At the 27th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) held in Apia, the capital of Samoa, Ghana’s Foreign Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, was elected Secretary-General of the Commonwealth.   The 61-year-old diplomat faced strong competition from two other African candidates: Mamadou Tangara, Gambia’s Foreign Affairs Minister, and Joshua Phoho Setipa, former trade minister of Lesotho. […]

The Public Services Workers Union (PSWU) of Ghana has temporarily suspended its indefinite strike, which began on October 15, 2024. This decision follows a directive from the National Labour Commission (NLC) instructing the union to end the strike and enter negotiations.   PSWU’s General Secretary, Bernard Adjei, issued a statement explaining that union leadership has […]

Cynthia Mamle Morrison, the MP for Agona West in the Central Region, has criticized Effutu MP Alexander Afenyo-Markin, who also leads the NPP side in Parliament, for allegedly paying constituents in Agona West to transfer their votes to Effutu. Morrison, who is contesting as an independent candidate for the December 7 elections, expressed frustration over […]

The Second Deputy Majority Chief Whip, Alex Tetteh Djornobuah, has officially called for an emergency session of Parliament to address urgent national matters. The request, made on behalf of the Majority Caucus, invokes Article 112(3) of the 1992 Constitution and Standing Order 53 of Ghana’s Parliament, which allow for such a meeting.   Among the […]

A military officer and four accomplices have been remanded in custody by an Accra Circuit Court for their alleged involvement in the robbery and kidnapping of a Dutch national. WOI Elorm John Ahiakpor, along with Silas Amewonye, a 25-year-old farmer; Farouk Nuodio, a 32-year-old trader; Daniel Kwesi Obiri Yeboah, also known as Aljazeera, a 49-year-old […]

The Office of Cynthia Mamle Morrison, the Member of Parliament for Agona West, has firmly denied reports suggesting that she has decided against running as an independent candidate in the upcoming elections. On October 22nd, a statement from her office clarified that these reports are false and do not reflect her current intentions.   The […]

Nii Ayikoi Otoo, a former Minister of Justice and Attorney General, criticized the National Democratic Congress (NDC) members in Parliament, accusing them of lacking strategy and speaking too much, which he claims undermines their effectiveness.   According to Otoo, by revealing their plans publicly, the NDC gives their opponents, the New Patriotic Party (NPP), an […]

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) caucus in Parliament has reaffirmed its commitment to maintaining its newly acquired majority status, despite the Supreme Court’s suspension of Speaker Alban Bagbin’s decision to declare four parliamentary seats vacant on Friday, October 18.   At a press conference in Accra, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, leader of the NDC caucus, […]

Professor Ransford Gyampo, a senior political science lecturer at the University of Ghana, has voiced his disagreement with Speaker Alban Bagbin’s decision to declare four parliamentary seats vacant. The affected seats include that of the Second Deputy Speaker, an independent MP running on the NPP ticket, an NDC MP who is going independent, and two […]