5 h. ago World Bank Issues US$200 Million Bond for Ghana Clean Cooking Project

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Roger A. Agana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/world-bank-issues-us200-million-bond-for-ghana-clean-cooking-project/The World Bank priced a 200 million dollar Clean Cooking Outcome Bond on Thursday, December 5, 2025, aiming to distribute over 415,000 cleaner cookstoves to Ghanaian households and make clean cooking accessible to 1.3 million people. The six-year bond represents the first financing instrument linking investor returns to carbon credits generated under Article 6.2 of […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Roger A. Agana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/world-bank-issues-us200-million-bond-for-ghana-clean-cooking-project/

Economics

6 h. ago ECOWAS Declares State of Emergency Across West Africa Following Coup Wave

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ecowas-declares-state-of-emergency-across-west-africa-following-coup-wave/The Economic Community of West African States declared a state of emergency across the region on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, as multiple coup attempts and unconstitutional government changes threaten democratic stability and collective security. ECOWAS Commission President Omar Alieu Touray announced the declaration during the 55th Ordinary Session of the Mediation and Security Council at […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ecowas-declares-state-of-emergency-across-west-africa-following-coup-wave/

Politics

6 h. ago President Mahama Calls for Private Sector Investment in Africa Health Systems

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Roger A. Agana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/president-mahama-calls-for-private-sector-investment-in-africa-health-systems/President John Dramani Mahama urged private sector players to collaborate with African governments through co-investment in the continent’s health industrialization during the opening of the World Health Expo Leaders Africa Summit in Accra on Tuesday, December 9, 2025. The president emphasized Africa’s readiness to move beyond dependency toward partnerships defined by innovation and shared values. […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Roger A. Agana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/president-mahama-calls-for-private-sector-investment-in-africa-health-systems/

Politics

6 h. ago Ghana Fixed Income Market Processes 1.37 Billion Cedis in Trading

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Roger A. Agana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-fixed-income-market-processes-1-37-billion-cedis-in-trading/The Ghana Fixed Income Market recorded total trading volume of 1.37 billion cedis across 823 transactions on Monday, December 9, 2025, driven by strong activity in government bonds and treasury bills as institutional investors sustained their appetite for sovereign debt securities. The session demonstrated continued liquidity in Ghana’s debt capital markets amid the platform’s tenth […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Roger A. Agana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-fixed-income-market-processes-1-37-billion-cedis-in-trading/

Economics

7 h. ago Lithuania declares emergency situation over Belarus balloons

The Lithuanian government has declared a "nationwide emergency situation" in response to a series of incursions from neighbouring Belarus by weather balloons carrying smuggled cigarettes.

Politics

8 h. ago Government’s reduction of Lithium Royalty Rate from 10% to 5% raises serious concerns – APL

The Africa Policy Lens (APL) has called on citizens, civil society organisations, and anti-corruption institutions to speak out against the government’s decision to reduce Ghana’s royalty rate in the Barari DV lithium agreement from the previously negotiated 10% to 5%.

Politics

9 h. ago Halt ratification of revised lithium agreement between Ghana and Barari

The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has urged Parliament to halt the ratification of the Revised Lithium Agreement between Ghana and Barari, currently before the House. According to the economic and policy think tank, this is critical because the agreement in its current form is not only a continuation of the colonial-type agreements Ghana has […]

Politics

9 h. ago Gov’t will continue to prioritise quality healthcare at all levels – Vice President 

Vice President Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyeman says the government will continue to prioritise quality healthcare delivery at all levels in its development agenda, to help improve the health and well-being of Ghanaians. 

Politics

9 h. ago Why the NDC’s reduced Lithium Royalty Rate proposal is “Strange and Legally Baseless” – Africa Policy Lens

The Africa Policy Lens (APL) has criticised the decision of the government to propose a reduction of Ghana’s royalty rate in the Barari DV lithium agreement from the previously agreed 10% to 5%. According to the APL, the previous administration, after Cabinet approval to review royalty rates for lithium and associated minerals, negotiated a 10% royalty rate with Barari DV Ghana Limited—an upward revision from the standard 5% applied in the broader mining sector.

Events

9 h. ago Christian Council commends government’s Sanitation Week initiative ahead of Christmas  

The Christian Council of Ghana (CCG) has commended the government for declaring December 13 to 20 as Sanitation Week ahead of the Christmas festivities. 

Politics

9 h. ago Ghana risks losing about US$630 million if government reduces lithium royalty rate from 10% to 5% – Africa Policy Lens warns

The Africa Policy Lens (APL) has warned that Ghana could lose significant revenue if the government proceeds with a proposal to reduce the agreed lithium royalty rate for Barari DV Ghana Limited from 10% to 5%. According to the APL, the previous government, after Cabinet approval to review royalty rates for lithium and associated minerals, reached an agreement with Barari DV Ghana Limited that set Ghana’s royalty at 10%—five percentage points higher than the standard rate applied in the broader mining sector.

Events

11 h. ago ‘We won’t be distracted’ – Ayariga to Minority amid Kpandai protest

The Majority Leader in Parliament, Mahama Ayariga, has said he is not surprised by the protest staged by members of the Minority in Parliament today. According to him, the ruling party will not be deterred by what he described as taunts and disruption since the House resumed. Ayariga accused the Minority of seeking to derail […]

Politics

11 h. ago Ghana Leads the Charge: WHX Leaders Africa Summit Kicks Off in Accra

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Prosper Kay, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-leads-the-charge-whx-leaders-africa-summit-kicks-off-in-accra/By Perdita Agyarko When the sun rose over Accra on 9 December 2025, the city felt electric. More than 300 health leaders—ministers, investors, CEOs and visionaries—gathered under the banner “Catalysing Africa’s Health Revolution.” The air buzzed with the promise of a continent ready to write its own health story. President John Dramani Mahama stepped onto the stage, his voice […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Prosper Kay, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-leads-the-charge-whx-leaders-africa-summit-kicks-off-in-accra/

Politics

12 h. ago Shippers Authority vows to protect importers and exporters under new regulatory mandate

The Ghana Shippers Authority (GSA) says it is fully prepared to support shippers to export, import, and clear their goods without any hindrance, following its transformation into a regulatory body under the Ghana Shippers Authority Act 1122 (2024). The Authority describes the new law as a major step in strengthening transparency, fairness, and cost-effective governance […]

Politics

12 h. ago Daily Insight for CEOs: The CEO’s role in Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)

The Acting Western North Regional Director of Agriculture, Samuel Patrick Afari Acheampong, has appealed to the government to prioritise deploying extension officers to the region to enable the department to function effectively

Politics

15 h. ago Gifty Nti Konadu: The architecture of continuity – Rebuilding Ghana’s public sector for the next generation

Life, leadership, and governance continually teach profound lessons, prominent among them being that institutions built around individuals are fragile, transient, and vulnerable to collapse, while those constructed upon systems and structures endure, enabling progress that outlives the tenure of any single leader. Societies that fail to internalise this principle risk squandering resources, alienating talent, and […]

Events

16 h. ago Police deployed to major cities in Tanzania ahead of planned protests

The streets in major cities across Tanzania were deserted early on Tuesday as the government urged citizens to stay home for Independence Day celebrations.

Politics

17 h. ago New Road Maintenance Trust Fund board tasked to ensure fair, nationwide allocation of resources

The newly inaugurated governing board of the Road Maintenance Trust Fund has been charged to ensure fair and transparent distribution of resources across all constituencies in the country.

Politics

18 h. ago Gov’t developing central health intelligence database – Health minister

Minister of Health Kwabena Mintah Akandoh has revealed that the government is developing a centralised national health intelligence database aimed at enhancing transparency and supporting evidence-based decision-making across all levels of the health system.

Politics

18 h. ago Botswana government fulfil house promise to 200m Paris Olympics gold medallist Tebogo

Botswana’s Olympic hero Letsile Tebogo has officially received the newly built home promised to him as part of the country’s incentive package for winning gold at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Politics