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Ghana has received a major vote of confidence from the International Monetary Fund, which now expects the economy to grow faster in 2026 and inflation to fall further by year-end. The IMF has raised…
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The 2026/2027 cocoa season has opened with a producer price of GH¢2,650 per 64‑kg bag, about GH¢42,400 per tonne, but the number has not brought relief; it has brought anger, with farmers describing the hike as a betrayal and demanding an immediate review. The price announcement landed in a charged atmosphere. Cocoa farmers in several […]
Free speech in Ghana is not absolute, and the ongoing Ghana Jollof case is forcing the country to confront where the law draws the line between protected expression and punishable false or harmful speech. Police say they have uncovered a financial network behind the controversial Ghana Jollof TikTok account, including money transfers from “highly influential […]
Ghana loses one woman every three hours to pregnancy- or childbirth-related causes, according to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). That means the country loses roughly eight mothers every day, often from complications that health systems can prevent or manage when women receive care early and quickly enough. Government has responded with the Presidential Initiative […]
Gold is easy to count. It comes in grams, ounces, bars and export figures. It can be weighed on a scale, sold for cash and moved from one hand to another before the sun goes down. That is part of what makes illegal mining so difficult to resist: the reward looks immediate. But the real […]
It is colourful, sweet and sold like a harmless treat. But it is also shaped to look like a cigarette. That contradiction is at the centre of the controversy around the Cigarette Rod Lollipop, a cigarette-shaped confectionery recently seized by the Food and Drugs Authority in Accra. The FDA, working with National Security, confiscated quantities […]
The buzzer sounds. A hand shoots up. A quick answer, a flash of points, a roar from the school colours in the audience. For many Ghanaians, this scene defines the National Science and Maths Quiz. Year after year, over 150 senior high schools battle through regional qualifiers for a limited number of slots at the […]
The call comes in the middle of the day. A name. A stretch of highway. A hospital. For thousands of Ghanaian families every year, this is the moment a routine trip turns into a lifelong story of loss. The National Road Safety Authority recorded 2,949 road crash deaths in 2025 alone, the highest toll in […]
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