Dr Alhassan Iddrisu, the Government Statistician, says 12.5 million Ghanaians, representing 38.1 per cent of the population, remain food insecure according to the Ghana Statistical Service Food Insecurity Report. The report considered food insecurity in Ghana between the period 2024 Q1 to 2025
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has announced that Ghana will host a Fugu and Kente Trade Exhibition in Zambia in March 2026, following heightened interest in Ghanaian traditional attire during President John Dramani Mahama’s recent visit to Lusaka. According to
Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has highlighted the extensive bilateral benefits that Ghana and Zambia stand to gain from the ten Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) signed during President Mahama’s three-day state visit to Zambia. The agreements, spanning multiple sectors, are
The Ghana Police Service has directed private security institutions to use approved uniforms in accordance with the law. They are to use the four uniforms: white long/short sleeve shirt over a pair of ash khaki trousers with white stripes on both sides, or a cream long/short sleeve shirt over brown
Across parts of Accra, nkate (groundnut) cake vendors continue to line busy streets, transport terminals and commercial centres selling the popular snack to commuters and passers-by. Unlike many street trades affected by low patronage, vendors say nkate cake continues to enjoy steady demand.
Anti-corruption campaigner Vitus Azeem has called on the government to revise its plans for the proposed renaming of Kotoka International Airport, advocating instead that the facility bear the name of Ghana’s first President, Dr Kwame Nkrumah. Mr Azeem made the appeal amid an
The Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has declared that smocks, popularly known as fugu or batakari, imported from Ghana for personal use are exempt from customs duties and taxes, in a move aimed at promoting cultural exchange. However, commercial quantities, such as importing 20
President John Mahama has expressed surprise that his traditional Ghanaian attire only attracted wide attention after he visited Zambia, despite having worn it on global platforms such as the United Nations. Speaking in an interview with JoyNews’ Maxwell Agbagba after the Ghana–Zambia Business
The United States Embassy in Ghana has called on members of the Ghanaian public with ideas for collaboration around American recipes, food products, or chefs to engage with the Embassy as part of efforts to promote Culinary Diplomacy between the two countries. The
The Amasaman High Court has slashed Patricia Asiedua, aka Agradaa’s 15-year jail term to one year. Agradaa, a fetish priestess turned evangelist’s reduced sentence takes effect from July 2025. Agradaa’s sentence was slashed after she appealed against the 15-year jail term imposed on