The Latest Breaking News from Ghana

It didn’t take long for the new government of John Mahama in Ghana to find a dramatic way to highlight its commitment to combating corruption. On 12 February 2025 his special prosecutor declared the previous finance minister a “wanted fugitive” for going abroad to evade questioning for suspected financial irregularities,…

Ghana's new government on Tuesday announced it was scrapping several Covid-era taxes introduced in an effort to secure IMF financing, citing the economic hardship placed on ordinary citizens.

Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire have reached an agreement to conduct regular joint inspections along their shared international maritime boundary, in compliance with the ruling of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS).

Booming cocoa prices are stirring interest in turning Nigeria into a bigger player in the sector, with hopes of challenging top producers Ivory Coast and Ghana, where crops have been ravaged by climate change and disease.

Ghana has a high youth unemployment rate of up to 13.9%. For those young Ghanaians who do have jobs, more than 50% are underemployed – working in jobs that are low paid or which don’t allow them to use all their skills or education.

Kwame Akoto-Bamfo started by shaping one clay head in 2009. Now thousands are displayed at the Nykyinkyim Museum, each representing an African who was lost to slavery

Kente is a prestigious royal cloth of Ghana’s Asante people, part of their historical and cultural heritage. But there’s a debate about where it originated: the Bonwire community or the Adanwomase community in the Ashanti Region. The Conversation Africa spoke to African art and culture researcher Dickson Adom about the…

May ICE NY cocoa (CCK25 ) Thursday closed up +25 (+0.27%), and May ICE London cocoa #7 (CAK25 ) closed up +3 (+0.04%). Cocoa prices Thursday settled slightly higher. Lingering supply concerns are underpinning cocoa prices after the plunge seen on Monday and last Friday to 3-1/4 month lows, which...

May ICE NY cocoa (CCK25 ) today is up +29 (+0.31%), and May ICE London cocoa #7 (CAK25 ) is up +8 (+0.11%). Cocoa prices today are slightly higher. Lingering supply concerns are underpinning cocoa prices after the plunge seen on Monday and last Friday to 3-1/4 month lows, which...

May ICE NY cocoa (CCK25 ) Wednesday closed up +425 (+4.83%), and May ICE London cocoa #7 (CAK25 ) closed up +350 (+4.93%). Cocoa prices Wednesday rebounded higher for a second session on lingering supply concerns after the plunge seen on Monday and last Friday to 3-1/4 month lows, which...

May ICE NY cocoa (CCK25 ) today is up +363 (+4.12%), and May ICE London cocoa #7 (CAK25 ) is up +313 (+4.41%). Cocoa prices today rebounded higher for a second session on some short-covering after the plunge seen on Monday and last Friday, which was driven by concern about...