The Latest Breaking News from Ghana

Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa: Sadiq Khan outlines plans for first mayoral trip to Africa

But mayor accused of being ‘more interested in Lagos than John Lewis’ as he misses meeting on Oxford Street

Evening Standard · Jul 3, 2025

Modi Pushes Further India-Africa Cooperation On Ghana Visit

Indian Prime Minister Nerendra Modi on Thursday outlined plans for deeper ties between his country and Africa, as New Delhi increasingly vies for a stronger economic presence on the continent along with China and Russia.

International Business Times · Jul 3, 2025

Cocoa Prices Fall on the Outlook for Higher Cocoa Output in Ghana

September ICE NY cocoa (CCU25 ) Wednesday closed down -92 (-1.11%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU25 ) closed down -125 (-2.20%). Cocoa prices on Wednesday extended this week's selloff, with NY cocoa posting a 1-week low and London cocoa posting a 1-1/2 week low. Cocoa prices are weighed...

Barchart · Jul 2, 2025

Africa’s development banks are being undermined: the continent will pay the price

Ghana and Zambia’s official creditors are pressing them to default on loans to two African multilateral financial institutions: the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the Trade and Development Bank (TDB).

The Conversation · Jun 27, 2025

Cocoa Prices Jump as Ghana Cuts its Cocoa Production Forecast

September ICE NY cocoa (CCU25 ) today is up +345 (+3.97%), and July ICE London cocoa #7 (CAN25 ) is up +202 (+3.35%). Cocoa prices today extended this week's rally and posted 1-week highs. The outlook for smaller cocoa supplies from Ghana, the world's second-largest cocoa producer, is pushing prices...

Barchart · Jun 26, 2025

Detty December started as a Nigerian cultural moment. Now it’s spreading across the continent – and minting money

Every December in Nigeria and Ghana a giant party takes place, unfolding in a whirlwind of concerts, festivals, weddings, art shows, dress-ups, meet-ups and travel. Locals and diaspora west Africans returning from overseas come together to create Detty December, a festive event stretching from mid-December to the new year.

The Conversation · Jun 26, 2025

Netflix gives African film a platform – but the cultural price is high

Netflix began its Africa operations in South Africa in 2016. When the US streaming giant announced it was setting up shop in Nigeria in 2020, many west African film-makers, writers, artists and media audiences were jubilant.

The Conversation · Jun 26, 2025

Kwame Akoto-Bamfo: the Ghanaian artist using work about slavery to find justice and healing

Thousands of sculpted heads - captive African men, women, and children - meticulously created by the artist Kwame Akoto-Bamfo, emerge from the soil at the Nkyinkyim Museum, as a sacred gathering of ancestors. Together, they form a powerful monument to the horror, violence, and resistance to enslavement, as well as…

The Conversation · Jun 22, 2025

Discarded clothes from UK brands found in protected Ghana wetlands – Greenpeace

The campaign group found clothes thrown away by British consumers on the internationally important wetland outside the capital Accra.

Evening Standard · Jun 18, 2025

Discarded clothes from UK brands dumped in protected Ghana wetlands

Garments thrown out by consumers from Next, George, M&S and others found in or near conservation areas

The Guardian - UK · Jun 18, 2025