Ghana presidential candidate selects first female running mate for major party
Former Ghana President John Mahama said on Monday that he had chosen Jane Naana Opoku-Agyeman as his running mate for this year’s election, making her...
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Ghanaian president goes into isolation
Ghana’s president has gone into self-isolation for two weeks as a precautionary measure despite testing negative for coronavirus, the government said, after one of his...
Ghana president apologises for Nigerian embassy demolition
The Ghanaian president has apologised to Nigeria over the demolition of its embassy building in Accra, the Nigerian presidency said. “President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana...
Nigerian embassy staff quarters in Ghana demolished by businessman
Some portion of the staff quarters of the Nigerian High Commission in Ghana was demolished late Friday, although the Nigerian government has yet to react...
Ghana’s president says health minister tested positive for coronavirus
Ghana’s health minister Kwaku Agyeman Manu is in a stable condition after contracting the new coronavirus, President Nana Akufo-Addo said on Sunday. “Let us wish...
Tullow: 58 oil workers test positive for coronavirus offshore Ghana
Fifty-eight workers tested positive for COVID-19 at an oil production facility run by Tullow Oil off Ghana’s Atlantic coast, the company said in a statement...
Ghana central bank holds key rate at 14.5 percent
Ghana’s central bank held its interest rate at 14.5%, it said on Friday, as the country anticipates a negative economic impact from the spread of...
President Akufo-Addo: One person infected 533 with coronavirus at Ghana fish factory
A worker at a fish-processing factory in Ghana’s Atlantic seafront city of Tema infected 533 other workers at the facility with the coronavirus, Ghana’s President...
Ghana overtakes Nigeria as coronavirus death toll hits 2,223 in Africa
The Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has said that there are now 60,657 confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in 53 countries...
Ghana tops coronavirus cases in West Africa after easing lockdown
Ghana has the highest number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in West Africa. According to data obtained from the World Health Organisation, no fewer than...