The Latest Breaking News from Ghana

In at least 17 countries, suicide remains a criminal offence – a ‘huge barrier’ to mental health care. As Ghana becomes one of four countries to overturn its law in a year, others could follow

Arsenal have spent £200m this summer – but could still beat Manchester United to one Ghana star

Thirty years have now gone by since Ghana used its gallows, a fact that indicates the country’s respect for human life. It also means that Ghana is one of about 42 nations – many of which are in Africa – that the United Nations calls abolitionist de facto because they…

The International Criminal Court opens a new war crimes probe into Sudan's civil war as the UN accuses RSF paramilitary forces in Darfur of killing and dumping the bodies of at least 87 people. Also, South Africa's top court upholds an earlier ruling that former president Jacob Zuma should return…

Ghana’s population has reached 30.8 million according to the 2021 population census. This is a 6.1 million increase from the 24.7 million recorded in 2010. Understanding population trends is important to inform development policies – but Ghana has struggled to design policies aligned to available data. Demographer Donatus Yaw Atiglo…

How one woman made a desperate cross-border sacrifice to build a better life for her family and get them out of poverty.

Her Ladyship Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo took office as the 15th ,chief justice of Ghana on 12 June 2023. She is the third woman to occupy the position, which is the fourth highest in the country after the president, vice-president and speaker of parliament. Ghana’s judiciary is made up…

The majority of low-income nations are on the cusp of a debt crisis, sparking fears of global contagion.

Thomas Partey has helped put Ghana on the brink of qualifying for next year's Africa Cup of Nations thus leaving Arsenal with a transfer dilemma this summer

The Ghanaian international signed a three-year deal with the Hibees and is set to challenge David Marshall for a place in Lee Johnson's starting XI when the new season begins.

In one of his favourite communities to shoot in, the Ghanaian photographer spotted four brothers …