The Parliament of Ghana has passed the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2025 commonly referred to as anti-LGBTQ+ bill in spite of strong opposition by the Minority Caucus, who threatened to withdraw the bill prior to passage on Friday (May 29, 2026).

The object of the Private Members’ bill is to provide for human sexual rights and family values and related matters.

The Parliament of Ghana has passed the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2025 commonly referred to as anti-LGBTQ+ bill in spite of strong opposition by the Minority Caucus, who threatened to withdraw the bill prior to passage on Friday (May 29, 2026).

The object of the Private Members’ bill is to provide for human sexual rights and family values and related matters.

Black Stars defender, Gideon Mensah, has lifted the lid on the intense methods of new head coach Carlos Queiroz, revealing that players are being pushed through demanding twice-daily training sessions as Ghana ramps up preparations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

The AJ Auxerre left-back says Queiroz has introduced a radically different approach from what the squad has previously experienced, combining high-intensity training with strict standards away from the pitch as the Portuguese tactician attempts to mould Ghana into a team capable of making a deep run at football's biggest tournament.

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) is targeting to increase its tax revenue target to GH¢310 billion by 2028, the Commissioner-General Anthony Kwasi Sarpong has said.

“In 2025, we achieved GH¢182 billion in revenue. In 2026, we are targeting GH¢225 billion. Under your leadership, we expect that by 2028, we will increase that to over GH¢310 billion,” the Commissioner-General said.

The Kantanka family has announced revised funeral arrangements for the late Apostle Kwadwo Safo, including a national farewell ceremony at Independence Square, following consultations with the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, church leaders, family elders and relatives living abroad.

Six key players named in Ghana's 28-man provisional squad for next month's international friendly against Wales and the 2026 FIFA World Cup have yet to report to camp as the team continues preparations at Dragon Park in Cardiff.

The Minister of Education and Member of Parliament for Tamale South, Haruna Iddrisu has said that using denial of bail as a form of punishment for accused persons was not the law. 

"We must uphold the principle of fair trial for every accused person as a country," he said while speaking at a funeral of Mahama Shaibu, a lecturer at the University of Development Studies (UDS) in Tamale on Thursday (May 28, 2026).

Mahama Shaibu, a former broadcast journalist with the Multimedia Group Limited (MGL), who reported from the Northern Region for Accra based Joy FM for many years, and later went to lecture at UDS after further studies abroad was a member of the board of the National Communications Authority (NCA) and a personal friend of Mr Haruna Iddrisu.

Buildings of various sizes, vehicles and other property of residents in parts of the Weija-Gbawe and Ga South municipalities in the Greater Accra Region have been submerged in floodwaters. 

A vehicle stolen from a Saskatoon business in Canada has been traced to Ghana, uncovering an international fraud ring that uses identity theft and forged documents to acquire luxury vehicles before shipping them to West Africa.

The government of Ghana has evacuated 85 Ghanaian nationals from Cambodia between March and May 2026, with arrangements ongoing to bring home an additional 76 citizens who have expressed a desire to return voluntarily, Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has disclosed.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has described as completely untrue a notice circulating widely on social and traditional media platforms that purported to order African nationals, including Ghanaians, to leave Cambodia by May 31, 2026, or face arrest, imprisonment and financial penalties for immigration violations.

The former New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for New Juaben South, Dr Mark Assibey-Yeboah, has called for selfless leadership anchored on integrity, accountability and service to restore public confidence in democratic governance.

Ghana will no longer seek financial bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Minister of Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, has declared.

Ghana’s proposed National Information Technology Authority Bill, 2025, may become one of the most consequential digital governance laws in the country’s history.

Every rainy season in Accra follows a painfully familiar script.

The 2026 African Athletics Competition, which took place at the University of Ghana Sports Stadium, Accra, from May 12 – 17, 2026, left Ghanaians wondering what is happening to sports and games in Ghana. 

I don’t know about others, but I am one of those Ghanaians who think the NDC’s ‘Thank You’ tours are getting one too many.

The arrival of 300 Ghanaians evacuated from South Africa at Accra’s Kotoka International Airport on Wednesday, May 27, 2026, was more than a logistical operation.

Antoine Semenyo’s explosive rise to the summit of English football may have handed Ghana a genuine World Cup weapon, but former Black Stars midfielder Emmanuel Agyemang Badu has fired a timely warning against turning the national team into a one-man operation ahead of next month’s global showdown in the USA, Canada and Mexico.

At a time when concerns continue to grow over the fitness of playmaker Mohammed Kudus, public attention has increasingly shifted towards Semenyo as Ghana’s potential saviour after a breathtaking season that elevated him into Europe’s elite attacking class. 

A former Western Regional Minister, Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, who chaired the Regional Security Council during his tenure, has testified in support of the defence of Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, in the ongoing illegal mining case involving Akonta Mining Limited.

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an application by the former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), Kwabena Adu-Boahene, and two others seeking a stay of proceedings in their ongoing criminal trial, while partly allowing their appeal for additional disclosures.

The European Union has imposed a €200m ($232m; £173m) fine on Chinese-owned online retailer Temu for having illegal products such as dangerous baby toys and faulty chargers for sale on its platform.

The Minority in Parliament has called on the Ministry of Health (MoH) to immediately open the 120-bed Weija Paediatric Hospital to allow access to professional paediatric healthcare. 

The Upper East Regional Police Command has arrested

Three suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder of a man and a violent attack on the elected chief of the Tindorunga community.

The incident happened on Tuesday, May 26, 2026, at Worinyanga in the Tempane District of the Upper East Region.

The Ga Mantse, King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, on Thursday, toured flood areas at Tetegu following the spillage of the Weija Dam.

He called for the arrest and prosecution of chiefs allegedly involved in the sale of lands along watercourses and other flood-prone areas.