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Ghana has obtained a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) regarding the restructuring of its debts from its bilateral creditors. This came about following the official creditor committee members’ and Ghana’s bilateral creditors’ successful acquisition of the required parliamentary and national approvals on the parameters of Ghana’s debt restructuring, as previously agreed …

The lawsuit to force President Akufo-Addo to sign the anti-LGBTQ bill from Parliament has been postponed until Monday, April 29 by an Accra High Court. After the Attorney General filed an affidavit objecting, the matter was adjourned. The day before the court was to hear legal arguments, on Wednesday, April …

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has stated that mobile money interoperability has decreased sexual harassment and the demand for sexual favors from women by public servants. The leader of the ruling New Patriotic Party noted that women have benefited from financial inclusion as a result of mobile money interoperability, as …

Ghanaians have been thanked by President Nana Akufo-Addo for their patience during the prolonged power outage. President Akufo-Addo said, “I do acknowledge, Minister for Energy, ladies and gentlemen, and nananom, the challenges that the people of Ashanti and, indeed, other parts of the country, have had to endure in very …

Ghana is expected to have single-digit inflation of 8% by year’s end according to IMF projections for 2025. This is in line with the government’s goal for that same time frame. According to the government, Ghana’s end-year inflation target will decrease from 23 to 15 percent and then sharply to …

First phase of the 150 megawatt Kumasi One Thermal Power Plant and the Genser Energy Kumasi Pipeline, located in Anwomaso in the Greater Kumasi Metropolitan Area, have been put into operations by President of the Republic Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Genser Energy has built the Anwomaso Gas Pipeline in an …

The government is making every effort to secure Sedina Tamakloe Attionu’s extradition to Ghana for her 10-year prison sentence, according to Deputy Attorney General Alfred Tuah-Yeboah. Sedina Tamakloe was sentenced to ten years in jail with hard labor by the High Court on Tuesday, April 16. The previous Chief Operating …

The government has been urged to privatize the Volta River Authority (VRA), Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo), and the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) by Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. He believes that privatization them will restore these institutions to their proper functioning. “It’s about time that the government realizes …

Four charges of stealing and dishonestly receiving have been brought against the four people who were detained for stealing the Electoral Commission’s Biometric Voter Registration kits. They have been remanded into Police custody. Out of the accused, three work for the Electoral Commission, and one is a student. Three members …

The National Democratic Congress’s (NDC) resistance to the Ameri Power Plant’s renaming has prompted a response from Nana Akomea. On Wednesday, April 17, 2024, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will officially open the power plant in an effort to alleviate the energy crisis. The facility will enhance the power supply …