New allegations about Iranian support for Yemen’s Houthis have emerged in media reports and official comments, highlighting the opaque nature of the alliance. Media outlets have reported that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) aided the Houthis as they seized swaths of western Yemen and launched their most potent and sophisticated attacks yet on Saudi...
Ghana has achieved a major milestone in its fight against human trafficking after being placed in Tier 1, the highest ranking in the 2026 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report of the United States Department of State. The recognition makes Ghana the only African country to attain Tier 1 status, signifying that the country fully meets...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has launched a nationwide citizen engagement and public sensitisation campaign dubbed “ECOWAS for All” to deepen public awareness of regional integration and promote greater citizen participation in the affairs of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The campaign, launched in Accra under the theme “Bringing ECOWAS Closer to...
Ghana and the Kyrgyz Republic have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening bilateral relations and expanding cooperation across key sectors following their inaugural Political Consultations held in Accra on Thursday. The high-level consultations were led by Ghana’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic, Zheenbek Kulubaev,...
President John Dramani Mahama has called on financiers, regulators and industrial leaders across Africa to take bold and coordinated action to accelerate the continent’s journey towards health self-sufficiency and reduce its dependence on imported medicines and vaccines. Addressing a high-level gathering at the Alamein Africa Forum in Egypt on Saturday, the President urged stakeholders to...
Ghana’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has held a productive meeting with Germany’s Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, H.E. Dr. Johann Wadephul, on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly. The discussions centered on strengthening Ghana–Germany relations and advancing cooperation in areas of mutual interest. The two ministers explored avenues...
A delegation from the United States Department of Treasury, accompanied by officials from the Economic Section of the U.S. Embassy in Accra, paid a working visit to the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) on Friday, September 18, 2026. The team was received by GoldBod Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Richard Nunekpeku, Esq., together with the Director of...
The Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) has held discussions with representatives of the YEMAYA Science Project consortium to explore collaboration aimed at strengthening responsible and sustainable artisanal and small‑scale mining (ASM) in Ghana. The consortium, comprising TU Bergakademie Freiberg (Germany), the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), and the University of Environment and Sustainable Development (UESD),...
An Israeli “double-tap” air strike killed two people, including a 15-year-old boy, in Gaza City on Tuesday, despite the US-brokered “ceasefire” between Israel and Hamas in October last year. An Israeli drone targeted a group of Palestinians in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood, north of Gaza City. Israeli forces claimed they were targeting Hamas operatives. A...
The Kosovo war crimes tribunal has convicted former Kosovar President Hashim Thaci of four counts of war crimes committed during his country’s war for independence from Serbia. Thaci, 58, was sentenced on Wednesday to 25 years in prison for crimes, including murder, torture and illegal detention, committed as top commander of the ethnic Albanian Kosovo...