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Special Envoy of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to Guinea, Dr. Mohammed Ibn Chambas has communicated his intention to withdraw as a mediator to the West African State. Guinea, whose junta has refused an ECOWAS mediator announced a 36-month transition period and has conditioned any dialogue towards a successful transfer of power...

Guinea Bissau President Umaro Embalo has been elected new chair of the ECOWAS for the next one year. He was elected at Sunday’s Summit [3 July 2022] to succeed Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo, who held the position for almost two years. Gambia’s Omar Alieu Touray was also introduced as the new President of the ECOWAS...

The Government will on Wednesday, July 6, 2022, officially begin talks with the officials of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help salvage Ghana’s failing economy. However, the kind of policy and economic assistance the Government of Ghana will be seeking from the IMF to help save the economy from further decline is unclear. But...

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has described the government’s decision to seek an economic bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as a “tragic mistake and a sad one for Ghana.” According to the TUC, this will be the 18th time the country’s economy will be handed over to the IMF to manage and, thus,...

Managers of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) say they have started serious background checks to establish the source of a viral video in which a number of school children are served what appears to be innutritious dish. The GSFP says it has also directed all its 16 Regional Coordinators to do their independent checks...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has authorized Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta to commence formal engagements with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), inviting the Fund to support an economic program put together by the government of Ghana. A statement issued by the Ministry of Information stated  that the move comes after  a telephone conversation between the...

Political pressure group, Arise Ghana has presented a petition to the Ministry of Finance demanding that the government takes “pragmatic steps to alleviate the suffering of the people of Ghana”. The group says it wants the government to cancel the Electronic Transaction Levy (E-levy) immediately and also take steps to reduce inflation and arrest the...

A young man identified as Yusif, an Ex-National Security Operative was whisked away on Wednesday morning at the El- Wak Stadium, Accra by the Police for possessing a firearm during the Arise Ghana Demonstration organized by the opposition National Democratic Congress. He is alleged to be a bodyguard of the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu as...

A member of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Justice Lee Adoboe has filed an application for an interlocutory injunction seeking to stop the swearing in of the newly-elected GJA President, Albert Dwumfuor. The suit was served to the officials of the GJA on Wednesday, June 29, a day before the swearing-in of the newly elected...

A subgroup of the Commercial Drivers Union under the Trades Union Congress (TUC) known as True Drivers Union have complained that the cost of a liter of fuel under Akufo-Addo’s is the cost for a gallon under John Mahama. The group who have apologised to Ghanaians because of the ongoing financial circumstances out their motivation...