June 5, 2026

The Ghana cedi lost value against the United States dollar in May 2026, depreciating by about 4.6 per cent over the one-month period, based on official Bank of Ghana interbank exchange rate figures. 

Ghana has launched the Ghana Agri Connect Compact, a national agricultural transformation blueprint aimed at creating more than 2.6 million jobs, enhancing food security and reducing food imports by 2035.

The Ghana Chamber of Mines says the Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) sector produces most of Ghana’s gold but contributes less than 2% of the sector's tax revenue to the state.  

Ghana will not end rice imports with slogans, patriotism, or sudden bans, but by ensuring local rice production matches the high quality that consumers want to eat, Mr Kofi Akuamoah Boateng Baidoo, the Executive Director, Ghana Rice…

School children and teachers within the Takoradi Central Circuit of the Sekondi-Takoradi Metro Education Unit have lamented the weight and sizes of sanitary pads distributed by the government. 

An Accra Circuit Court has warned that it will strike out the alleged Mamprobi Hospital baby theft case if the prosecution failed to file its disclosures. 

Ghana’s senior national team, the Black Stars, have arrived in the United States to continue preparations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Mr Bill Godson Ocloo, a Human Security Analyst, has urged Ghanaians to approach the Interior Minister’s disclosure of more than 100 unauthorised entry routes in the Volta Region with calm and for a clear-headed national attention. 

About 70 per cent of buildings in the Ada East District have been constructed without permits, Mr Kenneth Kabu Kofi Kanor, the District Chief Executive (DCE), has disclosed.

The United States Government has donated three Freightliner heavy-duty trucks, valued at more than $600,000, to the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) to enhance its engineering, construction and humanitarian response capabilities.