NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Roger A. Agana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/only-four-nations-back-africa-free-movement-protocol/The Mo Ibrahim Foundation (MIF) warned on May 11, 2026 that Africa’s integration ambitions are being undermined by slow political action on free movement, as a new report revealed that only four of the continent’s 55 nations have ratified the African Union’s (AU) 2018 Free Movement of Persons Protocol. Released to coincide with the Africa […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Roger A. Agana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/only-four-nations-back-africa-free-movement-protocol/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Roger A. Agana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ugandas-sovereignty-law-reshapes-civil-society-funding-debate/Uganda’s Parliament passed the Protection of Sovereignty Bill on May 5, 2026, closing months of bitter national debate over foreign funding controls and the future of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and Community-Based Organisations (CBOs) operating across the country. Parliament passed the bill after adopting amendments that significantly narrowed its scope, removed contentious provisions, and introduced safeguards […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Roger A. Agana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ugandas-sovereignty-law-reshapes-civil-society-funding-debate/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Roger A. Agana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/open-document-format-marks-20-years-as-iso-standard/The Open Document Format (ODF) has marked 20 years as an open international standard for office documents, with Germany, Brazil, and the European Commission deepening adoption to safeguard digital sovereignty. ODF cleared its Draft International Standard ballot at the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) on 3 May 2006 with unanimous approval, and was published as […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Roger A. Agana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/open-document-format-marks-20-years-as-iso-standard/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Roger A. Agana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-marks-25-years-since-may-9-stadium-tragedy/Ghana on May 9 marked 25 years since the 2001 Accra Sports Stadium disaster, with the May 9th Foundation honouring the 126 lives lost in the country’s deadliest sporting tragedy. The 2001 disaster unfolded during a top flight football match between Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko, when crowd violence and the police […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Roger A. Agana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-marks-25-years-since-may-9-stadium-tragedy/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/acheampong-calls-ghanas-pci-transition-a-turning-point/Ghana’s shift from the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) to a Policy Coordination Instrument (PCI) marks one of its most important economic turning points in years, economist Theo Acheampong has said. The political risk analyst and Ministry of Finance technical advisor described the move as a graduation away from emergency crisis tools toward an arrangement designed […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/acheampong-calls-ghanas-pci-transition-a-turning-point/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/barker-vormawor-suspects-us-holding-ofori-atta-as-leverage/Lawyer and activist Oliver Barker Vormawor has questioned why former Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta has not been deported to Ghana, suggesting Washington may be holding him as political leverage. In a Facebook post, the activist argued that if American authorities genuinely intended to send the former minister home, they would have done so the […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/barker-vormawor-suspects-us-holding-ofori-atta-as-leverage/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/afenyo-markin-likens-abronye-case-to-pndc-era/Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo Markin on Sunday likened the detention of New Patriotic Party (NPP) Bono Regional Chairman Kwame Baffoe to political repression under Ghana’s former military regime. Speaking at a press conference at the NPP headquarters in Asylum Down, Accra, the Effutu MP demanded the immediate release of Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC, […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/afenyo-markin-likens-abronye-case-to-pndc-era/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-to-fully-recapitalise-central-bank-by-2032/Government will fully recapitalise the Bank of Ghana (BoG) by 2032, Finance Minister Cassiel Ato Baah Forson said, backed by new law triggering automatic capital injections when minimums are breached. Speaking at a Friday press briefing in Accra to mark the close of Ghana’s three year US$3 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) supported programme, Forson […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-to-fully-recapitalise-central-bank-by-2032/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-financial-sector-assets-jump-23-3-in-2025/Ghana’s financial sector assets rose 23.3 per cent to GH¢647.25 billion in 2025, equal to 45.1 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), regulators said in their maiden stability review. The expansion was driven by steadier macroeconomic conditions, stronger capital buffers, and heavy bank holdings of government instruments, according to the Bank of Ghana (BoG). […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-financial-sector-assets-jump-23-3-in-2025/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-rules-out-compensation-for-ddep-bondholders/Finance Minister Cassiel Ato Baah Forson has ruled out compensation for investors who lost money under the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP), citing no legal or contractual basis for reimbursement. Speaking at a joint press briefing in Accra to mark the completion of Ghana’s US$3 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) Extended Credit Facility (ECF), Forson […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-rules-out-compensation-for-ddep-bondholders/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/mpraeso-mp-opposes-gold-fields-tarkwa-lease-renewal/Mpraeso MP Davis Ansah Opoku has opposed the renewal of Gold Fields’ Tarkwa Mine lease, calling on Ghana to reclaim expired concessions and place strategic mineral assets under local ownership. Opoku threw his weight behind the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) position on indigenous control of the mining sector, arguing that Ghana now has the […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/mpraeso-mp-opposes-gold-fields-tarkwa-lease-renewal/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Roger A. Agana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-stock-exchange-rallies-48-91-in-first-quarter/The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) Composite Index returned 48.91% in the first quarter of 2026, lifted by easing inflation, macroeconomic stability, and surging trading across equities and fixed income markets. The performance marked one of the GSE’s strongest opening quarters in years and nearly doubled the 27.19% return recorded over the same period in 2025. […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Roger A. Agana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-stock-exchange-rallies-48-91-in-first-quarter/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ndc-coordinator-urges-jobs-for-nyinahin-zongo-residents/The Coordinator of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Nyinahin Zongo Caucus, Alhaji Mohammed Abdul Mumuni, has demanded more job opportunities for Atwima Mponua residents awaiting the government’s 24 Hour Economy policy. Mumuni said Zongo communities across the district continue to face stiff economic pressure but remain hopeful that the John Dramani Mahama administration will follow […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ndc-coordinator-urges-jobs-for-nyinahin-zongo-residents/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/atta-issah-defends-ghanas-new-imf-pci-request/Sagnarigu MP Atta Issah has defended Ghana’s request for a new International Monetary Fund (IMF) Policy Coordination Instrument (PCI), saying the arrangement will restore investor confidence and signal economic discipline. Speaking on TV3’s Hot Issues, the lawmaker said the PCI differs sharply from the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) Ghana relied on during its recent debt […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/atta-issah-defends-ghanas-new-imf-pci-request/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, EDALL Chronicles, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghanas-numbers-look-good-but-is-the-economy-actually-healing/By Dr. Sam Ankrah, May 2026 Inflation down from a peak of 54% to 3.4% by April 2026. The cedi appreciating. GDP growing at 6%. Interest rates on a sustained downward path. On paper, Ghana’s economic turnaround reads like a textbook recovery. International institutions have applauded, credit ratings have been upgraded, and IMF reviews have […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, EDALL Chronicles, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghanas-numbers-look-good-but-is-the-economy-actually-healing/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/fire-guts-girls-dormitory-at-talensi-deaf-school/Fire destroyed the female dormitory of the Gbeogo School for the Deaf in the Talensi District of Ghana’s Upper East Region early Sunday morning, leaving students displaced and the school community in shock. The blaze broke out at approximately 5:00 a.m. while many students were sleeping outside because of the hot weather. Eyewitnesses said those […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/fire-guts-girls-dormitory-at-talensi-deaf-school/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/big-push-road-project-transforms-afienya-community-life/Rehabilitation work on the long-neglected 16.80-kilometre Afienya-New Jerusalem-Apolonia road is underway under Ghana’s Big Push initiative, bringing relief to communities that endured years of isolation and economic hardship caused by the deteriorating stretch. The road connects Apolonia township to Oyibi, Ashaiman, Adenta, Madina and Aburi, and also serves as an alternative corridor for travellers heading […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/big-push-road-project-transforms-afienya-community-life/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-navy-rescues-seven-stowaways-from-atlantic-tanker/The Ghana Navy rescued seven suspected stowaways from the rudder trunk of a Belgian crude oil tanker approximately 200 nautical miles south of Tema Harbour on Wednesday, May 13, 2026, following an international distress alert. The men were found concealed inside the MT Cap Felix, a tanker with a gross tonnage of approximately 82,000 tons […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-navy-rescues-seven-stowaways-from-atlantic-tanker/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-hypertension-day-exposes-dangerous-treatment-gap/Ghana marked World Hypertension Day on Sunday with health authorities revealing that only 19% of residents living with high blood pressure have the condition adequately controlled, despite years of national intervention and millions of screenings. The commemoration was led by the Ghana Health Service, global health organisation PATH and AstraZeneca’s Healthy Heart Africa initiative, with […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-hypertension-day-exposes-dangerous-treatment-gap/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/tidal-waves-leave-80-homeless-in-central-region/At least 80 residents of Moree in Ghana’s Central Region lost their homes on Saturday after powerful tidal waves tore through the coastal community and destroyed 13 houses in the Abura Asebu Kwamankese District. The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) confirmed the scale of the damage, saying the incident struck at approximately 3 p.m. local […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/tidal-waves-leave-80-homeless-in-central-region/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-project-trains-244-workers-to-save-newborns/The Pediatric Society of Ghana (PSG) has trained 244 healthcare workers across the Upper West Region to cut maternal and newborn deaths under an 18-month health intervention that closed this week. The project, run alongside the Ghana Health Service and the Upper West Regional Health Directorate, ended with a formal close-out meeting and a donation […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-project-trains-244-workers-to-save-newborns/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/gunmen-abduct-50-children-from-nigeria-schools/Gunmen seized more than 50 children from three schools in Mussa, Borno State, northeastern Nigeria on Friday morning, using the young hostages as human shields to prevent security forces from opening fire as they fled on motorcycles. Most of the abducted children are between two and five years old. Eyewitnesses described attackers loading children directly […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/gunmen-abduct-50-children-from-nigeria-schools/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-vp-urges-reform-of-global-governance-systems/Vice President Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang has called for urgent reforms to global governance institutions, arguing that they must better reflect contemporary realities and the interests of developing nations if they are to retain legitimacy in an increasingly unequal world, during a keynote address at the University of Oxford on May 16. Speaking at the […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-vp-urges-reform-of-global-governance-systems/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/gyampo-condemns-bullying-of-citizens-by-powerful-nations/Political scientist Professor Ransford Gyampo has criticised powerful nations for mistreating foreign nationals in detention, drawing on a personal airport experience abroad to make his case during discussions on TV3’s The KeyPoints on May 16. Contributing to a broader conversation about a Ghanaian individual detained abroad, Prof. Gyampo recounted being pulled aside by immigration officers […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/gyampo-condemns-bullying-of-citizens-by-powerful-nations/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Kwabena Adu Koranteng, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/stimson-center-rates-morocco-as-africas-rising-power/Morocco has emerged as one of North Africa’s most strategically positioned nations, backed by sweeping domestic reforms, increasingly assertive diplomacy and a growth strategy built on technology and green energy, according to a new assessment by the American think tank the Stimson Center. The report, released this year, positions Morocco at the crossroads of Europe, […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Kwabena Adu Koranteng, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/stimson-center-rates-morocco-as-africas-rising-power/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ecowas-court-delays-ruling-on-torkornoo-application/The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice has adjourned its ruling on an application filed by Ghana’s suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo, who is seeking to halt domestic proceedings for her removal from office, the court announced on Friday. The court said it would communicate a date for […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ecowas-court-delays-ruling-on-torkornoo-application/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/priscary-and-papy-win-pmxtra-season-4/Priscary and Papy have been crowned the Perfect Match of PMXtra Season 4, winning GHS 300,000 and a trip abroad after claiming 59.91% of votes in the live finale on TV3 on Saturday, May 16. The cash prize is the largest in the show’s four-season history and has been described as the biggest cash prize […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/priscary-and-papy-win-pmxtra-season-4/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/npp-ejisu-members-protest-open-voting-plan/Members and executives of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Ejisu Constituency have staged a protest against a proposed open voting system for upcoming polling station elections, demanding secret ballots instead and warning that the dispute is fracturing the party at a critical period of reorganisation. The protesters say regional party representatives had already directed […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/npp-ejisu-members-protest-open-voting-plan/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ndc-women-accuse-suame-mce-of-nepotism/Members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Women’s Wing in Suame Constituency have publicly accused their Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of nepotism, land misuse and deliberately sidelining party members from key decisions, calling on President John Dramani Mahama to intervene. The group, led by Constituency Women’s Organiser Asmawu Bello, popularly known as Empress, made the […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ndc-women-accuse-suame-mce-of-nepotism/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.