Across Africa, governments have enacted laws to regulate political party funding, but they continue to overlook one of the most significant channels through which corruption enters politics: the direct flow of money to individual candidates.

This regulatory gap poses significant risks of state capture, favoritism, procurement fraud, conflicts of interest, and undue influence over public decision-making.

While many countries increasingly require political parties to disclose their finances, the individuals who ultimately contest elections, receive campaign donations, and exercise public power often remain outside meaningful transparency and accountability frameworks. 

The Auditor-General's reports over the past five years show that revenue collectors’ salaries at several metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) exceeded the amount of internally generated revenue they mobilised during the period under review.

The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has reacted to the 20-year jail sentence handed down to its Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, commonly known as Chairman Wontumi, saying he has been jailed without evidence.

To the NPP, his conviction was largely based on assumptions and not evidence that he had transferred his legally acquired mining concession for illegal mining activities.

Addressing a press conference Monday evening, surrounded by key figures in the party, the General-Secretary of the NPP, Justin Kodua Frimpong, said the NPP sees "Wontumi as a political prisoner".

Two people died on Saturday, and two others sustained injuries following an accident on the Accra-Kumasi highway at Asuboi on Saturday, July 18, 2026.

The police has arrested five suspects believed to be members of a criminal group involved in armed robbery and landguard activities.

The arrest followed an intelligence-led operation at Sapeiman Faase in the Greater Accra Region. The operation led to the retrieval of firearms, ammunition and other offensive weapons.

A group said to be representing some national service personnel has questioned the decision to deduct GH¢60 from their monthly allowances for a capacity-building programme being organised by the National Service Personnel Assocation (NASPA) without consulting them.

According to the group, the deduction, which was happening at source even before their allowances were credited to their accounts, was unjustified and was therefore demanding transparency and accountability.

Describing themselves as the Concerned National Service Personnel Association of Ghana, the group in a press statement dated July 17, 2026, said that while it supports initiatives that empower service personnel, no compulsory deduction should be imposed without a clear legal basis, transparency, and accountability.

Two new community day senior high schools at to be constructed in Nima in Accra and Kasoa in the Central Region under the proposed STAR-J infrastructure programme aimed at expanding access to secondary education and ease pressure on existing schools.

From the kindergarten level to junior high school, pupils and students in Ghanaian schools are to start subjects in coding, artificial intelligence (AI), and electronics in a revised curriculum being introduced by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) under the Ministry of Education.

The sector minister, Haruna Iddrisu, who announced this at a press briefing in Accra on Monday (July 20, 2026), said the government was set to introduce these three subjects in addition to civic ethics in Ghana's basic school curriculum.

In May this year, President John Dramani Mahama said the government had planned to end the double-track system in senior high schools (SHSs) by 2027.

But speaking at a press briefing in Accra today (July 20, 2026), the Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, announced a new target of 2029 for the double-track system to end.

This, he said, was being implemented through a major expansion of school infrastructure.

Bernard Antwi Boasiako, the New Patriotic Party Ashanti Regional Chairman, commonly referred to as Chairman Wontumi, has been found guilty and convicted on illegal mining charges.

Bernard Antwi Boasiako, the New Patriotic Party Ashanti Regional Chairman, commonly referred to as Charirman Wontumi has been found guilty and convicted on illegal mining charges.

Kylian Mbappe has become the first player to win the World Cup Golden Boot twice after earning the award for top scorer at the 2026 tournament.

The France forward netted 10 goals in eight games to edge out Lionel Messi in a high-quality race.

The former Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has called on President John Dramani Mahama to hold on with assenting to the bill to reintroduce tribunals into the judicial system of the country.

FIFA's Social Media Protection Service (SMPS), which aims to protect players, ​teams and officials from online threats ‌and abuse, has detected more than 7 million potentially harmful or abusive posts ​on social media during the World ​Cup, the global soccer body said ⁠on Saturday.

As part of a commitment to giving back to society, the Kumasi Evangel Choir has donated GH¢21,000 to the Paediatric Oncology Unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi to support children living with Cancer.

The flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on why new Tribunals Bill should not be assented to when the H. Kwasi Prempeh Constitutional Review Committee constituted by President Mahama even recommended the abolition of the already existing Regional Tribunal system already existing in the 1992 Constitution.

Europe’s leading human rights organisation has questioned the integrity of the World Cup, urging FIFA to establish a more robust framework for the 2030 edition which will be played mostly in Spain and Portugal.

Access Bank Ghana has completed the sale of 12,085,318 ordinary shares, representing 7.44 per cent of the bank's issued shares, to a diversified pool of investors on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE).

Fifa will present World Cup rings to the winners of Sunday's final between Argentina and Spain, which will be attended by Donald Trump.

 The US military says it has completed its latest round of strikes on Iran’s military infrastructure after vowing to “swiftly punish” Tehran for an attack on Jordan that left two US service members dead and one missing in action. Explosions have also been heard in the Iranian city of Bandar Abbas and on Qeshm Island, Iranian state media reported.

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What do you do when the app you trust to track your most intimate health details turns out to be sharing them with advertisers? A new Mozilla privacy investigation has found that some of the world's most popular period-tracking apps are quietly exposing sensitive reproductive-health data to analytics and advertising systems, with one app scoring a perfect privacy rating and another ranking last due to extensive third-party data sharing.

The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a consumer alert warning the public about the growing threat of task scams, also known as gamified job scams, which are increasingly being used to defraud individuals through messaging platforms.

Patience Mbaye, a 41-year-old ward assistant, has appeared before an Accra court over an alleged recruitment scam involving the Ghana Armed Forces.

The Minister of Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Baah Forson, has called on the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) to prioritise the rebasing of the country’s Gross Domestic Product and Consumer Price Index data as the basis for sound economic decision-making.