Ghana is moving to block the export of raw lithium and keep processing onshore. The government wants the country to refine, beneficiate, and ultimately manufacture batteries from its own lithium deposits, rather than ship the unprocessed mineral abroad and watch other countries capture the profit. The announcement came from Lands and Natural Resources Minister Emmanuel […]
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has announced that the government will raise $1 billion through the domestic bond market to finance cocoa purchases for the 2026/2027 crop season. Governor Dr Johnson Pandit Asiama made the announcement at the opening of the 130th Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting in Accra on Monday, May 18, 2026. If […]
Ghana’s Parliament passed the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2025 on May 29, 2026, sending the legislation to President John Dramani Mahama for his signature. The bill criminalizes the promotion, funding, and sponsorship of LGBTQ activity, and extends existing prison penalties for same-sex acts. If Mahama signs it, the law takes effect as […]
Ghana and Jamaica have signed a series of new bilateral agreements to deepen cooperation in health, trade, tourism, aviation, defense, and reparatory justice. The deals were finalized during the third session of the Ghana-Jamaica Permanent Joint Commission for Cooperation (PJCC) held in Accra from May 25 to May 26, 2026. If that sounds like diplomatic […]
The first batch of 300 Ghanaian citizens evacuated from South Africa arrived in Accra on Wednesday, May 27, 2026, following weeks of rising anti-immigrant protests and deadly xenophobic attacks targeting foreign nationals. This large-scale **Ghana evacuates citizens from South Africa** operation marks one of the country’s biggest repatriation efforts in recent years. In plain terms, […]
Cambodia’s General Department of Immigration has issued an official notice directing all African nationals, including Ghanaians in Cambodia, to leave the country on or before May 31, 2026. The directive, numbered 1662/GDI and signed by Lt. Gen. Som Sopheak as Director General and approved by Gen. Sar Sokha, Secretary of State at Cambodia’s Ministry of […]
President John Dramani Mahama has unveiled a package of development projects targeting Zongo communities across Ghana. The announcement came during the National Eid al-Adha celebrations at Black Star Square in Accra on May 27, 2026. In plain terms: the government plans to build roads, construct new STEM schools, and provide small business loans specifically for […]
Last Updated: May 25, 2026 Ghana officially launched its first electronic visa (e-Visa) system on Africa Day, Monday, May 25, 2026. President John Dramani Mahama inaugurated the new portal, which allows travelers from around the world to apply for visas entirely online, eliminating the need for in-person embassy visits. If you are an African […]
Last Updated: May 23, 2026 Â Ghana’s fisheries sector is a major food security and export pillar, with seafood exports valued at more than $425 million annually and underpinning the food security of more than 30 million people. The sector spans a 550-kilometer Atlantic coastline, the 8,480-square-kilometer Lake Volta, and a fast-growing aquaculture industry that […]
Ghana has no dedicated homeschooling law. The word “homeschooling” does not appear anywhere in the country’s primary education legislation, the Education Act, 2008 (Act 778). That does not make homeschooling automatically illegal, but it also does not make it clearly legal. The more accurate framing is that homeschooling in Ghana operates in a legal grey […]
Ghana Citizenship Team
