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Travelling within Africa is not only expensive, but also grueling, stressful and painful. There are the mandatory visa requirements before departure and visa-on-arrival, which are also quite expensive.

Torgbui Adzonugaga Amenya Fiti V, Paramount Chief of Aflao Traditional Area and President of the Forum of Kings of Africa, has called for calm and renewed African solidarity following rising xenophobic tensions in South Africa.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has postponed the evacuation of Ghanaians from South Africa. 

In Ghana, these major El Niño events such as those of 1982-1983, 1997-1998, 2015-2016, and the recent 2023-2024 episode have been linked to prolonged dry spells, reduced rainfall, increased temperatures, and heightened risks of drought and…

Ghana requires an estimated $9.3 billion to finance climate mitigation and adaptation measures, the Financial Stability Review 2025 has stated. 

Professor Godfred Alufar Bokpin, an Economist, says Ghana currently lacks the capacity to effectively manage and benefit from full-scale resource nationalisation.

Ghana lost $78 million following the closure of USAID programmes, President John Mahama has said, noting that in Ghana, health financing from bilateral and multilateral partners has significantly decreased since 2025.

The Ghana government has ruled out compensation for bondholders who incurred losses under the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP), Dr Cassiel Ato Baah Forson, Finance Minister, has said.

Ghana has officially exited its Extended Credit Facility (ECF) programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

The Human Rights Division of the High Court has awarded damages against the Ghana Police Service for violating the rights of journalists and protesters during the #OccupyJulorbiHouse demonstration held in September 2023.