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Ghana tables UN resolution on slave trade reparations
The effort is being advanced by Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa and is tied to President John Dramani Mahama’s role as the African Union’s champion on reparations.
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Business
Foreign Ministry warns public against Consular Service fraud
In a press release issued on Monday, August 18, the Ministry stressed that using forged or fraudulent documents is a criminal offence and warned that such cases would be referred to law enforcement for prosecution.
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Crime
Over 700 Ghanaians trafficked to Côte d’Ivoire, other West African countries in QNET scam
Ghana is working with immigration authorities in Côte d’Ivoire to repatriate over 200 nationals trapped in a human trafficking scam run by QNET Group. Over 700 Ghanaians have reportedly been deceived and held across West Africa under false...
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ARTICLE: AN OVERVIEW OF A CHANGE IN GOVERNMENT IN GHANA FROM A LAWYER’S LENS: EXPLORING THE IMPORTANCE OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR
This article discusses the transfer of power from a previous President to a newly elected President and its impact on the appointment of Board members for State-Owned Entities, and the role and importance of Corporate Governance in the publ...
Co-Authored by Lady-Ann Essuman and Verissa Odame-Koranteng
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Parliament approves visa waiver agreement between Ghana, 4 countries
The agreements apply to holders of diplomatic, service, and ordinary passports, enabling smoother travel and enhanced cooperation.
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Business
Foreign Affairs Ministry revokes 701 diplomatic and service passports
In a statement released on Tuesday, the Ministry disclosed that the decision follows multiple public reminders issued on January 15 and March 10, 2025, urging former officials and associated persons to surrender their official passports.
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Retired Justice, Kwasi Anto Ofori Atta appointed Sole Inquirer over Bulgarian Embassy building situation
Justice Ofori Atta, also a former chairman of the Ashanti Regional Lands Commission is to make among other things, appropriate recommendations relating to the land being used at the Bulgarian embassy.
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Africa
Egyptian president: We must reach legal agreement on Ethiopian dam
President El-Sisi affirmed Egypt’s position on the imperative to reach a binding legal agreement regarding filling and operating the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
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Supreme Court News
Democracy Hub sues Government over U.S. deportation deal with Ghana
The group insists that the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) — which reportedly permits the transfer and temporary holding of West African nationals deported from the U.S. — breaches Ghana’s Constitution and international legal obligations.
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Did Ghana abstain from LGBTQI vote at the UN?-Foreign Minister explains
Speaking at the official commissioning of Ghana’s new representative to UNESCO, the minister clarified that the UN vote on July 7, 2025, had nothing to do with legalizing or endorsing homosexuality.
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Business
Ghana, Algeria ink visa waiver deal
The announcement followed a series of high-level discussions with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf.
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IEA urges temporary ban on mining to protect Ghana’s resource wealth
Speaking at a press conference focused on improving returns from Ghana’s natural wealth, Justice Sophia Akuffo, a Distinguished Fellow of the IEA and former Chief Justice, raised alarm over the nation’s limited gains from its mineral resour...
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Full Speech by The Attorney-General of Ghana at the 2023 Ghana Bar Conference
When I look back at certain cases whose outcomes I consider undesirable, regardless of my own views on the questions being judged in them, I come to the conclusion that, we have in this country a fiercely independent Judiciary in which all...
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Asia
Hong Kong police declare Apple Daily newsroom a crime scene as editors and executives arrested under national security law
Senior superintendent Steve Li, of the police’s national security department, said 18 million Hong Kong dollars ($2.3 million) in assets related to the newspaper had been frozen
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Crime
16 arrested in security operation targeting counterfeit currency networks
According to the Secretariat, the operations targeted both local and transnational syndicates suspected of printing, possessing and distributing counterfeit Ghanaian and foreign currencies.
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Crime
11 foreign nationals held in Accra over alleged fake cash and cyber fraud – GIS
The suspects were picked up on 5 January 2026 during an intelligence-led raid on a residential apartment by the Weija Sector Command’s Anti-Human Trafficking and Cyber Fraud Taskforce.
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Business
Redirect FX inflows to commercial banks-BoG to mining firms
According to Governor Dr. Johnson Asiama, the move is aimed at strengthening the interbank foreign exchange market and boosting liquidity.
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US
Halt foreign aid payments-Trump administration tells Supreme Court
On Tuesday, the Justice Department submitted an emergency request to the justices, seeking to overturn a federal district court order that compels the administration to release the money before the fiscal year ends on September 30.
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Business
Government to remove minimum capital requirement for foreign investors under GIPC Act
The announcement was made at the Ghana Presidential Investment Forum in Yokohama, Japan, on Tuesday, August 19, 2025, during the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD-9).
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Business
BoG warns financial institutions: FX violations will lead to license termination
In a statement released on July 29, 2025, the central bank said it had observed continued non-compliance by some banks, Dedicated Electronic Money Issuers (DEMIs), Enhanced Payment Service Providers (EPSPs), and Money Transfer Operators (MT...
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