The Bank of Ghana has paused its streak of cuts in the policy rate to insulate the economy from a deteriorating global environment as pressure builds on the cedi, exposing the fragility beneath the country’s strongest macroeconomic recoveries in years.

The launch of the 24H+ Economy portal marks another important step in Ghana’s attempt to reposition its economy around production, exports and industrial growth. 

Ghana on Monday launched an electronic visa (e-Visa) application service, to enable travelers who require visas to enter Ghana to apply through an online platform, thereby eliminating the need for lengthy application forms and supporting document submissions via mail or courier services.

The IGP's Special Operations Team has arrested a total of 74 suspects in two separate intelligence-led operations targeting narcotics peddling, violent crime, and other criminal activities in the Upper East Region.

Ghana has launched an electronic visa (e-Visa) application system, introducing a 48-hour processing period for business and tourist visa applications.

"Effective immediately, all holders of African passports travelling to Ghana for business or tourism will apply for visas exclusively via the new online e-Visa platform, and they will pay no visa fee," President John Dramani Mahama stated at the launch ceremony on Monday. 

An E-visa application service has been launched by Ghana. President John Dramani Mahama launched it at a ceremony in Accra on Monday.

A national vaccine perception survey has revealed strong public confidence in vaccines among Ghanaians, effectively challenging the perception of widespread hesitancy.

Few social events in Ghana command as much attention, emotion and expenditure as funerals.

Many people are concerned about their belly size and shape for aesthetic reasons and often aim for a flat stomach.

President John Dramani Mahama has concluded a two-day working visit to the Savannah Region as part of the Resetting Ghana Tour, during which he cut the sod for several major projects and engaged directly with chiefs and residents.

The Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo), which supplies power to 64 per cent of the country's land mass, is facing operational vulnerability due to a funding deficit of more than GH¢5 billion.

The Minister of Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, has congratulated Benin’s former Finance Minister, Romuald Wadagni, following his inauguration as President of the Republic of Benin.

The Tema Regional Police Command has picked up six persons around Afienya and Dawhenya for manufacturing substandard mattresses and failing to conform to the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) specifications.

ALSALE Services Limited (ALSALE), a banking equipment support services company, recently organised a software and hardware training session for its engineers on ATMs and Bulk Cash Deposit Machines in Accra, led by a representative from GRG Banking.

Hundreds of Ghanaians living in South Africa are preparing to return home under a voluntary repatriation exercise, with many citing insecurity, economic hardship and growing uncertainty over the treatment of foreign nationals as reasons for their decision.

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has scheduled planned maintenance exercises in the Accra East and Accra West Regions for Monday, May 25, 2026, even as engineers continue to battle network faults and technical challenges that plunged several communities in the Tema and Accra West Regions into darkness over the weekend.

Four students of the Ada Senior High Technical School have been arrested by the police after a video showing one of them brandishing a cutlass and threatening fellow students on campus was shared on social media.

The Pilgrims Affairs Office of Ghana (PAOG) has confirmed the death of a Ghanaian prospective pilgrim, Musah Sidi, aged 53, who collapsed while performing the sacred ritual of Tawaf at the Grand Mosque in Mecca and passed away shortly afterwards.

The Ghana High Commission in Pretoria is still in the process of compiling details of Ghanaians in South Africa who have expressed a desire to return home following the latest wave of xenophobic attacks against other African nationals in that country.

The Ministry for the Interior has deployed armoured buses disguised as commercial vehicles in the form of VIP, STC and OA buses, as part of efforts to track and arrest highway robbers operating on major roads across the country, the sector Minister, Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak has disclosed.

Ghanaian actress and media personality Beverly Afaglo has reportedly passed on.

France’s decision to work towards reparatory justice for the transatlantic slave trade has been welcomed by the government of Ghana.

In the line of duty at Tamale in the Northern Region, Alfred Agyemang-Badu, then an officer of the Customs, Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS), found himself face to face with a life-threatening situation.

Together with three other officers, he had spotted a large truck stuck in the bush and went to investigate, only to discover it was loaded with smuggled goods on which no taxes had been paid.

Suddenly, the officers found themselves surrounded by more than 200 men wielding machetes and threatening them with violence if they did not leave the area immediately.

A documentary on Tanzania’s October 29, 2025, election violence - “What Happened on October 29?” produced by award-winning Nigerian investigative journalist, David Hundeyin will officially be premiered in Accra on May 26, 2026, at the WAGMC Auditorium of the University of Ghana, Legon.

The documentary by the award-winning Nigerian investigative journalist David Hundeyin offers an in-depth analysis of how international media outlets reported on the election violence that occurred in Tanzania in October 2025.

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