Ghana’s outlook brightens as IMF raises growth forecast to 5.7%, projects 4.8% inflation
The IMF has raised Ghana’s 2026 economic growth forecast to 5.7% and lowered inflation to 4.8%, driven by fiscal discipline and strong gold earnings.
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Feeding a nation from the farm gate: “Planting for Food and Jobs” and the test facing the “Feed Ghana Programme”
Policy on paper counts for little if officers cannot reach farmers. PFJ engaged over 2,000 agricultural agents in 2017, and district directors and extension officers were equipped with vehicles and motorbikes
Trump’s diesel deal opens a new rift with Europe over Ukraine | Russia-Ukraine war News
Russia has claimed it can supply even more diesel to the global market than the quantities agreed with United States President Donald Trump. “By the end of the year, we could reach supply volumes of 3.5 million tonnes per month to global markets, just as was the case before the crisis,” Alexander Novak, Russian deputy…
44 government agencies to relocate to Sejong by 2031
Interior Minister Yun Ho-jung answers questions from reporters at Government Complex Sejong, Monday. Yonhap The foreign, unification and defense ministries will relocate from Seoul to the central administrative city of Sejong by 2031 as part of a broader government agency relocation plan affecting nearly 10,000 public servants, the interior ministry said Tuesday. The ministry announced…
AB6IX’s Park Woo-jin turns new page with 2nd solo EP
Singer Park Woo-jin poses during a media showcase for his second solo EP, “SOLSTICE,” at a performance hall in Jung District, central Seoul, Tuesday. Courtesy of Para Music Park Woo-jin, a member of boy group AB6IX who first rose to stardom through Wanna One — the project boy band born out of Mnet’s “Produce 101…
Affi Agbenyo should not be at the EC given her past record – Brako-Powers
He argued that individuals whose conduct demonstrates political allegiance to a particular party should not be appointed to independent constitutional bodies tasked with safeguarding Ghana’s democracy.
Selma Blair accused of attacking 2 flight attendants, assaulting a police officer and nurse
Selma Blair leaves court in New York on Monday after her arraignment on charges of injuring two flight attendants during a cross-country flight. AP-Yonhap NEW YORK — Actor Selma Blair was arrested after she was accused of injuring two flight attendants on a trip from Los Angeles to New York. She was also accused of…
Who pays for expanded party primaries? New EC deputy chair Dr. Asamoah calls for urgent IPAC talks
Newly sworn-in Deputy Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr. Joseph Kwaku Asamoah, has called for urgent engagement with political parties over the implementation of the Supreme Court ruling abolishing delegate-based presidential and parliamentary primaries, raising concerns about who will bear the financial burden of the new electoral arrangement.
Pregnant woman left homeless as fire destroys shops and homes in Atasemanso, Kumasi
A heavily pregnant woman and several traders have been left stranded after a fire destroyed homes and shops in Atasemanso, marking the fourth fire in Kumasi.
India’s $87bn river-linking plan leaves villagers fighting for their homes
Villagers in India say they would rather die than leave their homes as they protest a billion dollar government project