Ghana has secured a US$22 million support package from the World Bank to strengthen the country’s food security and address long-standing challenges within the agricultural sector, Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson has announced. According to Dr. Forson, the...
Former Vice President and New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer hopeful, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has announced plans to introduce a comprehensive digital database and welfare system aimed at ending what he described as “adidigya”—the neglect and exclusion of grassroots...
President John Dramani Mahama has constituted and will personally chair a Presidential Advisory Group on the Economy as part of efforts to provide strategic direction and expert guidance on Ghana’s economic management and recovery agenda. The Advisory Group is made up...
The Presidency has forwarded a number of petitions seeking the removal of the Special Prosecutor and the leadership of the Electoral Commission to the Chief Justice, Minister for Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has confirmed. According to him, the...
The United States government has announced an indefinite suspension of immigrant visa processing for nationals of 75 countries, including Ghana, as part of a broader review of its immigration screening and vetting procedures. The directive, issued by the U.S. State...
The Government of Ghana has announced that it has paid a total of US$1.47 billion within its first year in office to clear longstanding debts in the energy sector and fully restore the World Bank Partial Risk Guarantee, according to the Ministry of Finance. The...