Ghana has rejected a bilateral health deal with the United States of America (USA) a source ‌familiar with the negotiations has told Reuters, the latest stumbling block to the Trump administration's effort to overhaul foreign aid.

The government of President John Dramani Mahama balked at terms requiring the sharing of sensitive health data, the source said.

The government has commenced a process to formally engage qualified investors for the establishment of a new national airline, the Ministry of Transport has announced.

In the past few days, weeping has made headlines beyond funerals: ‘Wife slaps cheating husband to tears,’ or ‘Kejetia Market in Flames, traders in tears.’ Of higher news value are celebrity tears, where the journalist is even compelled to add the expression,‘ wept uncontrollably.’

Here the big man himself may have been caught weeping (maa maa maa) like a baby.

The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference has reaffirmed the church’s right to speak on national moral and social issues, including illegal mining [galamsey], insisting that such interventions are grounded in its spiritual mandate than partisan politics.

The Controller and Accountant-General, Kwasi Agyei, has called on institutions responsible for managing public funds to confront the persistent audit infractions with openness and resolve.

The Board Chairman of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, has underscored the need to complete the Boankra Integrated Logistics Terminal to improve revenue generation for the country and project partners.

The Deputy Minister for Energy and Green Transition, Mr Richard Gyan-Mensah, has set out a three-stage plan to restore stable electricity supply, indicating that full relief from the current outages may not be achieved until December 2026.

The Ministry of the Interior has imposed an immediate ban on the use of motorbikes in Binduri Township and surrounding areas in the Upper East Region, following an attack on a Ghana Armed Forces convoy that left three civilians dead.

The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development has announced the 2026 Marine Fisheries Closed Season, introducing a major policy shift that exempts canoe fishers from the annual exercise aimed at replenishing Ghana’s declining fish stocks.

A fire outbreak at GRIDCo's Akosombo substation has caused a significant reduction in power supply to multiple regions, forcing the Electricity Company of Ghana to implement widespread load curtailment across the Ashanti, Volta, Oti, Central, and Accra East Regions on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.

The government has revoked three mining leases of Adamus Resources Ltd, located in the Western Region, with immediate effect.

To make Julius Debrah weep, while seeking forgiveness for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the braggadocious statements of a member,  Dr Mary Awusi, who also serves as the CEO of Free Zones Board, is an indictment.

The Ghana High Commission in Pretoria has advised Ghanaian nationals to shut their shops and remain indoors as a protest over immigration is set to take place in South Africa’s administrative capital.

The Ministry of the Interior has declared Friday, May 1, 2026, a statutory public holiday to mark May Day, also known as Workers’ Day.

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has confirmed that the number of arrests linked to the deadly attack on a military escort convoy in Binduri in the Upper East Region has risen to 21, as security operations intensify to track down remaining suspects.

The Bono East Regional Police Command has arrested two suspects for possession of narcotic drugs without lawful authority following a patrol operation on Saturday, April 26, 2026, along the New Longoro-Weila stretch of the Kintampo–New Longoro road.

A Ghana Armed Forces escort convoy, which was protecting 140 civilians, came under attack on Monday morning in the Binduri area of the Upper East Region, resulting in the killing of three civilians from shots fired by the "unknown elements".

Three out of six suspects who escaped from police custody at the Adabraka Police station in Accra have been re-arrested by the police.

The remaining three are still on the run, and the police are on a manhunt for them.

Following a directive from the Ministry of Education, the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has withdrawn a policy directive that prevented tertiary institutions from engaging and posting retired staff.

The Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has directed the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) to immediately withdraw letters issued on September 30 and October 1, 2025, concerning post-retirement contracts for academic senior members of public universities.

Ghana’s largest indigenous bank, GCB Bank PLC, has delivered a stunning financial performance for the first quarter of 2026, posting a 71 per cent surge in profit before tax to GH¢902.5 million, compared to GH¢533.2 million recorded in the same period last year.

Two of the stricken generating units at the Akosombo Dam have been successfully restored, following a ferocious fire that gutted the the main hydro facility’s control room and crippled Ghana’s power evacuation system last week.

Black Stars Head Coach Carlos Queiroz was officially unveiled last Thursday at a press conference in Accra.

The 73-year-old Portuguese tactician has signed a four-month contract to guide Ghana in the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the United States in June/July, having taken over from Otto Addo. Here are excerpts of the coach's interaction with the media.

The Governing Council of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) is pushing for a public-private sector initiative to help mobilise adequate resources to address the pressing needs of the service, including the welfare and working conditions of its officers.

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Forestry Commission, Dr Hugh Brown, has reiterated the need for the commission to be given paramilitary status to help protect the country’s forest resources and guarantee the security of its field staff.