Ghana coach Otto Addo has no doubts about the enormity of tonight’s crucial 2026 FIFA World Cup group qualifying clash with Mali at the Accra Sports Stadium. 

But the Black Stars boss insists his men are ready to give their all to ensure victory in what promises to be one of the defining nights of African qualifying. 

For the coach and his big-name players, the equation is painfully simple: win or risk seeing their World Cup dream unravel. Ghana sit top of Group I but do so under mounting pressure. 

The Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, has called on stakeholders to prevent religion-based discrimination to promote social cohesion in schools.

The Medical and Dental Council (MDC) has detected fraudulent activities by some individuals who claim to have been trained as medical practitioners outside the country and are seeking approval from the council to practise in Ghana.

President John Dramani Mahama has lauded the Graphic Communications Group Ltd as a national benchmark for state media evolution, applauding its successful pivot to the digital frontier.

The Co-Founder of AI for Developing Countries Forum (AIFOD), Tianze Zhang, has stated that developing countries must reform their educational system to incorporate artificial intelligence (AI).

The Chief Executive Officer of Serene Insurance Company Limited, a member of the First Sky Group, Mrs. Mercy Naa Koshie Boampong has been adjudged Insurance Personality for 2025 and Insurance Professional of the Year 2024 at two separate prestigious insurance industry events in August, 2025.

A political scientist has averred that Professor Seidu Mahama Alidu is certain to represent Tamale Central as Member of Parliament of the constituency after his triumph in the parliamentary primary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).

A Member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Arthur Kobina Kennedy, has expressed deep concerns about the party's current state, warning that it is heading towards collapse if drastic measures are not taken.

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Deputy Director of Elections and Information Technology (IT), Sofo Tanko Rashid Computer, has said the party’s victory in last Tuesday's Akwatia by-election was in honour of his boss, the late Dr Edward Omane Boamah.

Leading research institutes have sounded a clarion call for a cohesive national strategy to tackle Ghana’s escalating plastic pollution crisis, which is severely damaging marine ecosystems and livelihoods.

Three Nigerian nationals, noted for stealing from parked vehicles in Kumasi, have heen sentenced to 20 years each in prison in hard labour.

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has confirmed that MultiChoice Ghana, operators of DStv, has agreed to participate in a stakeholder committee set up to review subscription prices in the country.

Black Stars Head Coach Otto Addo says he remains confident about Ghana’s chances of qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup despite the team’s setback in their last qualifier against Chad.

Inter Miami forward Luis Suarez has been handed a six-match suspension for spitting at a Seattle Sounders' staff member following his side's 3-0 Leagues Cup final defeat.

Egypt’s Minister of Defense and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, General Abdel-Meguid Saqr held talks in Cairo on Saturday with Ghana’s Finance Minister and Acting Defence Minister, Cassiel Ato Forson, on strengthening bilateral military cooperation.

New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer hopeful Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has taken aim at his rivals in the party’s leadership contest, criticising any economic agenda that begins with negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

At the relaunch of the National Sanitation Day on Saturday, President John Dramani Mahama donated essential sanitation tools to the remarkable BuzStopBoys.

The Bono Regional correspondent of the Graphic Communications Group Ltd (GCGL), Biiya Mukusah Ali, has been adjudged the 2024 Overall Best Journalist in Bono and Ahafo regions.

Former Director of the Ghana School of Law, Mr Kwaku Ansah-Asare has called for a constitutional review to provide a clearer definition of “stated misbehaviour,” under Article 146 of the 1992 Constitution.

To him, this should be separated from penalties for justices and the Chief Justice, and that presidential influence in judicial appointments should also be removed by amending Articles 144 and 153.

In 2023, rice imports from Vietnam, India, Thailand, China, and Pakistan into Ghana were worth US$342million, even though rice can be grown everywhere in Ghana, according to Dr Nana Ama A. Oppong Duah, Policy Advisor/Project Manager of the John Agyekum Kufuor Foundation.

Twenty-seven (27) new cases of Mpox have been confirmed in Ghana, raising the country’s total infections to 494, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has said.

A District Court in Adabraka has cautioned the family of the murdered immigration officer, Stephen King Amoah, to exercise restraint and maintain peace while seeking justice.

Two persons arrested during the Homowo Festival at Omanjor in Accra have appeared before the Adabraka District Court.

A man identified as Mr Emmanuel Addai has allegedly bitten off his wife’s ear in a disturbing case of domestic violence at “Wonkayaw,” a community in the Dambai township of the Krachi East Municipality in the Oti Region.

Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club clinched the 2025 Democracy Cup with a narrow 1-0 victory over city rivals Accra Great Olympics at the University of Ghana Stadium.