Twenty-two strike actions by labour unions in 2024 alone cost the country a total of GHC1.47 billion, Dr George Smith Graham, the Chief Executive Officer, Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC), has said. Speaking during President John Mahama’s meeting with Organised Labour on Tuesday, he disclosed that Ghana lost another GHC635million as a result of eight strikes in 2025. “This year [2026] we’ve had some strikes and they all come
A final-year student of Effutu A.M.E Zion Girls Senior High School, Emmanuella Quainoo, has died after a swarm of bees attacked her on campus in the Effutu Municipality. The incident reportedly occurred around 5:00 p.m. on the school premises, where the student was
Burkina Faso has suspended all fresh tomato exports across its territory with immediate effect, as the military-led government moves to protect domestic processing units from supply shortages. The ban, announced in a joint communiqué dated March 16, 2026, was signed by the Minister
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has announced that all Ghanaians who requested evacuation from Israel have safely arrived in Accra, with only a limited number of consular officials remaining to provide essential services. The minister confirmed that the evacuees arrived in
President John Dramani Mahama has welcomed 54 personnel from the 48 Engineers Regiment of Ghana Armed Forces deployed to offer humanitarian assistance to help Jamaica recover after the ‘Hurricane Melissa’ disaster last October. Speaking during a welcome ceremony held at the Teshie Camp
Ghana’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Ireland, Sabah Zita Benson, engaged in high-level discussions with the Speaker of the UK House of Commons, Lindsay Hoyle, in a bid to strengthen parliamentary collaboration between the two countries. The discussions focused on enhancing
Morocco have been declared the winners of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations after the Confederation of African Football (Caf) overturned the result of the final following Senegal’s controversial walk-off. Senegal beat Morocco 1-0 in the final on 18 January in a match
The Secretariat of the Responsible Cooperative Mining and Skills Development Programme (rCOMSDEP), in collaboration with the Minerals Commission, has begun a nationwide registration of small-scale miners. The exercise, piloted in the Western and Western North Regions, seeks to formalise and regulate the small-scale
Ghana is pressing ahead with a new sliding-scale gold royalty regime aimed at increasing the country’s share of mining revenues as global bullion prices surge, despite opposition from some foreign governments and major mining companies. The new policy, which takes effect on Tuesday,
The Embassy of Ghana in Qatar has directed Ghanaian nationals living in Doha to submit the biodata pages of their passports by Tuesday, 17 March 2026, as part of preparations for an optional evacuation from the country. The directive follows an earlier communiqué