The Ghana Police Service has confirmed that it is engaging diplomatic channels to secure the cooperation of Arianna Naomi Mackey, an American citizen who alleged in a viral video that she was kidnapped and extorted by five masked police officers during a snap-check operation in Accra. According to the Police, Ms. Mackey has since blocked […]
The Deputy Chief Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) has expressed the agency’s interest in deepening collaboration with the Government of Ghana, particularly in mobilizing climate finance as the country develops its Roadmap for Climate-Resilient Infrastructure. She emphasized the importance of this partnership, noting UNOPS’ commitment to supporting Ghana in […]
The head of the World Health Organization has denounced a series of airstrikes in Sudan’s South Kordofan State that killed 114 people, including 63 children. The attacks happened on December 4 and hit a kindergarten and the nearby Kalogi Rural Hospital, according to the WHO’s Attacks on Health Care monitoring system. Another 35 people were […]
Two senior military officials taken hostage during Sunday’s attempted coup in Benin have been freed, a government source has told the BBC. It remains unclear how they were released or if other hostages are still being held. Security forces are continuing a manhunt for those involved in the plot, who remain at large. A group […]
The United Nations in Ghana, together with key development partners, joined the Government of Ghana, its agencies, and major stakeholders at the inaugural Annual Data Forum 2025 for Data Producers, Users and Enhancers, aimed at leveraging innovations in data and statistics to promote a just, peaceful, inclusive, and prosperous African ecosystem. Held at the Alisa […]
The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) has announced that the Ghana Police Service, in collaboration with the CyberSecurity Authority, has launched an investigation into viral social media videos alleging that some diasporans were kidnapped and extorted by individuals purported to be members of the Ghana Police Service during their stay in the country. The statement follows […]
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has announced Ghana’s intention to increase its workforce in Qatar to 50,000 in the medium term, up from the current 13,000 Ghanaian workers. He made this projection while commenting on the newly ratified Labour Mobility Agreement endorsed by the parliaments of both Qatar and Ghana. Following high-level discussions […]
The prominent opposition candidate and former pop star Bobi Wine said in posts on social network X late on Saturday that he was attacked while campaigning in the north of the country. Beaten by security forces, together with his campaigning aides and supporters: this is what Ugandan opposition politician Bobi Wine said in a series […]
About 100 children who were abducted from a Catholic school in central Nigeria last month have been freed, authorities say. Niger state’s police chief, Adamu Abdullahi Elleman, and Bishop Bulus Dauwa Yohanna, who is in charge of the school as the local leader of the Catholic community, both told the BBC that they had received […]
Beninese people, my dear compatriots, I am addressing you this evening because our country has today experienced events of the utmost seriousness. Indeed, a small group of soldiers, under the pretext of false claims, initiated a mutiny aimed at attacking the institutions of the Republic and destabilizing our nation, thereby calling into question our democratic […]
