The Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill goes far beyond the country’s existing colonial-era laws, which previously criminalized "unnatural carnal knowledge" (consensual same-sex intimacy between men).

Ghana will outlaw the production, importation, sale and use of Styrofoam takeaway packs and other polystyrene foam products from January 1, 2027.

Ghana is gradually making progress but in small strides and this speaks volume more than we think.

Compared with the continent’s leading electricity producers, Ghana’s strategy appears less focused on sheer volume and more centered on access expansion and energy stability.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ghana has announced that Ghana will host a High-Level Next Steps Conference on Reparatory Justice from June 17 to 19, 2026, in Accra.

Ghana has turned down a proposed bilateral health agreement with the United States, according to a source familiar with the discussions, marking another setback for efforts by the administration of Donald Trump to reshape foreign aid.

Supreme Court on February 10, 2026, by a five-member panel presided over by Justice Avril Lovelace-Johnson, marks a significant decision in addressing wrongful convictions and prolonged imprisonment in Ghana.

Ghana has temporarily stopped exporting electricity to neighbouring countries after a fire incident at the Akosombo Dam transmission network disrupted power delivery, prompting urgent measures to protect domestic supply.

Ghana’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has called for a full-scale investigation into reported xenophobic incidents targeting Ghanaians in South Africa, following the circulation of a disturbing viral video.

A routine vehicle transfer in the Ashanti Region quickly escalated into a high-risk police operation after a 26-year-old man allegedly made off with a Ghana Police Service armoured vehicle in broad daylight.

A Food Processing and Distribution Centre launched in Accra marks 7Ukraine's most concrete move yet to establish a lasting agricultural presence in West Africa and a strategic asset for Ghana's wheat-dependent economy.

Observations indicate that the standoff could have broader implications for Ghana’s informal transport sector, where vehicle classification and enforcement remain longstanding regulatory challenges.

The facility is to be complemented by storage and processing infrastructure to cut post-harvest losses. It is part of a broader agribusiness push that includes free fertilisers and a national network of Farmer Services Centres.

Parliament passed the bill in January. The President says offices are being established and company registration under the multi-shift framework will begin soon.

The Israeli Embassy in Accra has publicly explained its decision to vote against Ghana’s United Nations resolution on slavery reparations, stressing that its position was not a denial of the transatlantic slave trade but a concern over how the resolution was framed.

At 69 years of independence, Ghana has accumulated sovereignty without building the structures, policies, and cultural architecture that would make it, unmistakably, irreducibly, itself. This editorial offers an analytical reckoning, not a ceremonial one.

Modern Ghanaian youth are more informed, connected, and vocal than ever. They protest, they campaign, they demand accountability. Yet, for many, this energy is born not from love of country alone but from frustration with a system that seems to reward the well-connected and disenfranchises the rest.Additionally, there

Under Feed Ghana, President Mahama assures citizens that a $20 million agro-input initiative is underway to support about 50,000 households, especially 30,000 women and youth, across multiple regions with inputs for maize, rice, soya beans, cowpeas, groundnuts, vegetables and poultry.

John Abdulai Jinapor, Ghana’s Minister for Energy and Green Transition, has held high-level discussions with executives of Cenpower Generation Company Limited as part of ongoing stakeholder consultations within the country’s power sector.

Update from the government has confirmed that eight Ghanaian tomato traders were killed in a terrorist attack in Titao, northern Burkina Faso, on 14 February 2026 while three survived, sustaining substantial injuries.