Ghana

A 50 million euro ($52 million) military package was delivered by the European Union on Wednesday with the goal of strengthening Ghanaian security forces in light of the growing dangers posed by jihadists and armed groups...

In a fiercely contested election to choose the nation’s next president, opposition former president John Mahama will square off against Ghana’s vice president and former central banker Mahamudu Bawumia on Saturday. Following the West African gold...

The IMF executive board voted Monday to approve the immediate disbursement of around $360 million to help support Ghana’s economy, days before Ghanaians head to the polls to pick their next president. “Ghana’s performance under the...

Following a contentious session that ended in Samoa on Saturday, the 56-nation Commonwealth declared that Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, the foreign minister of Ghana, would be the organization’s new secretary general. The former British colonies make up...

Ghana and Bangladesh have decided to work together more closely in order to increase trade and business. “Bangladesh and Ghana have identified various areas to increase cooperation to boost trade and commerce in different sectors, including...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC), Ghana’s largest opposition party, held primaries on Saturday to select its presidential candidate for next year’s election, with former leader John Mahama expected to win after his main competitor dropped out....

Christian Atsu, a former member of Ghana’s international team, was discovered dead on Saturday, nearly two weeks after a terrible earthquake in Turkey. On February 6, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake that shook Turkey and Syria killed more...

Ghana will launch a domestic debt exchange on Monday, its Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta said, expressing confidence that the move would help restore macroeconomic stability and end the West African country’s worst economic crisis in a...

Ghana has confirmed its first two cases of the deadly Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease in the same family as the virus that causes Ebola. It says both patients died recently in hospital in the...

In Ghana, the deadly Marburg virus was discovered for the first time. Two of the victims have since passed away. According to the nation’s Ministry of Health, bats are how the virus gets into people. Later,...