Indexing government scandals one at a time
Ghana's outgoing President Nana Akufo-Addo is facing a backlash on social media after he unveiled a statue of himself during a tour of the country’s Western Region. The monument is intended to hono...
Nov. 6, 2024
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has disclosed a massive breach of examination integrity during the 2024 West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE). According to ...
Sept. 27, 2024
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced on Tuesday, September 11, 2024, the prohibition of Ghana’s Baba Yara Stadium from hosting international matches. This significant decision unde...
Sept. 11, 2024
An investigation by The Fourth Estate into a worrying scramble for mining concessions in forest reserves has revealed the owners of such companies to be the Chief Executive of the Kumasi Metropolit...
Sept. 5, 2024
Uncertainty hangs over the 2024 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) as the examining body, West African Examinations Council (WAEC), waits to recoup almost 98 per cent of GH¢95.83 millio...
June 19, 2024
More than 120 containers of free Malaria and Tuberculosis medications donated by Global Fund to Ghana have been left to rot at the Tema Port for many months. The total containers were more than thi...
June 11, 2024
The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) have withdrawn the country’s hockey teams from the Africa Games in Ghana citing the poor condition of the playing surface. S...
March 18, 2024
Ghana has submitted debt restructuring scenarios to bondholders which include a haircut of 30% to 40% on principal, a coupon of not more than 5%, and a final maturity of not more than 20 years, Fin...
Oct. 16, 2023
Police have arrested protesters during demonstrations against the cost of living and the economic crisis gripping the country. Some journalists who were covering the protests, which took place outs...
Sept. 21, 2023
Ghana has for the second successive year dropped on the annual Press Freedom Index released by Reporters Without Borders. The country’s ranking fell from 60th place last year to 62nd place in 20...
May 3, 2023
A bombshell report authored by former Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, has found itself in the public domain indicting several New P...
April 20, 2023
Ghana has suspended payments on most of its external debt, effectively defaulting as the country struggles to plug its cavernous balance of payments deficit. The finance ministry said that it wi...
Dec. 20, 2022
Ghana’s cedi slumped to become the world’s worst-performing currency this year as investors continued to squeeze foreign capital to the west African country before a deal with the International Mon...
Oct. 17, 2022
Ratings agency, S&P Global Ratings, has revised Ghana’s rating from B-/B to CCC+/C, putting the country’s creditworthiness into junk status. It also reviewed the country’s economic outlook to ne...
Aug. 8, 2022
Ghana is heading for its smallest cocoa crop in 12 years after drought withered pods and illegal gold miners damaged plantations, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Preliminary da...
July 30, 2022