The Czech Republic has strengthened Ghana’s fight against cybercrime with the donation of specialised digital forensic equipment and software to the Cybercrime Unit of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service.

Nine suspected illegal miners narrowly escaped death after becoming trapped in an abandoned underground mine shaft on the concession of Northern Ashanti Mines Company Limited at Konongo in the Ashanti Region.

Former Adentan Member of Parliament, Kojo Adu-Asare, has publicly expressed gratitude to several political figures and close associates for supporting him through a prolonged battle with kidney failure that eventually culminated in a successful kidney transplant.

Senior high/technical school freshers will begin their second cycle education on September 18, 2026 as the adjusted pre-tertiary education calendar hits a second straight year this year.

The Ministry of the Interior has declared Wednesday, May 27, 2026, a statutory public holiday in commemoration of Eid-Ul-Adha.

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has conducted a controlled destruction of large canoes seized for smuggling fuel through unapproved routes.

Ghana has successfully ended the financial bailout programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Just a couple of weeks ago, candidates of the 2026 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) prayed for their successes as they began to write the exam.  

The temptation to cast Iran as the “world’s bogeyman” makes for compelling headlines.

Africa's top health agency has declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern Ituri province.

Around 246 cases and 80 deaths have been reported, mainly in the gold-mining towns of Mongwalu and Rwampara, said the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC).

The Ministry of Health (MoH) last week announced the opening of the recruitment portal, asking health professionals nationwide to apply for placement. 

Given the backlog of more than 100,000 unemployed health professionals, the Ministry has indicated it acknowledges the anxiety and intense interest the exercise has generated. 

However, the potential recruits trying to access the portal to apply for placement since it was opened last week [May 4] have been recounting how the system was automatically indicating to them that there were "no slots" available the moment they log on.

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has assured all Junior High School graduates that comprehensive arrangements have been put in place to accommodate every qualified student into Senior High and Technical Schools across the country when the 2026 academic year begins on September 18.

The National House of Chiefs has firmly rejected recommendations by the Constitutional Review Committee (CRC) proposing the merger of the Office of the Administrator of Stool Lands (OASL) with the Lands Commission, insisting that the institution must remain a separate and constitutionally protected body.

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has launched a series of nationwide activities to mark June 2026 as “NDC Month”, a period the party says will be used for reflection, political education and recommitment to its founding ideals.

The Governing Council of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) has confirmed the appointment of Professor Denis Worlanyo Aheto as the new Vice-Chancellor of the institution, effective August 1, 2026. Prof Aheto was acting as Vice Chancellor after the previous VC's contract ended last year.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has announced that Ghana’s economic recovery programme under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) has produced “substantial stabilisation gains”, citing sharp declines in inflation, improved confidence in the cedi, stronger reserves and significant progress in debt sustainability.

Ghana has successfully concluded its Extended Credit Facility (ECF) programme with the International Monetary Fund, achieving macroeconomic stability and debt sustainability ahead of schedule, the government has announced.

The Ministry of Health has moved to clarify the ongoing recruitment of health professionals across the country, acknowledging the anxiety and intense interest the exercise has generated, particularly given the inherited backlog of more than 105,000 unemployed health professionals.

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has confiscated 140 boxes of alcoholic beverages mixed with stimulants in the Upper East Region as part of intensified efforts to safeguard public health.

The Commission for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (CTVET) has announced that 61,506 candidates from public and private technical and vocational institutions across the country will sit for this year’s May/June Certificate II examination from Monday, May 18.

The President, John Dramani Mahama, has said the government will end the double track system in senior high schools (SHSs) by 2027. 

The first defence witness in the Samreboi concession trial has told the court that verbal permission cannot amount to the assignment of mineral rights under Ghana’s mining laws.

Two Ghanaian brothers and a United States-based woman have been indicted in Ohio over their alleged involvement in an international romance fraud and money laundering scheme that prosecutors say targeted elderly Americans through dating websites and social media platforms.

Policy think tank, the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), has called on the government to reject the proposed 20-year lease extension application by Gold Fields Limited for the Tarkwa Mine.

The Ghana Chamber of Mines has mounted a defence for Gold Fields’ application to extend its Tarkwa mining lease, warning that any abrupt shift away from the country’s private investment-led mining model could undermine investor confidence, government revenues, and long-term sector stability.