On 7 July 2026, the Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament announced that the Council of State had advised against passage of the Constitution of the Republic of Ghana (Amendment) Bill, 2025 — the legislation designed to remove constitutional restrictions barring dual…
When President John Dramani Mahama addressed citizens in the Volta Region on 17 July 2025, the central question hanging over his remarks was not whether Ghana should fight corruption, but whether its institutions can do so without becoming instruments of…
The nomination papers had barely been submitted before the question took shape in legal circles in Accra: what does it mean, institutionally, when a sitting president moves to expand the apex court by nearly seventeen percent in a single appointment…
Parliament Challenges Central Bank Over Undisclosed Reserve Drawdown Ghana’s parliamentary opposition has formally demanded an explanation from the Bank of Ghana (BoG) after information gathered by the Minority caucus indicated that the country’s gross international reserves fell by approximately US$2…
What is the AES, and why does its internal review matter? Burkina Faso’s National Commission of the Alliance des États du Sahel (AES) convened on Thursday to assess progress against the Confederation’s second-year roadmap, exposing both incremental gains and structural…
A writ filed at Ghana’s Supreme Court on 9 July 2026 has placed one of the country’s most consequential constitutional questions before its highest judicial authority: does Article 66(2) of the 1992 Constitution impose a lifetime ban on the presidency…
Public money without public scrutiny is not investment. It is risk. Three civil society organisations, BudgIT Ghana, the Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC), and Revenue Mobilisation Africa (RMA), have issued a joint demand for the Government of Ghana to publish…
When the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa convened a National Youth Dialogue in Accra to domesticate the Africa Agribusiness Young Strategy and launch the Youth in Agrifood Systems Performance Index, the event carried a question that no amount…
A Structural Theft Embedded in Public Administration Across West Africa, payroll fraud is not an anomaly. It is a governance failure with a name, a mechanism, and a measurable fiscal cost. In Ghana, as in several ECOWAS member states, the…
Ghana’s Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts has secured the hosting rights for the 70th session of the UN Tourism Commission for Africa (CAF) Meeting in 2027, a diplomatic outcome that places Accra at the center of continental tourism…
