September 2, 2025
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Crucial test for upcoming elections in Ghana as feud over Parliamentary majority intensifies; ruling NPP stage walk-out, Speaker suspends proceedings indefinitely

Crucial test for upcoming elections in Ghana as feud over Parliamentary majority intensifies; ruling NPP stage walk-out, Speaker suspends proceedings indefinitely

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The Ghanaian parliament has reached a stalemate as the feud between the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) over who assumes majority in parliament, following the expulsion of four Members of Parliament (MP), heats up. Latest reports say the Speaker, Alban Sumana Bagbin, adjourned sitting indefinitely on Tuesday, October…

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Ghana’s 2024 elections results will be determined by current economic and political realities.

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As Ghana moves gradually towards its presidential election in December, the polls will be taking place against a backdrop of serious economic hardship. Owing to the COVID pandemic, conditions imposed by the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war and insufficient monetary and fiscal discipline, Ghanaians have faced rapid inflation. The resulting debt has required an emergency $3-billion IMF…

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Ghana Receives EU Aid For Border Security.

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The Ghanaian government has received a fleet of 100 armoured vehicles from the European Union (EU) as part of increased border security assistance for coastal West African nations affected by conflicts in the Sahel region. Ghana, along with Gulf of Guinea neighbours Togo, Benin and Ivory Coast, are facing a growing risk of violence in…

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MPs unanimously back LGBTQ+ bill …recommend passage of 25-clause bill to proscribe same sex relationship, others

Editor11 mins

Members of Parlia­ment have unanimously approved and adopted the report of the Committee on Con­stitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs recommending the passage of the Promotion of Proper Hu­man Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, 2021. According to the lawmakers, the passage of the Bill would protect the pristine Ghanaian cultural norms and values systems….

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I’m worried about IMF prescription to check Ghana’s economic challenges – Prof. Bokpin

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Financial Econ­omist, Professor Godfred Bokpin, has expressed worry about the current structure of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s support program for Ghana over the next three years. According to him, the pro­gramme, largely driven by revenue prescriptions, was not properly crafted because Ghana’s problem was not about revenue mobilization but rather expendi­ture. Read more.

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