Ghana has emerged as one of the African countries with high visa overstay rates in the United States, according to the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Fiscal Year 2023 Entry/Exit Overstay Report. 

Ghanaian travellers admitted for business or pleasure on B1/B2 visas recorded a 7.50 percent total overstay rate, with 1,910 total overstays out of 25,454 expected departures. Of these, 1,850 were in-country overstays, reflecting a 7.27 percent in-country overstay rate.

Black Stars head coach Otto Addo has issued a heartfelt apology to Ghanaians following the national team’s disastrous campaign in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers. Ghana’s 2-1 loss to Niger at the Accra Sports Stadium on Monday sealed their fate, marking the first time in 20 years the Black Stars have failed to qualify for the tournament.  

Black Stars head coach, Otto Addo, has suggested that external hostility toward him and the national team contributed to their dismal performance in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers. 

The Black Stars failed to qualify for the tournament following a 1-1 draw with Angola, which left them at the bottom of Group F. 

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) is expected to vaccinate 7.2 million children under five years in the second round of the National Polio Vaccination Campaign scheduled to start from November 21 to 24, 2024.

Public health nurses would administer two doses of the oral polio vaccines (OPVs) to the children.

The President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kurt Okraku, has expressed deep remorse following the Black Stars' failure to qualify for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) — the first time in two decades.

African countries with mineral resources have been urged to sign onto the Africa Responsible Mineral Sourcing Initiative to promote responsible and sustainable mining practices on the continent.

In spite of the wide spread of mineral resources across Africa, only 16 countries have signed onto the initiative.

They include Uganda, Nigeria, Chad and South Sudan. Conspicuously missing is Ghana, currently Africa's largest gold exporter.

The 2024 National Education Week was yesterday launched in Accra for stakeholders to evaluate the country’s progress in education, share best practices and chart the path for the future.

Ghana's Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying campaign ended in disappointment as the Black Stars suffered a 2-1 defeat to Niger at the Accra Sports Stadium on Monday, November 18, 2024.

The loss condemned Ghana to the bottom of Group F with just three points, extending their winless run in the qualifiers to six games, while Angola and Sudan booked a ticket to the next AFCON slated for Morocco.

Niger opened the scoring in the 20th minute when Ousseini Badamassi rose above the Ghanaian defence to head home a corner kick. 

Why Kufuor endorsed Bawumia for President and Alan Kyerematen is unhappy

For the second year in a row, Ghana ranks in the top 25 countries globally for sending students to the United States.  

According to the 2024 Open Doors Report, Ghana now ranks 18th with a total of 9,394 Ghanaians who studied in the United States in 2023-2024 – an increase of 45.2 percent and an all-time record high.  

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has lauded Vice President and New Patriotic Party flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s plan to strengthen the role of traditional rulers in Ghana’s governance. 

Mrs. Lordina Dramani Mahama, wife of National Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate John Dramani Mahama, has toured major markets in Kumasi to rally support for the NDC ahead of the December 7 Presidential and Parliamentary elections.  

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, John Mahama's #Mahama4Change2024 tour on Monday burst into life in the Eastern Region, the home region of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo.

Some members of Parliament from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) caucus, led by Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the member for the North Tongu constituency have called on the President to setup a commission of inquiry to investigate the distribution of alleged contaminated rice to senior high schools in December 2023.

The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa who first made the allegation last week, said the rice numbering over 22,000 pieces of the 50 kg bags were expired and contaminated.

He said the bags of rice were repackaged and distributed to senior high schools across the country by the National Buffer Stock Company.  

He alleged that the rice, imported from India, expired on December 20, 2023 but they were repackaged into white 50kg polypropylene bags as Made-in-Ghana rice with the inscription “CEDAO ECOWAS Regional Food Security Reserve.”   

The founder and leader of the Movement for Change (M4C), Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, has dismissed former President John Agyekum Kufuor’s public endorsement of Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia as the ideal leader for Ghana.

In what appears to suggest voters' focus on bread and butter issues, majority of respondents in a Daily Graphic poll have indicated that their choices in the December 7 elections will be based on the manifestos of the political parties.

Out of 4,982 respondents in the online poll run by Graphic Online, 3,317 respondents, representing 66.58 per cent of the participants said they would vote on the basis of promises captured in the manifestos.

Award winning Ghanaian musician, Okyeame Kwame has revealed that he was approached by Alan Kyerematen, the founder of 'Movement for Change', to be his running mate in the upcoming 2024 general elections.

The country has been urged to adopt the Debt-for-Nature swap approach to help fight the illegal mining menace, known locally as galamsey.

FORMER Vice-President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), George Afriyie, has urged the local football governing body to evaluate the performance of Black Stars Coach, Otto Addo, and terminate his contract following the team’s failure to qualify for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).

In an interview with Graphic Sports last Saturday, Afriyie stated that the AFCON qualification was a critical clause in Addo's contract, and the coach’s inability to meet this condition provided grounds for dismissal.

His dream and desire have been to be named the National Best Farmer one day.

As Ghana gears up for the December 7 elections, there is one undeniable truth: communication is more than just a tool for political engagement; it is the lifeblood of a healthy democracy. 

The country's democratic history has seen periods of tension and, in some cases, violence. Ethical communication, especially in an election year, holds the power to unite or divide, to build trust or sow discord.

Ghana ranks seventh in a list of countries with most-educated politicians.An article that explores which countries have the most educated politicians has indicated. The article is based on two studies conducted by researchers from global universities using data from 2015, 2017, and 2023.

This is a from a Global Legislators Database that looked at 56 countries with population over two million.

At the launch of the manifesto for Election 2024 in Accra last week, the vice-presidential candidate of the Convention People's Party (CPP), Wayoe Ghanamannti, also known as George Tetteh Wayoe said there will be no incarceration for the possession of ‘ganja’ or 'cannabis'under a future CPP government.

He said the youth must rise up and bring back the spirit of Kwame Nkrumah into the leadership of the country.

With 19 days for Ghana to go to the polls, contesting political parties must commit to a peace pact as soon as possible, the United States Ambassador to Ghana, Virginia Palmer, has advised.

“All political parties must sign the peace pact as soon as possible because that is a sure way to signal to the young people on the streets that violence in any form will not be the way to go during the elections,” she stated.

The Convention People's Party (CPP) 2024 Manifesto is dedicated to women, the presidential candidate of the party, Nana Akosua Frimpomaa Sarpong-Kumakumah, has said.

She said "The Women's Manifesto” was a call to action, “where everyone would live in dignity, participate in prosperity and shape their destiny in a nation free of dependency”.