Donald Trump said it was “very dangerous” for the UK to do business with China, as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer arrived in Shanghai on the third day of his visit to the country. The US president was reacting to agreements aimed at increasing business and investment between the UK and China, announced after Sir […]
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has defended Ghana’s passport regimewih twelve-point explanations amid public debate triggered by reports surrounding the proposed issuance of a Ghanaian passport to U.S. internet personality Darren “IShowSpeed” Watkins Jr., following his recent visit to Ghana. In a detailed public statement, the Minister said Ghana welcomes the international attention […]
The African Continental Free Trade Area is the most ambitious integration project ever in the history of the African continent, President John Dramani Mahama, has said. Speaking at the Africa Trade Summit 2026 in Accra, President Mahama said industrial integration required market integration. The Africa Trade Summit 2026 is the continent’s premier platform for advancing […]
The Rwandan government is claiming it is owed £100m by the UK over payments due under an asylum agreement cancelled by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. Rwanda has filed an international arbitration case, arguing the UK has breached the terms of the deal to send some asylum seekers to the east African nation. Under the […]
Sustained heavy gunfire and loud explosions have been heard in Niger near the international airport outside the capital, Niamey. Multiple eyewitness accounts and videos showed air defence systems apparently engaging unidentified projectiles in the early hours of Thursday. The situation later calmed down, reports say, with an official reportedly saying the situation was now under […]
Ghana is set to host a High-Level Consultative Conference on Regional Cooperation and Security, convening Heads of State, Ministers, and senior officials from across the region to deliberate on pressing security and governance issues. The two-day Consultative Conference which will be held from Thursday, 29th to Friday, 30th January 2026 in Accra, will begin with […]
The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) has held high-level discussions with China’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Han Jun, to explore expanded bilateral cooperation aimed at modernising Ghana’s agricultural sector under the Government’s flagship 24-Hour Economy policy. The Ghanaian delegation was led by the Presidential Adviser on the 24-Hour Economy, Mr Augustine Goosie Tanoh, […]
The Government of Ghana has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with London-based civil engineering and infrastructure firm, QG Construction UK Limited, for the development of an Institute of Green and Sustainable Science and Technology at the Acherensua Campus of the University of Engineering and Agricultural Sciences (UEAS), Bunso. The agreement, signed through the Ministry […]
The current debate about whether Ghana should keep or remove the petroleum price floor is focused on the wrong question. This debate frames the issue as a simple policy choice, more regulation or less, when the real problem is whether Ghana’s petroleum market has the institutional capacity to function reliably under any pricing system. Until […]
The Ghana High Commission to the United Kingdom and Ireland has warmly received the Commonwealth Secretary-General, Hon. Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, during a courtesy visit on Monday, January 27, 2026. The meeting with H.E. Mrs. Sabah Zita Benson, Head of Mission, highlighted Ghana’s strong ties with the Commonwealth and reinforced commitments to advancing shared goals across […]
