I am addressing the General Assembly on behalf of the African group regarding the draft resolution entitled Declaration of the Trafficking of Enslaved Africans and Racialized Charter Enslavement of Africans as the Gravest Crime Against Humanity. In September last year, at the 80th
Ghana’s Government says it will engage the Burkina Faso authorities over the decision to ban the export of fresh tomatoes. The decision to engage “follows Burkina Faso’s directive suspending the export of fresh tomatoes, which took effect on March 16, 2026,” a statement issued by the Ministry of Trade, Agribusiness
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,
Two Ghanaian soldiers serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon have sustained critical injuries after their battalion headquarters was struck by missiles amid escalating exchanges between Israeli forces and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. The Ghana Armed Forces confirmed in an official
Liberian pastor and Chief Executive Officer of the Citizens Action Committee, Rev. Philip Blamo, has rallied fellow nationals to join a march to the Ghana Embassy in Monrovia tomorrow to express their displeasure over the alleged lynching of 26-year-old Liberian national Austin Tengbeh.
Sixteen passengers have been killed in a fatal road accident involving a Ford Transit bus and an ambulance at Potrikrom on the Kumasi–Sunyani highway in the Ashanti Region. The crash occurred near Mankranso in the Ahafo Ano South East District. The Ford Transit
A 42-year-old woman and her three sons have drowned in an abandoned illegal mining pit at Wassa Dunkwa in the Amenfi West Municipality of the Western Region. The tragic incident occurred on Saturday afternoon when the family reportedly went to fetch firewood near
Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, on Wednesday paid a rare diplomatic visit to Ukraine, where he formally appealed to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the release of two Ghanaian nationals currently being held as prisoners of war. The visit comes amid
Ghana’s 69th Independence Anniversary Parade will be held at the forecourt of Jubilee House on March 6, 2026, the Information Services Department (ISD) has announced. In a notice dated February 24, 2026, and signed by the Acting Director of the Information Services Department,
The government has confirmed that the renaming of Accra International Airport to Kotoka International Airport was not backed by legislation, clearing the way for its reversion through executive action. Addressing journalists, the Minister for Transport, Joseph Nikwe Bukari, said the original change of