The Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) has issued a compliance notice directing six gold service providers to report to its head office in Accra as part of a routine regulatory exercise. The directive, contained in Compliance Notice No. GOLDBOD/2026/02 dated February…
At least 31 people have died after a powerful cyclone struck Madagascar, says the disaster authority in the Indian Ocean island. Cyclone Gezani made landfall on Tuesday, hitting the island’s main port, Toamasina. Madagascar’s disaster management office said there was…
Every so often, you come across an economic situation so perverse, so utterly divorced from basic market logic, that you have to wonder how it has survived for so long. The case of Ghana’s cocoa sector is a textbook example.…
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced a planned maintenance exercise that will result in a temporary power outage in parts of the Accra West Region. In a notice, ECG indicated that the scheduled maintenance is aimed at improving…
An official intelligence document, attributed to Sudan’s General Intelligence Service, has revealed that the convoy targeted in the Al-Rahad area of South Kordofan was not a purely humanitarian aid convoy as officially announced by the Sudanese army. Instead, it was…
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has announced guidelines to govern the conduct of Foreign Exchange (FX) Spot Interventions. According to the Central Bank, the FX interventions will follow a structured discretion-under constraint approach, ensuring that interventions do not target a…
The Ministry of Trade, Industries & Agribusiness, in collaboration with relevant sector ministries, agencies, and private-sector partners, is positioning Feed Industries as a core implementation pillar of the 24-Hour Economy. This will be focused on expanding industrial raw-material supply at…
President John Mahama has disclosed that an estimated 119 people lost their lives during the period of violence that erupted while efforts were underway to mediate the protracted Bawku chieftaincy conflict. He made this known when the Upper East Regional…
Betty Twumasi Ankrah never imagined she would be diagnosed with hypertension in her twenties. A nurse and public health expert, Betty was just twenty-eight years old and pregnant with her second child in 2013 when doctors discovered her blood pressure…
At fifty-seven, Mary Kessewaa’s life revolves around a small table of onions at the market and an unrelenting battle with two chronic illnesses—hypertension and diabetes. Her journey began quietly during what she believed was a routine medical check-up. A nurse…