President John Dramani Mahama is scheduled to cut the sod on Thursday, August 27, 2026, for the construction of a seven-story, multipurpose car park and airport hotel complex at Accra International Airport. The development is intended to ease vehicular congestion, increase parking capacity and expand the hospitality, retail and commercial facilities available at Ghana’s main […]

Ghana and the Republic of Korea have announced a $4.5 million heritage conservation partnership aimed at protecting Ghana’s historic coastal forts and castles from the growing effects of climate change. The five-year Korea–Ghana Heritage Project on Climate Change Impact on Forts and Castles of Ghana World Heritage Property will run from 2026 to 2030. It […]

Ghana will begin replacing routine roadside traffic checks with automated enforcement from September 2026 under the expanded TraffiTech-GH system. The platform will use cameras, radar equipment and other digital devices to detect more than 47 road traffic offences, reducing the need for Motor Traffic and Transport Department officers to stop drivers for manual document inspections. […]

The Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) has directed that all gold produced for export must be refined locally before it leaves the country, effectively prohibiting the export of unrefined or partially processed gold doré from September 1, 2026. The compliance directive applies to all licensed Self-Financing Aggregators (SFAs) and their approved international off-takers. GoldBod said the […]

Ghana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has restored full access to the country’s official online passport application portal following a temporary technical disruption that prevented applicants from using some of its services. The ministry confirmed that the platform, available at passport.mfa.gov.gh, is operational again after its technical team worked with the National Signals Bureau (NSB) to […]

The Inspector-General of Police Special Operations Team has arrested seven people in three separate intelligence-led operations targeting suspected narcotics-related activities in the Ashanti Region. The operations were conducted at Ejisu, Abrepo Junction and Atimatim on Thursday, August 20, 2026, following intelligence gathered by the police. Officers recovered suspected narcotic substances, hundreds of tablets and capsules […]

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that its passport application website, passport.mfa.gov.gh, is temporarily unavailable due to technical challenges. In a notice issued on Tuesday, August 25, the Foreign Ministry said the disruption was affecting customers trying to access the platform to apply for passports. “The website for passport applications, ‘passport.mfa.gov.gh’, is currently experiencing […]