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The Governance Trust Barometer, a report by policy think tank Africa Policy Lens, has found that perception of corruption remains very high among citizens. The maiden Governance Trust Barometer report, which was unveiled in Accra on Wednesday May 6, said the deep perception of corruption held by citizens was the largest among a range of governance indexes it measured across the country. One of the positive indexes reported was Ghana’s democratic legitimacy, the the Barometer found that this legitimacy is undermined by “widespread perceptions of corruption, which remain the single largest dragon overall trust.” “While citizens acknowledge the presence of…

A man in eastern India has said he was forced to carry his sister’s skeletal remains to a bank to prove her death after failing to withdraw her savings. A video from Odisha state of Jitu Munda, 52, taking the remains to the bank went viral this week, sparking outrage. He said he acted in frustration after repeated attempts to access the money without being able to show official proof of death. Police said he exhumed the woman’s remains to bring them to the bank. The bank denied asking for this, saying they only demanded legally required documents. It added…

More than five weeks after a humpback whale became stranded in shallow waters on the German coast, a barge has ferried the animal out of German waters, en route to the North Sea. The final operation to save the whale is being closely followed across Germany, after the failure of earlier attempts to lure it away from the coast. The whale was coaxed into the water-filled barge on Tuesday, in a mission funded by two German entrepreneurs. Marine experts have largely distanced themselves from the operation. An expert International Whaling Commission panel said such plans were well meant, but the…

The youngest son of Zimbabwe’s late former leader Robert Mugabe is to deported from South Africa immediately, a court in Johannesburg has ordered. Bellarmine Mugabe pleaded guilty to pointing a firearm and illegally being in the country earlier this month after he was arrested following the shooting of a 23-year-old man at his home. The 28-year-old has also been ordered to pay a fine of $36,000 (£26,700). His co-accused, and cousin, Tobias Matonhodze – who pleaded guilty to attempted murder, illegal immigration, possession of ammunition and defeating the ends of justice – was sentenced to three years in prison. Both…

Last week, as usual, the Ghanaian social and traditional media space buzzed with commentaries. A spectacular scene between a church member and her minister at the Methodist Church Ghana, Wesley Cathedral in Sunyani, Bono Region, was the subject that intrigued Ghanaians. Opinions were shared, interviews granted, and eventually a press statement was issued. The frenzy ensued after Very Rev. Dr. Solomon Bruce gave a Bible teaching on tithing. It is said that the teachings happened on February 1, 2026. It was, however, not until April 2026 that portions of the Bible teachings popped up on TikTok, sparking “fire” and going…

The Parliamentary Select Committee on Sanitation and Water Resources has uncovered what many stakeholders have described as a significant contribution by Zoomlion Ghana Limited to sanitation management in the Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly, following revelations that the company has been operating nine additional communal waste containers in the metropolis free of charge for more than a year. The discovery emerged during the committee’s oversight visit to the metropolis, where officials of the assembly commended Zoomlion for its continuous support in waste management and public health interventions. The Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE), George Justice Arthur, described Cape Coast as a “citadel…

Introduction Carbs (Carbohydrates) commonly called “Carbo” in Ghana, are by far the most vilified macronutrient in the modern diet. Whenever dietary advice is dispensed, carbohydrate intake is almost always the first thing mentioned. In the Ghanaian context, you will often hear people readily declare, “Oh, it’s the fufu or banku that has made you fat”, as if a single staple food bears sole responsibility for a pot belly and/or weight gain. And yet, science tells a different story. Research by Matthewman and Nadkarni (2026) confirms that macronutrients (proteins, carbohydrates, and fats) collectively supply energy and serve as the building blocks…

INTRODUCTORY POINTS: ESTIMATING 2026 PAYMENT FOR ICUMSPlease patiently read the analysis below to understand how dumb or wicked or both the NDC government has been signing such a contract to squeeze traders (importers and exporters) the way they’ve done. Finding it difficult to get a direct projected FOB value our import for 2026, I used three different approaches as in below to determine 2026 FOB outturn to enable me estimate 2026 payment to operators of ICUMS. First, I used Ghana’s total imports for 2025 estimated at about US$17–17.5 billion (FOB), equivalent to about GH₵210–215 billion and applied observed growth rate…

Paramount Chief of the Akuapem Traditional Area Oseadeeyo Kwasi Akuffo III has made a strong call for the protection of two of Ghana’s most significant healthcare interventions — the Ghana Medical Trust Fund and Free Primary Healthcare — describing them as lifesaving policies that must never be abandoned by any government. Speaking during a visit to the Ghana Medical Trust Fund, the Akuapemhene emphasised that both initiatives are critical pillars in strengthening Ghana’s healthcare system and should be safeguarded beyond political transitions. He urged that they be entrenched in the country’s legal framework, ideally within the Constitution, to ensure continuity…

When the President of Ghana, H.E J. D Mahama, stood before investors in Yokohama in August 2025 and announced plans to tear down Ghana’s minimum capital barriers, I recognised in my article titled “Scrapping Minimum Capital Requirement: Opportunity or Risk?  the opportunity; a more open investment climate, attractive startups, SMEs, and the alignment with Ghana’s 24 Hour-Economy initiative. Also, the risk, which was identified was that, without defined citizen-only trading activities, local equity participation requirement and robust enforcement, Ghana risked walking the path of South Africa, where absence of such legislative protections fuelled perceptions of unfair foreign competition and those…