Category: Politics

Uganda’s military chief and outspoken social media personality, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has once again found himself at the centre of national and international controversy; this time amid growing concerns over succession politics, political repression, and the militarisation of power in East Africa. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the son of Uganda’s long-serving president Yoweri Museveni, has been […]

Dr. Frank Bannor, a Development Economist and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Economic Research and Public Policy (IERPP), has called on the governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to publicly account for a dramatic and unexplained decline in the country’s gold reserves. His call follows the release of the central bank’s latest […]

Governance, Religion and Policy Think Tank, IGER Africa, has projected a likely victory for former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia in the upcoming New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer elections scheduled for Saturday, January 31. According to the Founder and President of IGER Africa, Paul Abrokwa, Dr Bawumia’s strong political experience, economic credentials and deep-rooted support […]

Ayawaso East Parliamentary Seat: Five aspirants seeking to contest the Ayawaso East parliamentary seat on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) are scheduled to be vetted today, Wednesday, January 28, 2026, as the party prepares for a crucial by-election in the constituency. The aspirants include Hajia Amina Adam, widow of the late Member […]

NPP and NDC: Two leading figures of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng and Dr. Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe, have joined forces with a stalwart of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dr. Christine Amoako-Nuamah, to challenge what they describe as exclusionary internal voting systems within Ghana’s major political parties. The trio has invoked the […]

Trump Threatens 100% Tariff: United States President Donald Trump has warned that Canada could face sweeping trade penalties if it deepens economic ties with China, threatening to impose a 100 percent tariff on all Canadian goods entering the U.S. market. In a post on his Truth Social platform on Saturday, Trump said Canada would be […]

The CHRAJ Commissioner, Joseph Whittal, has called on former Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, to return to Ghana to account for his stewardship of the country’s public finances, stressing that accountability in public office is not optional. Speaking on January 23, Mr Joseph Whittal assured the former finance minister that his fundamental human rights would be […]

Nyaho-Tamakloe Slams NPP Leadership: A leading member of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe, has criticised the party’s leadership for what he describes as a top-down approach to internal unity, warning that it could deepen divisions rather than heal them ahead of the party’s upcoming flagbearer election. According to him, the peace […]

President John Dramani Mahama has revealed that his biggest concern is not Ghana’s economic recovery itself, but Africa’s continued fragmentation in a rapidly changing global order. Speaking at the Davos Convening on the Accra Reset Initiative on January 22, President Mahama said Ghana’s recent economic turnaround would mean little if it is not matched by […]

The Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, has assured applicants seeking recruitment into the Ghana Prisons Service of a fair, transparent, and merit-based selection process, stressing that no applicant would be unfairly treated or disadvantaged. Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak gave the assurance during a working visit to the Ghana Prisons Service Training School screening centre in Accra, […]