Ghana is banning the export of some grains including rice, corn and soy to avert a drought-induced food shortage in the West African nation. Drought and near-drought conditions over the past two ...

A debt default in 2022 has seen Ghana lean even more heavily on its gold to mitigate the crisis, prompting warnings that such a policy is neither economically nor environmentally sustainable.

ACCRA, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Ghana will increase the state-guaranteed price paid to its cocoa farmers by nearly 45% for the 2024/25 crop season, two sources with knowledge of the price review told ...

A third of the Apamprama Forest Reserve, in Ghana’s gold-rich Ashanti region, has disappeared in little more than 20 years. Satellite data show that forest loss has accelerated since 2018 ...

Ghana seeks to increase spot sales of cocoa because it expects to raise less than half of its $1.5 billion target to fund the next crop season, officials said. Spot, or uncollateralized, sales ...

The Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, on Saturday, August 24, 2024, delivered an address outlining his vision for Ghana if he is elected president after ...

ACCRA, Aug 26 (Reuters) - The two main contenders in Ghana's presidential election have launched duelling manifestos promising fiscal stability, jobs and a path out of the country's worst economic ...

As of Thursday, August 29, 2024, the countdown to the Saturday, December 7, 2024, general elections in Ghana were exactly 100 days. With a day short of that count now, 99 days looks like an ok ...

When Ghana's first LGBT community centre and safe space opened in January, Linda had no expectation it would last. "They won't allow LGBT to operate in Ghana, to have their own office. They won't ...

The new mines are expected to substantially increase Ghana’s gold output. Credit: Anukul/Shutterstock. Ghana is set to enhance its position as Africa’s leading gold producer with the commissioning of ...

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced that the 2024 school selection process for Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates will commence from August 28 to September 4.