The Ministry of Youth Development and Empowerment (MYDE) has launched a centralised digital platform and a mobile app to unify the country’s youth empowerment programmes and expand access to opportunities for the youth.

A total of 1,486 persons have so far been arrested by security agencies in anti-galamsey operations in 2025.

The operations, which were carried out in illegal mining hotspots between January 7 and November 30, led to the seizure of 443 excavators and 11 bulldozers.

The Director of Communications of the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, Ama Mawusi Mawuenyefia, who made this known to the Daily Graphic on Tuesday [Dec 2, 2025] said the operations also led to the seizure of 86 pump action guns, 31 motorbikes, 14 vehicles and 1,200 pumping machines.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has outlined the countries whose nationals will not require visas to enter the country, ahead of the Diaspora Summit 2025 scheduled for December 19 to 20 at the Accra International Conference Centre.

The government is in a good position to accomplish all its manifesto commitments to Ghanaians in the extractive sector within four years, a scorecard by civil society organisations (CSOs) on the government’s performance has revealed. 

The study, which assessed the government's performance in the mining, petroleum, climate change and energy transition, environment, and anti-corruption sectors, found that the government had scored an average of 28.6 per cent of its overall commitments in all areas, except anti-corruption, where it scored 23 per cent, which fell below the required 25 per cent yearly threshold.

Parliament has approved the sum of GH₵22.80 billion for the operations of the Ministry of Health for the year ending December 31, 2026.

Out of the allocation, GH₵16.25 billion, representing 71.25 per cent, is allocated for the compensation of employees, GH₵4.51 billion, representing 19.79 per cent, for goods and services, and GH₵2.04 billion, representing 8.96 per cent, for capital expenditure.  

In terms of funding sources, the government of Ghana remains the ministry’s major source of funding, contributing 71.40 per cent of the total allocation.

Effective January 1, 2026, consumers of both electricity and water will experience increases in tariffs. This follows a new tariff approval by the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), which will see electricity rise by 9.86 per cent and water by 15.92 per cent across the board for all customers.

Prince Kofi Amoabeng, founder of the defunct UT Bank, has called on President John Dramani Mahama to champion a bold and deliberate national strategy to create at least 10 Ghanaian billionaires as part of efforts to accelerate economic growth and reduce poverty.

The High Court in Accra has directed the parties in the case involving Patricia Asieduaa, popularly known as Nana Agradaa, and one another to file the terms of a proposed plea bargain ahead of the next sitting.

The government’s efforts to push the country towards a 24-hour economic lifecycle are already yielding encouraging results, with pilot industrial zones recording marked increases in output and night-shift employment, the Vice-President, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has said.

Ghana is not part ofthe United States government’s latest Green Card review and temporary immigration suspension, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has clarified.

According to Mr Ablakwa he has received a briefing from the Acting US Ambassador to Ghana, Rolf Olson.

Two education experts have called for a strict interrogation of the Chief Examiner’s Report to determine the cause of the mass failure of students in this year’s Ghana Only Version of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for School Candidates (SC).

The Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has described the 2026 budget as the “most people-focused and health-centred” in recent years, outlining a series of ambitious investments and policy shifts aimed at revitalising the nation’s healthcare system.

The police has arrested a key suspect in last Saturday's shooting of the Adansi Dompoase chief at a funeral at Obuasi.

The Ashanti South Regional Police Command arrested the 30-year-old, who has been identified as Nana Yaw Dankwa.

According to the police, officers on duty heard a gunshot on Saturday, 29 November, and moved in to disarm and arrest the suspect.

The Ghana Freedom Party (GFP) has stated that the vision of the Founder of the party, Akua Donkor, will guide the party’s mission to remain a strong and active champion of development.

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, is set to present the findings of his mediation effort in the Bawku conflict to President John Dramani Mahama after concluding a process intended to find a lasting solution to the decades-old dispute fuelled by chieftaincy issues.

The concluding deliberations at the Manhyia Palace yesterday were characterised by heavy security, with the Mamprusi and Kusasi parties well represented in their leadership and tribesmen and tribeswomen, both inside and outside the palace.

The report will contain a roadmap to achieving lasting peace in a conflict that has claimed hundreds of lives over the years.

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has announced plans to license fully fledged financial institutions dedicated solely to offering non-interest banking and finance (NIBF) services in the country.

The Ministry of Energy and Green Transition has launched a web application platform for net-metering aimed at enhancing access to clean energy in the country. 

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has revealed detailed reasons behind the sharp decline in performance in the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), particularly in Core Mathematics and Social Studies. 

The Ghana Federation of Disability Organisations (GFDO) has called on the government and Parliament to fast-track the enactment of a revised disability law. 

President John Dramani Mahama has stated that no new school will be constructed without corresponding teacher accommodation. 

An initiative has been launched at Kukpalgu in the Mion District in the Northern Region to restore degraded landscapes, strengthen climate resilience and improve livelihoods for smallholder farmers across the Northern and Upper East regions. 

A former New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Subin, Eugene Boakye Antwi, has stressed the need for the party to deepen its engagement with academia to propel it to its rightful place.

The Deputy Minister of Health, Dr Grace Ayensu-Danquah, has indicated that cleft palate, a medical condition among children, is treatable and not a curse.

Every year, when WASSCE results are released, Ghana erupts into the same familiar debates: Did the national pass rate go up or down? 

The Minister of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations, Samuel Nartey George, has stated that the nation must build an artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem that advances human dignity, protects vulnerable groups and promotes equity as the country accelerates its digital transformation.