President John Dramani Mahama urged civil society organisations and faith leaders on Friday to shift the focus of Ghana’s crime-fighting strategy from arrested youths to the criminal “kingpins” who, he said, run the operations behind them. Addressing the meeting with CSOs, President Mahama acknowledged the human cost of a heavy-handed approach to prosecution. “I like...
Author: Baina Media (Baina Media)
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Government to Revoke Controversial Mining Regulation
Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Dr. Dominic Ayine, has disclosed that Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 2501 will soon be presented to Parliament to annul the contentious L.I. 2462, which has faced widespread criticism for permitting mining operations in forest reserves. Speaking at President John Mahama’s meeting with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) on the galamsey crisis...
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Government to Set Up Special Tribunals in Illegal Mining Crackdown
The government has unveiled sweeping measures to intensify the fight against illegal mining, announcing plans to establish specialized tribunals to fast-track prosecutions. So far, more than 400 arrests have been made in the nationwide crackdown. At a meeting with civil society organizations and faith leaders , Attorney General Dr. Dominic Ayine highlighted the difficulties law...
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Attorney-General Confirms Charges Against Chairman Wontumi and Akonta Mining
The Attorney-General, Dr. Dominic Ayine, has disclosed that charges against the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako widely known as Chairman Wontumi and his company, Akonta Mining, have been finalized and endorsed. He stated that Mr. Boasiako has been instructed to appear in Accra on Monday, October 6, 2025,...
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Foreign Affairs Ministry Tightens Passport Security Amid Rising Global Privileges
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has announced new and enhanced security protocols for the acquisition of Ghanaian passports, following a high-level meeting convened yesterday by the Minister, Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa. The move comes in response to the growing international value of Ghanaian passports, which now enjoy 10 visa waivers and the...
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Japan, Ghana Sign Grant Agreements Worth ¥3.5 Billion
The Government of Japan has committed fresh support to Ghana’s development agenda with the signing of two major grant facilities valued at approximately 3.5 billion Japanese Yen. At a ceremony in Accra yesterday, the Japanese Ambassador to Ghana, H.E. Hiroshi Yoshimoto, and Ghana’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, formalized the agreements on...
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Parliamentary Committee Tours Key ICT Agencies, Reviews Progress on Rural Connectivity and Digital Skills
The Parliamentary Select Committee on Information and Communications has undertaken a monitoring tour of agencies under the Ministry of Communications and Digital Technology and Innovation, as part of its oversight mandate. The Committee visited the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC), the National Information Technology Agency (NITA), the Ghana Domain Name Registry, and the...
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Interior Minister Engages African Human Rights Delegation on Prison Reforms
The Minister for the Interior, Hon. Muntaka Mubarak, yesterday received a high-level delegation from the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights at his office in Accra. The delegation, led by Hon. Commissioner Janet Ramatoulie Sallah-Njie — Commissioner responsible for the promotion of human rights in Ghana and Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women...
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AMA Orders Shops Closed for First National Sanitation Day Clean-Up
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has directed all shops and markets within the metropolis to remain closed on Saturday, October 4, 2025, from 6 a.m. until the completion of the first official National Sanitation Day clean-up exercise. The directive follows the launch of the National Sanitation Day initiative by the President, which mandates the first...
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Govt. Announces New Producer Price Of Cocoa At GHC 3,625 Per Bag
The Government of Ghana has announced a new increase in the producer price of cocoa, raising it to GHS3,625 per bag of 64kg, equivalent to GHS58,000 per tonne, effective Friday, 3rd October 2025. The Finance Minister, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, who made the announcement in Accra, said the new price represents a 12.27 percent increase,...