POLITICS

After China and France jointly established the Official Creditor Committee, Ghana was granted funding assurances by the Paris Club. This comes months after Ghana attempted to secure funding guarantees from its foreign creditors in order to qualify for the requisite bailout assistance from the International Monetary Fund. This action will …

Dr. Kwabena Duffour, a former finance minister, has formally withdrew from the upcoming NDC flagbearer election. The former governor of the Bank of Ghana said in a press conference on Friday that his decision was based on his complaints about the procedures surrounding the party’s approaching primaries, particularly the voters …

As a result of various criminal cases his office is prosecuting, Ghana’s attorney general has said that not only is his life in danger, but he also frequently receives offers of bribes from parties hoping to pervert the course of justice. The death threats and bribe offers, according to Mr. …

Edgar Asamoah Boateng, an NDC member, is requesting a High Court order to stop the party’s presidential and parliamentary primaries from happening on Saturday, May 13, 2023. The plaintiff, an Abuakwa North party member, expressed surprise in his statement of claim at what he saw to be a lack of …

William Ato Essien, the founder of the now-defunct Capital Bank, had asked for a chance to renegotiate with the Attorney General, but his request was denied by the Accra High Court. Essien has broken the terms of a deal that allowed him to avoid jail time in exchange for agreeing …

Following Dr. Kwabena Duffuor’s withdrawal of his lawsuit against the NDC, the Electoral Commission will now supervise the party’s parliamentary and presidential primaries. The Electoral Commission on Wednesday postponed its oversight of the election due to an injunction request made by Dr. Duffour’s team that was earlier set to be …

According to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, raw bauxite and iron ore would soon no longer be exported from Ghana. On Thursday, May 11, 2023, in Accra, Ghana, President Akufo-Addo delivered remarks at the beginning of a stakeholder’s conversation on natural resource management. The event was organized by the Graphic …

Mr. Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, a flagbearer candidate for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), has unveiled an internet application to raise money for his presidential campaign. On the ‘Friends of Alan 2024’ social media network, brochures for the app were published. You can download the “Ketewa Biara Nsua Campaign” app …

Dr. Kwabena Duffour, an NDC flagbearer candidate, has withdrawn his request for an injunction prohibiting the party’s primary elections for president and parliament on Saturday 13 May. On Friday, May 12, Dr. Duffuor’s attorneys informed the court that they had received instructions from the plaintiff that his team (Dr. Duffuor’s …

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the president of the republic, officially opened an ultramodern office building that would work as the strategic coordinating body for vaccine development and production in Ghana. It will be recalled that on February 28, 2021, President Akufo-Addo established a Presidential Committee on Vaccine Development and Manufacturing …