Ghana and Jamaica have reaffirmed their longstanding historical and diplomatic ties, committing to deepen cooperation in health, trade, culture, tourism and reparatory justice. At the Third Session of the Ghana-Jamaica Permanent Joint Commission for Cooperation (PJCC) in Accra on Tuesday, the two countries pledged to strengthen bilateral engagement and advance Pan-African solidarity. The session, held […]
Mr. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, has disclosed that 26 Ghanaians detained in South Africa over alleged visa violations have been released and brought home. It is part of the government’s ongoing rescue operation following recent xenophobic attacks and insecurity in parts of that country. The 26 were among the first batch […]
Joyful yet emotional scenes unfolded Accra International Airport on Wednesday as the first batch of 300 Ghanaians evacuated from South Africa arrived home safely. It comes in the wake of recent xenophobic attacks, anti-foreigner tensions, and rising insecurity in parts of South Africa, where some African migrants have reportedly faced threats, harassment, assaults, and destruction […]
Ghana has welcomed Pope Leo XIV’s apology for the Catholic Church’s historic role in slavery, describing it as an “act of moral courage” that was important in the global pursuit of “truth, human dignity and justice”. The Pope issued the clearest apology yet for the Church’s involvement in legitimising slavery and its delay in condemning […]
Former US First Lady Jill Biden says she thought her husband, President Joe Biden, was having a stroke during his infamously faltering presidential debate in 2024. “I was frightened, because I had never ever seen Joe like that before or since. Never,” Jill Biden told CBS News, the BBC’s US partner. “I don’t know what […]
The Ghana High Commissioner to South Africa, Benjamin Quarshie, has called out the South African Department of Home Affairs over delays in the renewal of residence and work permits, a situation he says has left some Ghanaians classified as undocumented. He expressed concern that persistent delays in permit renewals have affected the legal status of […]
The British High Commission in Ghana has opened applications for National Service Personnel under the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) Policy and Political roles, with the deadline set for May 31, 2026. The placement is scheduled to begin on November 1, 2026, with a 35-hour working week. Remuneration will be in line with the […]
The Ministry of Health has announced that Ghana and Jamaica are in the final stages of signing a bilateral health agreement to facilitate the deployment of Ghanaian health professionals to work in Kingston. The announcement follows a series of diplomatic engagements between both countries, aimed at strengthening South–South cooperation and deepening bilateral relations between Ghana […]
The Western Regional Police Command has arrested three Ghanaians and three Chinese nationals in connection with a suspected murder at a mining site at Gwira Ampansie in the Nzema East District of Ghana’s Western Region. The arrest follows a fatal shooting incident in which the family head of Gwira Ampansie, Angu Mensah, was allegedly killed […]
In one of his most memorable speeches that echoes through space and time, Dr Kwame Nkrumah made a passionate appeal for African unity. Ghana’s founding leader said, “We unite or we perish.” This rallying cry was long ignored by his peers, who later compromised on the formation of a political body and a bureaucracy called […]
