United States. International media outlets reported on October 10, 2025, that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security intends to deport Abrego Garcia to Ghana, according…
Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has been released from police custody after spending three nights behind bars. His release comes after he fulfilled bail conditions amounting to GH₵25 million imposed across two separate illegal mining cases pending against him. He had earlier, on…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the government have reached a staff-level agreement on the fifth review of Ghana’s three-year programme under the Extended Credit Facility. The deal clears the way for Ghana to access about SDR 267.5 million, equivalent to $385 million, once it receives management and Executive Board approval. This will bring the…
The campaign team of Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, one of five aspirants in the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) flagbearer race, says it is not overly fixated on the number one position their candidate picked on the ballot paper, but acknowledges it offers a significant marketing, public relations, and visibility advantage. Speaking to journalists after the balloting…
The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, along with his company, Akonta Mining Company Limited, have pleaded not guilty to charges of alleged illegal mining in the Western Region. The pleas were entered on Tuesday, October 7, 2025, before Justice Audrey Kocuvi-Tay at the High Court in Accra. Wontumi, who is the first accused and owner of Akonta…
