The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has begun major reforms of the state lands regime, including the establishment of a public land protection task force, review of the public land application form (Form 5), and review of the Lands Commission's internal processes for public land allocation.

The United States Embassy in Accra has announced the immediate availability of more than 1,000 interview slots for non-immigrant visas, urging prospective travellers to take advantage of what it describes as a rare window of opportunity.

In an uncertain trade landscape, cooperation still delivers

Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary-General, UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Despite heightened trade tensions and policy volatility, global trade and growth demonstrated notable resilience in 2025. Supply chains continued to adjust, markets remained connected, even as pressures weighed more heavily on smaller and more vulnerable economies.

In a move signalling deep financial distress within Ghana’s vital cocoa sector, the Executive Management and Senior Staff of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) have voluntarily reduced their own salaries with immediate effect.

An Accra Circuit Court has ordered a businessman to pay GH₵200,000 in damages after bringing to an end an 11-year relationship founded on a promise of marriage, in a case that has raised significant questions about property rights and emotional loss arising from failed engagements.

The Minister for the Interior, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak, has appealed to the public to refrain from sharing graphic images and videos of victims killed in a terrorist attack on a truck transporting Ghanaian tomato traders in northern Burkina Faso.

Ghana's health facilities regulator has launched an urgent investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of a 29-year-old engineer who was allegedly refused emergency treatment by three major hospitals in Accra, spending his final hours being shuttled between facilities in the back of an ambulance.

The Russian Embassy in Accra has reacted to reports of a suspected Russian national's involvement in sexual activity with some Ghanaian women, with video recordings circulated online without their consent.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Ghana, has issued a public notice cautioning against an unlicensed investment scheme being promoted online by Mekanism Marketing Ltd, also referred to as “Mekanism.” 

It has been confirmed that seven Ghanaian tomato traders caught up in a terrorist attack in northern Burkina Faso last Saturday have been killed.

At least four others have been injured after a truck carrying the tomato traders was caught up in the armed assault on the town of Titao in northern Burkina Faso.

The Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak, confirming the killing, said Ghana embassy officials were working to notify their families and arrange the return of survivors.

Mobile network operators in Ghana risk sanctions under stricter service quality standards introduced by the National Communications Authority, which says consumers should report persistent poor network experiences to aid enforcement.

President John Dramani Mahama has inaugurated a new chancery building for Ghana’s mission in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. 

The government has decided to stop foreign funding for cocoa purchases and instead use domestic funds to buy the crop.

In October 2025, Ghana’s Minister of Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, announced an approximately 12 per cent increase in the nominal cocoa producer price, raising it from GH¢51,660 to GH¢58,000 per tonne for the 2025/2026 season. 

The government is targeting the distribution of seven million birds this year under the Nkoko Nkitinkinti initiative as part of efforts to scale up poultry production and reduce the country’s dependence on meat imports.

Industry has expressed readiness to partner the government to expedite action on its new policy to establish factories that can process cocoa beans and other raw commodities into finished goods for the market.

THE Independent Member of Parliament (MP) for Asante Akim North, Ohene Kwame Frimpong, has initiated a Private Members’ bill to amend the Political Parties Act, 2000 (Act 574) to introduce a political campaign financing regime and to provide for related matters.

Accra Hearts of Oak have many iconic feats to their name, and on Sunday at the Baba Yara Stadium, they added another, courtesy of a vintage showing that fetched a 1- 0 victory over Asante Kotoko.

Playing with 10 men for more than an hour, the Phobians lived every letter of their "Never Say Die" motto, repelling wave after wave of pressure to secure all three points in the Ghana Premier League clash.

It was some revenge on the Porcupine Warriors, who had won the reverse encounter in Accra by a similar margin, but yesterday's victory was devoid of all the controversies that attended Kotoko's victory back in November.

The Ministry for the Interior has confirmed that a truck carrying Ghanaian tomato traders was caught in a terrorist attack in Titao, Burkina Faso, on Saturday February 14, 2026.

This morning, and probably against my better judgement, I decided to follow the debates surrounding the recent tanking of cocoa farm gate prices in Ghana. As expected it was again, almost all about the crippling, debilitating, partisan, binary, zero-sum-game: whodunnit and ‘who-do-we-hail-or-threaten-to-jail-for-what-we-don’t-even-know-yet’. Damp squib! Do these people even talk to each other?

The government has begun moves to extradite a Russian national accused of secretly recording and publishing intimate videos of Ghanaian women online, with the Minister for Communications, Digital Technology and Innovation, Samuel Nartey George, declaring that the suspect will face the full force of Ghana’s laws.

Many years ago, when Mr John Ampao met his wife, Josephine, in Lagos, Nigeria, their dream was simple, like that of most immigrants — to work hard, earn a decent income and raise their family without struggle.

Life in Lagos was not easy, but it was promising. Mr Ampao, a trained visual artist, ran an art gallery where he created and sold paintings. Josephine, a food vendor, also supported the home while caring for their growing family.

Then one morning, everything started changing.

African leaders have elected President Évariste Ndayishimiye of Burundi as Chairperson of the African Union for 2026, as the 39th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government opened in Addis Ababa with renewed calls for unity, institutional reform and water security across the continent.

The Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Dr Agnes Naa Momo Lartey, has urged Ghanaians to refrain from sharing non-consensual intimate videos of Ghanaian women allegedly recorded secretly and circulated online by a Russian national.

Any public sector employee who does not verify their Ghana Card details on the newly introduced e-Payslip platform by March 15, 2026, risks having their salaries suspended by the Controller and Accountant-General’s Department (CAGD).