Four men have been jailed after smuggling $5.6 million worth of cannabis hidden in sacks of Gari powder from Ghana to the UK. A shipping container holding the huge drugs haul arrived at Tilbury ...

Illegal small-scale gold mining known "galamsey" in Ghana has picked up this year following an almost 30% rise in global gold prices. Small-scale mines produced 1.2 million ounces of gold in the ...

In Ghana, the quest for natural resources often leaves behind scars—both visible and invisible. Communities endure the consequences of environmental degradation, while questions about accountability ...

This was the first treason trial in Ghana since 1966 when post-independence leader Kwame Nkrumah was overthrown. The six were arrested in 2021 while testing weapons in the capital, Accra ...

The Speaker of Ghana's Parliament, Rt. Honorable Kingsford Alban Bagbin, addressed the media Wednesday regarding the controversy surrounding four parliamentary seats, reassuring them that democracy ...

Ghana's parliament has passed a tough new bill that imposes a prison sentence of up to three years for anyone convicted of identifying as LGBTQ+. It also imposes a maximum five-year jail term for ...

The outage follows days of intermittent power cuts in parts of Ghana Many parts of Ghana were plunged into darkness due to a lack of gas to power machinery used to generate electricity in the country.

Oct 11 (Reuters) - Global credit ratings agency Moody's on Friday upgraded Ghana's long-term local and foreign currency issuer ratings to "Caa2" from "Caa3" and "Ca," respectively, citing ...

The U.S. State Department has warned that it would restrict U.S. visas for people who undermine Ghana’s democracy, ahead of the West African country’s general election in December ACCRA ...

Nathaniel Wullar liked Duke's Code+ program so much he recreated it for students in Ghana Nathaniel Wullar had completed just one computer science course and knew little about web development prior to ...

Ghana sits on the Atlantic Ocean and borders Togo, Cote d'Ivoire, and Burkina Faso. Its population is about 34.8 million (2018). In the past two decades, it has taken major strides towards democracy ...

ACCRA, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Hundreds of people marched through Ghana's capital Accra on Friday in a peaceful protest against unlicensed gold mining, calling on authorities to act against the ...