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O. Jason OSAI urges African leaders not to allow themselves to be led into new slavery by treaties and agreements they don't understand The 1980 Box Office comic movie 'The [...]

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) strongly condemns the attacks on the media and other acts of violence that resulted in the death of one football fan during a [...]

In every election season, political parties present their manifestoes to electorates who will scrutinise them and vote for their preferred candidate. The manifesto is the documented vision and intentions a [...]

Accra Hearts of Oak have strongly denounced the shocking acts of hooliganism that marred the Ghana Premier League match between Nsoatreman FC and Kumasi Asante Kotoko at Nsoatre Park. The [...]

Ghanaian Environmental journalist Erastus Asare Donkor of the Multimedia Group has disclosed that he had to flee Ghana before the country's 2024 elections due to life-threatening intimidation in relation to [...]

Byline: Times Reporter Over 300 participants attended a comprehensive workshop on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as part of a business academy partnership initiative between Tullow Ghana Ltd and [...]

Byline: Raissa Sambou The Minister of Health-designate, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has pledged to ensure that primary healthcare in Ghana becomes absolutely free when approved by Parliament. He assured that this [...]

Byline: Lawrence Vomafa Akpalu and Raissa Sambou The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has constituted a seven-member special committee to investigate the violent altercation that erupted during the [...]

Ghana will use her economic diplomacy to address youth unemployment through regulated migration of Ghanaian artisans and professionals to work abroad. Based on that, Ghana would sign bilateral agreements with [...]

Byline: Adade Can-Tamakaloe As we navigate the complexities of our nation's development, it has become increasingly clear that a paradigm shift is necessary. We must adopt a new approach, one [...]

Byline: Times Reporter The National Democratic Congress (NDC) ProForum North America has urged all stakeholders, including the Ghanaian diaspora, to rally behind Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa to collectively advance Ghana's global [...]

President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi spoke by phone with President of the Republic of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, on Monday, said Spokesperson for the Presidency, Ambassador Mohamed El-Shennawy in a statement. [...]

TLDR Ghana's annual inflation rate eased slightly to 23.5% in January That's down from 23.8% in December, marking the first decline in five months The easing inflation comes as Ghana [...]

Byline: Bola A. Akinterinwa Birth-right Citizenship is one of the methods of acquiring the citizenship of a country in international law and relations. It falls within the purview of the [...]

Speaker of Ghana's Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has suspended four lawmakers following a violent altercation during the vetting of ministerial nominees. The clash erupted on Thursday evening when members of the [...]

The Ghana Federation of Disability Organisations (GFD) has called on President John Mahama to appoint qualified Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) into government and across Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies. It [...]

Byline: Kingsley Asare The World Bank Country Director, Robert Taliercio, has pledged the Bank's commitment to helping improving education in the country. According to him, education was the key to [...]

The Minister-designate for Labour, Jobs, and Employment, Dr Abdul-Rashid Hassan Pelpuo, at his vetting yesterday, put out a number of actions he intends to implement once approved by Parliament's Appointments [...]

Byline: Raissa Sambou The Minister-designate for Labour, Jobs, and Employment, Dr Abdul-Rashid Hassan Pelpuo, has vowed to protect Ghanaian workers from mistreatment by foreign business owners and ensure fair labour [...]

I once had to disagree with the late Justice D.F. Annan at a public forum, State House in Accra that history is not a bad Teacher. I said 'it is [...]

Byline: Malik Sullemana The fourth Brazil-Ghana Business Forum aimed at promoting trade and investment has ended in Accra yesterday. The forum was also meant to deepen bilateral relations between the [...]

President John Dramani Mahama has inaugurated an eight-member Constitutional Review Committee with a charge to them to engage widely with the citizenry in their work. Swearing in the committee at [...]

Byline: Nkrabeah Effah-Dartey Every lawyer will tell you that every case in court is either a CRIMINAL case or a CIVIL case. Criminal case involves the Police or the Attorney [...]

Byline: Moussa Soumahoro As private sector donations increase, the 21 African countries still not contributing to the fund must pay up. The African Union (AU) Peace Fund (PF) is at [...]

In 2017, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) tasked its Working Group with exploring reforms to the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) system. In January 2024, in Vienna, [...]

Dar es Salaam -- On the margins of the Africa Energy Summit, Presidents Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia and John Dramani Mahama of Ghana convened to bolster the ties between [...]

Byline: Michael Sarpong Mfum in Ghana Accra - Illegal mining has become a crippling burden on Ghana, wreaking havoc on the nation's water bodies, land, and even claiming lives. Despite [...]

Byline: Bakare Majeed I was cognisant of the tension and potential violence that could result if there was a long-drawn-out process of announcing the results. A former Vice President of [...]

Byline: Bukola Idowu Four African countries, namely, Nigeria, Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, and Senegal have recently secured landmark investments totaling about $25billion aimed at boosting industrial capabilities in these benefiting nations. [...]

President John Dramani Mahama has urged his ministers to serve with humility and candour and remember that they serve at the pleasure of Ghanaians. Swearing in six ministerial nominees, following [...]

Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama has appointed a former national security chief as envoy to the alliance formed by Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, signalling his administration's intention to mend [...]

Byline: Banning Eyre (https://afropop.org/articles/djembefola-weedie-braimah-returns-to-the-blue-note) Weedie Braimah is a djembefola (a master of the djembe drum), and a force of nature. Born in Ghana and raised in East St. Louis by [...]

Dreamers, storytellers, and unseen hands have always shaped the cultural narratives that endure. These are the figures whose quiet, persistent work ensures that history is preserved, stories are told, and [...]

The government has been called upon to enact stringent laws on the use of public lands to protect the interest of investors, and the general public from unscrupulous individuals. According [...]

Though it is too early to attempt any serious assessment of the performance of President John Mahama, it cannot be denied that he has hit the ground running. His reduction [...]

Byline: Titilope F Ajayi In the interest of national stability, Ghana's new government must tackle threats and gaps in the security sector. Ghana's new President John Mahama took over this [...]

Ghana has delayed the delivery of 370,000 metric tons of cocoa in the 2023/24 season due to poor output, Mr Eric Opoku, Food and Agribusiness Minister-designate, has said. Speaking during [...]

Byline: Bird Agency Ghana's introduction of visa-free travel for all African passport holders is the latest shot in the arm for Africa's push toward seamless cross-border travel and trade integration. [...]

Byline: Kingsley Asare Professional services firm, Deloitte, has reiterated that the persistent rise in inflation in Ghana and Nigeria will hinder economic growth. This is because businesses are experiencing increased [...]

Byline: Julius Yao Petetsi President John Dramani Mahama has underscored the need for closer collaboration between West African countries to fight the canker of insurgency and extremism. According to President [...]

Byline: Kingsley E. Hope, Kumasi At least 15 people were reported dead in two separate fatal clashes in Obuasi and Nkwanta, respectively in the Ashanti and Oti regions over the [...]

Ghana's newly elected President, John Dramani Mahama, arrived in The Gambia on Friday for a one-day working visit. President Mahama was warmly received at the Banjul International Airport by President [...]

As Sudan prepare for the highly anticipated 2025 TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations, all eyes are on James Kwesi Appiah, the experienced Ghanaian tactician tasked with leading the East [...]

Byline: Nicholas Mwangi Ghana's suspension of diplomatic ties with the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic has sparked widespread criticism. Just before John Dramani Mahama took the oath of office on January [...]

Byline: Nicholas Solomon As Ghana enters a new chapter under the leadership of President John Dramani Mahama, optimism about the trajectory of the country's real estate and infrastructure sectors is [...]

Byline: Julius Yao Petetsi President John Dramani Mahama has nominated 10 persons for consideration as regional ministers in his government. The list, according to a statement signed in Accra yesterday [...]

Byline: Times Reporter Ghanaians have been urged to intensify their prayer life, draw more closely to God, and also give him praise irrespective of the challenges they may face this [...]

Byline: Muhammad Dan Suleiman John Mahama has been (https://apnews.com/article/ghana-mahama-inauguration-economic-crisis-president-985c317852f35d1ff5d0e8ae07e099d3) sworn in as Ghana's new president. He inherits a host of security challenges by dint of the country's position in the [...]

Some residents in Tumu in the Sissala East Constituency of the Upper West Region have appealed to President John Dramani Mahama to commit towards recovering all alleged looted state funds, [...]

Byline: Jibrin Ibrahim The star is not John Dramani Mahama, who has just been sworn in as the President of Ghana even if he too is a winner. The star [...]