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Sunday, November 15, 2026
Today's Briefing — Seventh Edition
Seventh Edition, Sunday 15 November 2026 — a second, same-day update: six people are dead at Manso Keniago after a NAIMOS confrontation — and the accounts of how it happened do not agree. Also in the Ghana file: the NPP asks whether Ghana signed a pact to receive cocaine, Ghana and Tunisia weigh permanent missions in each other's capitals, 10,000 teachers are promised for 2027, IMANI urges the Bank of Ghana to drop the GH¢50 note, and Ghana weighs a move into the AU's top funding tier. Across the continent: the AU, EU, UN, Arab League and IGAD jointly demand a halt to drone attacks in Sudan, and the UN's aid agencies warn Sudan's shelter stocks are nearly gone. Held back, openly: a court remand carried by one outlet, single-chain casualty reports from Sudan and South Sudan, and party-political items awaiting a second source. Every summary is original, linked to its source, prepared by the DIVINEGLORY AI AFRICA NEWS INTELLIGENCE PRO desk cycle and approved by the owner before publication.
Disputed · Security & Public Safety · Ghana Politics
Six dead at Manso Keniago as NAIMOS clash accounts conflict
Library photograph: The Ahafo gold mine in Ghana. The EITI, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Six people are dead and 15 injured after a confrontation at Manso Keniago in the Amansie South District of the Ashanti Region on Wednesday 11 November, when personnel of the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) were transporting excavators seized in an anti-illegal-mining operation and residents and suspected illegal miners tried to stop them. The death toll was first reported as three, then four, then six — and the accounts of how the confrontation began do not agree. NAIMOS spokesperson Paa Kwesi Schandorf, speaking on JoyNews' Upfront, said personnel acted in self-defence against an armed group, fired warning shots, and that two officers sustained gunshot wounds and were treated and discharged. Residents and traditional leaders dispute that explanation. The District Chief Executive, Benjamin Marfo, gave three dead and 14–16 injured as preliminary figures; Assembly Member Charles Oduro reported four dead and 15 injured after visiting St Martin's Hospital. Angry youth in red and black mourning dress besieged the paramount chief's palace on Thursday and nearly turned on the District Chief Executive; the Domi-Keniago chief, Nana Obeng Mensah Ababio II, has appealed for justice and accountability. On JoyNews' Newsfile on Saturday 14 November, NPP Communications Director Dennis Miracles Aboagye demanded a thorough independent investigation and cautioned against collectively labelling the deceased as illegal miners or a mob. Desk note: neither the Ghana Police Service nor St Martin's Hospital has published a consolidated casualty count; the figures and the accounts conflict, so this story is carried as Disputed, not settled.
Source: GhanaNewsS, 14 November 2026; Ghana Guardian, 13–14 November 2026; GH Today reporting MyJoyOnline, 15 November 2026 · Read the original ↗
Ghana
Attributed claims · Security & Public Safety · Law & Justice
'Have we signed a pact to receive cocaine?' — NPP's Aboagye demands answers
Library photograph: The container terminal at Tema Port. SteKrueBe, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The NPP's National Communications Director, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, speaking on JoyNews' Newsfile on Saturday 14 November, questioned whether Ghana has entered into an agreement with foreign countries to allow cocaine shipments to pass through its territory for monitoring and subsequent interception — so-called controlled deliveries. 'Have we just gone to sign some pact to say that our country is willing to receive all the cocaine so that we can follow it?' he asked, saying the volume, quantity and value of cocaine seizures recorded in Ghana over the past 20 months were unprecedented, and asking why Ghana — and not Nigeria, Togo or other countries along the coast — was recording so many such operations. He said the Narcotics Control Commission must explain the nature of the operations and clarify whether the recent seizures were part of controlled delivery arrangements, and argued the more important question is how the drugs enter Ghana in the first place. The programme's graphics also listed further Ghana-linked seizures abroad — about 4.5 tonnes in timber at Amsterdam in June 2025, about 2.8 tonnes in cassava flour from Tema at Antwerp in November 2025, and about 1.2 tonnes at Antwerp in December 2025. Desk note: the 'pact' is Mr Aboagye's question, not an established fact; no government or NACOC response was reported in the coverage checked, and the desk will carry it when it comes. The written record is one outlet (MyNewsGH), corroborated by the JoyNews broadcast itself — hence Corroborated with limitations.
Source: MyNewsGH, 15 November 2026, reporting JoyNews' Newsfile · Read the original ↗
Ghana
Official statement · International Relations
Ghana and Tunisia consider permanent missions in each other's capitals
Library photograph: A souq in the medina of Tunis. Kritzolina, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Ghana and Tunisia are considering establishing permanent diplomatic missions in their respective capitals, Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has said, after a bilateral meeting with his Tunisian counterpart, Ali Nafti, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad. In a Facebook post on Sunday 15 November, Mr Ablakwa said both countries were open to the idea 'as soon as practicable.' The meeting also produced the visa-waiver negotiations reported in the Sixth Edition, and agreement to revive the Permanent Joint Commission for Cooperation, with renewed cooperation focused on education, tourism, sports, agribusiness, trade and maritime cooperation. Mr Ablakwa said he had received an invitation to undertake a reciprocal visit to Tunisia.
Source: ChannelOne News; GhanaNewsS; Winneba News, 15 November 2026 · Read the original ↗
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Official announcement · Education
Government to recruit 10,000 teachers and 2,000 non-teaching staff in 2027
Library photograph: Children being taught in an outdoor classroom in northern Ghana. DFID - UK Department for International Development, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu has announced that the government will recruit 10,000 teachers and 2,000 non-teaching staff in 2027, with the recruitment captured in the 2027 national budget. He made the announcement at the 150th anniversary celebration of Mfantsipim School in Cape Coast on Saturday 14 November, saying the non-teaching roles would cover labourers, drivers and other support personnel. He also announced 10 model senior high schools, GH¢250 million from the Ghana Education Trust Fund in the 2027 funding formula for infrastructure in the country's 12 best-performing senior high schools in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination, and a review of the Free Senior High School policy introduced in 2017. Desk note: application dates, eligibility, categories and regional allocation have not yet been published — applicants should follow official communications from the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service.
Source: Graphic Online, 14 November 2026; GH Today sourced to 3News; Coleman Publications, 15 November 2026 · Read the original ↗
IMANI's Cudjoe urges the Bank of Ghana to drop the controversial GH¢50 note
Library photograph: Independence Avenue in Accra. Matti Blume, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
IMANI Africa President Franklin Cudjoe has urged the Bank of Ghana to withdraw the GH¢50 Heritage Series banknote, in a Facebook post on Saturday 15 November, arguing the controversy over its portrait could undermine public confidence in the institution — even though money has already been spent on printing it. 'Please drop the controversial cedi. I know money has been spent in printing. But it is not legal tender,' he added — the notes enter circulation on 1 December 2026, so they are not yet in use. The portrait is meant to depict Theodosia Salome Okoh, designer of Ghana's national flag; critics say it resembles her sister, Dr Letitia Obeng, and a relative told the Bank the image was not of Mrs Okoh at all. The Bank, in a statement on 13 November, said the portrait was developed from different photographs of Mrs Okoh and not from a photograph of her sister, and that technical adaptations during engraving — including replacing her familiar head-tie with a period hairstyle — caused the perceived resemblance. Desk note: Mr Cudjoe's call is carried by one written outlet (Metro TV Online); his Facebook post is the primary source and the Bank's defence is on record.
Source: Metro TV Online, 15 November 2026; Bank of Ghana statement, 13 November 2026 · Read the original ↗
Ghana
Attributed · African Politics · Economy & Finance
Ghana weighs a move into the AU's top funding tier ahead of the chairmanship
Library photograph: African Union leaders at the 11th Extraordinary Session of the Assembly, with the AU flag behind them. Office of the Prime Minister - Ethiopia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Ghana is considering increasing its assessed contribution to the African Union, a move that could place it among the organisation's six highest-paying member states. Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa said President John Dramani Mahama had instructed his ministry to assess whether Ghana should move from Tier Two to Tier One of the AU scale of assessment, speaking in Accra at the 27th Extraordinary Session of the Executive Council on Financing the Union. Under the 2020–2022 scale Ghana sits in Tier Two with an assessed contribution of 2.811%, facing a maximum of US$10 million; Tier One consists of the six largest economies — Algeria, Angola, Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria and South Africa — which together account for 45.151% of the Union's assessed budget, with ceilings of between US$15 million and US$35 million. Ethiopia and Kenya have moved up from Tier Two to Tier One for the 2027–2029 cycle. A move would give Ghana greater influence in AU decision-making, agenda-setting and negotiations on peace, finance and institutional reform, ahead of assuming the AU chairmanship in January. Desk note: the tier-move detail is carried by one outlet; the session itself is corroborated by The Herald Ghana and the AU's own 13 November press release.
Source: Ghana Guardian, 14 November 2026; The Herald Ghana, 14 November 2026; African Union press release, 13 November 2026 · Read the original ↗
GhanaAfrican Union
Joint statement · African Politics · International Relations
AU, EU, UN, Arab League and IGAD demand a halt to drone attacks in Sudan
Library photograph: The Sudan Development Corporation building in Khartoum, Sudan. Abdel-Moneim Mustafa, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The African Union, European Union, United Nations, League of Arab States and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) — the Quintet — have called for an immediate halt to hostilities in Sudan, condemning a fresh escalation of drone attacks that have killed civilians and damaged power stations, health facilities and essential services. In a joint statement issued on 13 November, the five organisations condemned attacks reported across Khartoum, Darfur, Kordofan, Blue Nile, Gedaref, Gezira, Sennar and Red Sea states, called for an end to external support fuelling the war, and urged regional and international actors to support a humanitarian truce — through the Quad — as a step towards a comprehensive ceasefire. They reiterated that there is no military solution, said attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure violate international humanitarian law, and called for accountability. Quintet representatives are expected to visit Khartoum for direct consultations with Sudanese stakeholders. Desk note: the joint text itself has not been seen on an AU, UN or EU page — a similarly worded Quintet statement on the EU and UN sites is dated 11 February 2026 — so the desk has not confirmed the 13 November text itself; the story rests on two independent outlets reporting it as issued on 13 November.
Source: Sudan Now; The Eastleigh Voice, 15 November 2026 · Read the original ↗
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Official statement · Human Rights · Health & Medicine
UN agencies warn Sudan's shelter stocks are nearly gone as funding runs out
Library photograph: Humanitarian aid being distributed in Africa. Kate Holt/AusAID, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) warned on 6 November that millions of people forced to flee Sudan's war risk being left without a roof over their heads, as severe funding shortages threaten to deplete emergency shelter stocks. An estimated 15.4 million people urgently need emergency shelter and essential household items, yet funding constraints mean agencies can prioritise assistance for only about one in ten of them — and only 936,000 people have received assistance so far. IOM's Sudan mission chief, Mohamed Refaat, said the agency's warehouses were empty, with 16 trucks reaching Darfur carrying the last supplies available in stock. Sudan's 2026 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan requires US$2.9 billion to assist 20.4 million of the 33.7 million people in need, but only around 47% of the required resources had been received; the shelter response alone needs US$179 million and is only 35% funded. Around 8.6 million people remain displaced inside Sudan and more than 4.6 million have fled across its borders, in what remains the world's largest displacement crisis, more than three and a half years into a war that began in April 2023. Desk note: the statement is dated 6 November and is carried here because it was never published on this page; it was re-reported on 15 November as the crisis deepens.
From the Sixth Edition — Sunday, 15 November 2026 (morning)
Official statement · African Politics · Economy & Finance
Ghana to ratify the AU's three financial institutions by 2027 — Ablakwa
Library photograph: The African Union Conference Centre, Addis Ababa. Andrew Moore, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa told the 27th Extraordinary Session of the AU Executive Council on Financing the Union, in Accra on Friday 13 November, that Ghana intends to deposit its instruments of ratification for the African Central Bank, the African Monetary Fund and the African Investment Bank by 2027, and he urged every member state to take at least one concrete ratification step before the next meeting. Speaking for President Mahama — the AU Champion for the establishment of the institutions — he proposed an Accra Declaration on Financing the Union with six commitments, including capitalising the AU Peace Fund towards its US$1 billion target, and announced an Extraordinary Summit on African Financial Institutions in Accra in 2027, when Ghana assumes the AU Chairmanship. He noted member states are projected to finance nearly 99% of the Union's 2027 operational budget but only about 4% of its programme budget and 12% of peace and security. Desk note: the session's final communiqué has still not been published; the Declaration remains a proposal.
Source: The Herald Ghana; GhanaNewsS; GITFiC; BlackStar Times, 14–15 November 2026 · Read the original ↗
GhanaAfrican Union
Analysis · Economy & Finance
ISODEC: the Bank of Ghana must publish where bank credit goes
Library photograph: Bank of Ghana head office, High Street, Accra. Natsubee, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
ISODEC policy analyst Dr Adamu Braimah Abillle, speaking on Channel One TV's The Big Issue on Saturday 14 November, called on the Bank of Ghana to regularly disclose how bank lending is distributed across the economy, arguing the US$10 billion New Economy programme will struggle if credit keeps flowing mainly into commerce and trade. He said private-sector credit had grown by 40% while agriculture received only 11% of it, questioned the Agricultural Development Bank's loan profile, and called for fiscal–monetary coordination and a mechanism to direct credit to priority sectors, citing Germany's community banking system. These are Dr Abillle's figures and arguments, reported as his analysis.
Confirmed · Security & Public Safety · Environment
NAIMOS arrests 30, seizes 35 tipper trucks in Ketu North sand raid
Library photograph: A tipper truck loaded with sand on a Ghanaian highway. SAgbley, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS), backed by the Ghana Army's Artillery Brigade, raided two illegal sand-winning sites at Agbozume Klikor and Ohawu in the Ketu North Municipality of the Volta Region, arresting 30 people and intercepting 35 tipper trucks, many bearing Togolese plates. The suspects were handed to the Dzodze District Police for investigation and the trucks moved to a secure holding location.
Source: MyJoyOnline, via Chale News; Winneba News, 15 November 2026 · Read the original ↗
Ghana
Official statement · Religion & Faith · Security & Public Safety
Catholic Bishops urge dialogue in Bawku and Gbinyiri — and a galamsey state of emergency
Library photograph: Holy Trinity Cathedral, Accra. Williams Penuku, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The Ghana Catholic Bishops' Conference, closing its annual Plenary Assembly at Jamasi (3–14 November), urged parties in the Bawku and Kalba-Gbinyiri conflicts to 'exercise restraint, renounce violence and embrace dialogue, reconciliation and peaceful coexistence,' acknowledging a recent reduction in violence, and demanded the 'full and faithful implementation' of the Gbinyiri mediation report 'without selective application or undue delay.' The communiqué — signed by Conference President Most Rev. Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi — also called on President Mahama to declare a targeted state of emergency in areas worst affected by illegal mining (galamsey), and raised alarms over drug trafficking and alleged abuse in schools.
Source: BlackStar Times; Kumasi Mail; 7DS Online, 14–15 November 2026 · Read the original ↗
Ghana
Official statement · Security & Public Safety · Law & Justice
Spain seizes 2.6 tonnes of cocaine from Tema — and an analyst warns of cartel capture
Library photograph: Container ships at the Port of Lomé, Togo. Brendertogo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Spain's Tax Agency and Civil Guard announced on 11 November that they had seized 2,600 kg of cocaine concealed in false bottoms inside coconut crates in two containers loaded at Tema Port on 2 August and shipped to Valencia. Officers tracked the cargo under surveillance to a warehouse at Viator, Almería, and arrested two men — the importer and the man responsible for unloading. No Ghanaian suspects have been named. In Accra, security analyst Emmanuel Kutin warned on Channel One TV (Saturday 14 November) that drug cartels could infiltrate political parties and eventually influence who becomes President if the narcotics menace persists; the NPP had already, on 4 November, called for the heads of NACOC, the Ports Authority, the Airports Company and National Security to step aside during independent investigations, citing at least 14 major seizures between March 2025 and October 2026.
Source: Agencia Tributaria (Spain) press release, 11 November 2026; ChannelOne News; Graphic Online; Ghana Guardian · Read the original ↗
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Official statement · International Relations
Ghana and Tunisia to begin visa-waiver negotiations
Library photograph: Flags flying in Addis Ababa. Nebiyu.s, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Ghana and Tunisia have agreed to immediately commence negotiations on a visa-waiver arrangement, Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa announced after a bilateral meeting with his Tunisian counterpart, Ali Nafti, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad. The two countries also agreed to revive their Permanent Joint Commission for Cooperation. Mr Ablakwa said he was optimistic Ghana would sign additional visa-waiver agreements before the end of 2027.
Source: Minister's announcement, 15 November 2026; Winneba News; Pulse Ghana · Read the original ↗
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Developing · African Politics
Cabo Verde is voting: Neves seeks a second term, Rosa makes history
Library photograph: Praia, capital of Cabo Verde. TxetxeCV, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Polls opened across Cabo Verde at 08:00 local time (09:00 GMT) and close at 18:00 in the presidential election. More than 300,000 people are eligible to vote, with nearly 77,000 diaspora voters registered at embassies. Six candidates stand: incumbent José Maria Neves (PAICV), tipped as favourite for a second term, faces his strongest challenge from Joana Rosa of the MpD — a former justice minister and the first woman to run for president since independence in 1975. Emigration has been the campaign's central issue. A candidate needs over 50% to win outright; otherwise the top two meet in a runoff on 29 November. The AU deployed 37 short-term observers and ECOWAS has long- and short-term missions in place. Results are expected within two to three days — the Seventh Edition will carry them.
Source: Al Jazeera; Associated Press; A Nação, 15 November 2026 · Read the original ↗
Cabo Verde
Confirmed · African Politics
South Sudan postpones its first-ever elections to 11 February 2027
Library photograph: A polling official explains how to vote, Juba. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
South Sudan's National Elections Commission announced on Saturday 14 November that the country's first general elections since independence in 2011 will be held on 11 February 2027 instead of 22 December 2026 — a 51-day postponement, with no reason given in the revised calendar. Voter registration runs 14–28 November at 3,161 centres; campaigning is set for 27 December to 9 February, with results expected 15–16 February. The vote has been delayed repeatedly since 2022. The Eastleigh Voice reported the Commission has received only US$21 million of the US$276 million it requested, and a legal analysis published by Radio Tamazuj questions whether a nationwide postponement is lawful under the amended elections act — an analysis, not a court ruling.
Source: Reuters; AFP; Al Jazeera; The Sudan Times; Eastleigh Voice, 14 November 2026 · Read the original ↗
South Sudan
Official statement · Health & Medicine
Nigeria clears all 62 Ebola contacts — no secondary transmission
Library photograph: A biomedical scientist in a Nigerian laboratory. Distilledwalex (Alabi Olawale), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Friday 13 November that all 62 contacts of the country's imported Bundibugyo Ebola case — confirmed in Abuja on 20 October — have completed their 21-day monitoring, with the last contact discharged that day and no secondary transmission. Thirteen contacts developed fever or other symptoms during monitoring; all tested negative, as did seven suspected cases investigated across five states. Director-General Dr Jide Idris stressed this is NOT an Ebola-free declaration: WHO rules require a 42-day countdown, and the Emergency Operations Centre remains at Level 3. The index patient, evacuated to Switzerland on 26 October, has recovered and been discharged.
Source: NCDC briefing via Radio Nigeria; Voice of Nigeria; The Telegraph Nigeria, 13–14 November 2026 · Read the original ↗
Nigeria
Analysis · Health & Medicine
MSF warns diphtheria antitoxin is running low in Nigeria
Library photograph: Yellow-fever vaccination, Nigeria. Ugochukwu2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Médecins Sans Frontières warned on 13 November that supplies of diphtheria antitoxin are dangerously low and teams are rationing treatment. Figures published by Premium Times from a Red Cross situation report drawing on NCDC data put Nigeria's 2026 outbreak at 28,151 confirmed infections and 1,126 deaths as of 7 November; MSF treated 86 patients in Katsina State between 26 October and 12 November, 70 of them severe. Desk note: the case and death figures are dated 7 November and are carried exactly as attributed; the desk has not seen the situation report itself.
Source: MSF via PrimeTimes round-up; Premium Times, 13–14 November 2026 · Read the original ↗
Nigeria
Confirmed · Sports
Black Stars face Somalia again on Monday — the return leg at Essipong
Library photograph: Essipong Stadium, Sekondi-Takoradi. Oluniyi Ajao, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Ghana's Black Stars play Somalia on Monday 16 November at the Essipong (Sekondi) Sports Stadium, kick-off 15:00 GMT, in the return leg of their AFCON qualifying double-header — Somalia's 'home' fixture is also being played in Sekondi because Somalia has no CAF-approved home stadium. Ghana won the first leg 2–0 on Thursday, with Mohammed Kudus starting his first match of 2026 and Benjamin Asare in goal — the Black Stars' first points of the campaign after defeats to Côte d'Ivoire and The Gambia. A second win would put Ghana firmly back in contention in Group C. The Seventh Edition will carry the result.
Source: Ghana Football Association; fixture records, 12–15 November 2026 · Read the original ↗
GhanaSomalia
From the Fifth Edition — Saturday, 14 November 2026
Official statement · Law & Justice · Security & Public Safety
Customs seizes GH¢1.45 million of contraband hidden under okro powder at Techiman
Library photograph: Kaneshie Market, Accra. NanaYawBotar, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Customs officers at the Techiman checkpoint stopped a Burkina Faso-registered DAF XF truck (BF2798G303) on Thursday 5 November and found, concealed beneath dry okro powder and empty glass bottles, 97 bales of imitation wax prints — 58,200 yards of fabric — and 10 new Yamaha Aerox motorbikes, none of it duty-paid or cleared. The truck was escorted to the Sunyani Regional Office, where the goods are now in the state warehouse. Duty assessed on the textiles alone is GH¢465,186.90; the combined street value is estimated at about GH¢1.45 million. Five Notices of Seizure were issued on 11 November under the Customs Act, 2015 (Act 891), with one calendar month for written claims against forfeiture.
Source: Ghana Revenue Authority statement, 13 November 2026 (via Ghana Guardian / NewsGuide Africa) · Read the original ↗
Ghana
Official statement · Ghana Politics · Economy & Finance
'Do you want me to crash the country again?' — Finance Minister answers the Budget critics
Library photograph: Makola Market, Accra. Benggriff, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The government's answer to the Minority's Budget criticisms — awaited since our Fourth Edition — came from Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson on Joy News' PM Express on Thursday evening, hours after he presented the Budget. 'These are debts that we have inherited. Do you want me to crash the country again? Do you? I can't,' he said, adding that the sinking fund he inherited 'was empty.' He disclosed GH¢41 billion paid to DDEP bondholders (the Budget Statement puts payments since 2025 at GH¢41.36 billion), provisional public debt of GH¢759.3 billion — 47.5% of GDP at end-October 2026 — and GH¢40.1 billion of DDEP bonds falling due on 16 February 2027.
Source: PM Express broadcast, Joy News, 12 November 2026 (reported 13 November 2026) · Read the original ↗
Ghana
Confirmed · Transportation · Security & Public Safety
Warning signs go up ahead of TraffiTech-GH speed cameras
Library photograph: The Accra–Tema Motorway. Blaise Daniel Korley Ahumah, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Police and road-safety agencies have begun installing large advance-warning signs for the TraffiTech-GH speed cameras on major roads — blue-and-yellow reflective boards showing a camera symbol beside a red-ringed 80 km/h limit, inscribed '24-hrs speed camera monitoring' and 'Speed kills, kill it now.' The installation follows President Mahama's directive of 4 November, given in Antigua: 'You need to put signposts warning motorists that there is a speed camera ahead. I think that transparency is important.' The MTTD's ACP Alexander Kwaku Obeng was pictured beside a sign marked 50 m. The law does not require the warnings, and an offence stands even without a sign; TraffiTech-GH, launched 1 November, is currently issuing fines for speeding only.
Source: Ghana Guardian; BlackStar Times, 14 November 2026; MyJoyOnline for the directive · Read the original ↗
Ghana
Analysis · Economy & Finance · Business & Entrepreneurship
ISODEC: the Budget 'does not yet translate into a measurable jobs target'
Library photograph: Accra Mall. Matti Blume, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
In a provisional assessment of the 2027 Budget signed by Executive Director Samson Salifu Danse, the Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC) welcomed the GH¢30 billion New Economy allocation for 2027 — part of a US$10 billion programme for 2027–2030 across eight pillars — and the extra GH¢1 billion-plus for youth employment. But it noted the Budget projects jobs sector by sector (about 125,000 in rice, 250,000+ in oil palm, some 20,000 in pharmaceuticals) while setting no specific 2027 employment target and no consolidated jobs target across the eight pillars, and it flagged thin funding for the Trade, Agribusiness & Industry (GH¢188 million) and Labour, Jobs & Employment (GH¢156 million) ministries.
Source: ISODEC statement, 13 November 2026 (via Citi Newsroom / Business Week Ghana) · Read the original ↗
Ghana
Analysis · Ghana Politics · Economy & Finance
Yamson: the reset must go beyond stabilisation
Library photograph: University of Ghana, Legon. Sarah Shreeves, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The Ghana News Agency reports Dr Ishmael Evans Yamson calling for the government's reset agenda to move beyond economic stabilisation into deeper institutional reform. Dr Yamson delivered the University of Ghana Alumni Lecture on Thursday 12 November at the Great Hall, Legon — 'From Vision to Transformation: Can Ghana Truly Reset to Inspire Africa's Reset?' — chaired by Vice-Chancellor Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo. Desk note: the lecture and the GNA headline are confirmed; the agency's article text could not be opened from the desk, so no direct quotations are carried.
Source: Ghana News Agency, 13–14 November 2026; University of Ghana · Read the original ↗
Ten killed in Guinea clashes as mining ban is enforced
Library photograph: Gold mining in Ghana. Mozhgon Rajaee, Samuel Obiri, Allyson Green, Rachel Long, Samuel J. Cobbina, Vincent Nartey, David Buck, Edward Antwi, Niladri Basu, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Guinea's Ministry of Territorial Administration said late Thursday that 10 people were killed and 13 injured in clashes on Wednesday at Balato, in the Siguiri region, when security forces were verifying compliance with the artisanal gold-mining ban imposed on 2 November. Five of the dead were foreign nationals; the figures are provisional. The government says protesters erected barricades and shots were exchanged. The ban — imposed over non-compliance and pollution of farmland and rivers — is displacing people across borders: Mali says about 100,000 people have arrived in Bamako, and Burkina Faso says it has repatriated 45,406 of its citizens. More than 1,200 suspected illegal miners were arrested in Siguiri earlier this month.
Source: Reuters, 13 November 2026; Guinea government statement · Read the original ↗
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Confirmed · African Politics
Cabo Verde votes tomorrow: six candidates, ECOWAS watching, incumbent favoured
Library photograph: ECOWAS Headquarters, Abuja. Onafowokan Michael Olutusen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Cabo Verde elects a president on Sunday 15 November. Six candidates stand, led by incumbent José Maria Neves (backed by the PAICV, which won May's legislative elections) and Joana Rosa of the MpD — the first woman presidential candidate in the country's history. Analysts see Neves as clear favourite; a runoff, if needed, is set for 29 November. The ECOWAS observation mission, headed by former Gambian vice-president Fatoumatta Jallow-Tambajang, has 20 long-term experts on all islands since 3 November and about 60 short-term observers for polling day; its head said on arrival she had 'no particular concerns,' calling Cabo Verde 'a serene country.' A preliminary statement will follow election day.
Official statement · Health & Medicine · Human Rights
Record 30.3 million people in DR Congo projected to face crisis-level hunger by mid-2027
Library photograph: Rice farming in Ghana. Yayraalkebulan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
A joint FAO, WFP, UNICEF and WHO statement on the latest IPC analysis projects 30.3 million people in DR Congo at Crisis level or worse (IPC Phase 3+) between January and June 2027 — a record, up from 26.5 million in the same period of 2026 — with 4.2 million at Emergency level. The current period already counts 28.8 million at Phase 3+. More than 11 million of the projected total are in North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri. The agencies name conflict, displacement and rising food prices, compounded by Ebola, cholera and mpox, and call for urgent financing and safe access ahead of the planting season. These are projections, not a current count.
Source: UN joint statement (FAO / WFP / UNICEF / WHO), 13 November 2026 · Read the original ↗
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Official statement · African Politics · Economy & Finance
Nigeria proposes a $10 billion AU Peace Fund at the Accra session
Library photograph: An African Union summit in session. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jesse B. Awalt/Released), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Nigeria's Finance Minister Taiwo Oyedele used the Accra financing session to propose scaling the AU Peace Fund to $10 billion over ten years — against a proposed $1 billion target — financed by member-state levies, philanthropy and African capital, and managed on sovereign-wealth principles. He said member states currently finance 25% of the AU budget and 4% of programme funding against a 75% target, identified 29 areas of duplication costing up to $36 million, and asked Accra to produce a concrete implementation work plan. The desk notes this is a proposal, not an adopted target or a cash pledge.
Source: Nigeria Federal Ministry of Finance statement, 13 November 2026; News Central, 14 November 2026 · Read the original ↗
NigeriaAfrican Union
Official statement · Health & Medicine
Kenya's Ebola countdown: last patient discharged, no contacts in quarantine
Library photograph: Health workers at work. Destiny Deffo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Kenya's Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale announced on 11 November that the country's last Ebola (Bundibugyo) patient had been discharged and the final 11 contacts had completed monitoring, leaving no patient in treatment and no contact in quarantine. The outbreak totalled 9 confirmed cases, 2 deaths and 7 recoveries, all from one transmission chain imported from DR Congo. A 42-day countdown began on 12 November; if no new case occurs, Kenya can be declared Ebola-free on or about 23 December. Screening continues at 26 points of entry.
Source: Kenya Ministry of Health statement, 11 November 2026 (position current at 14 November) · Read the original ↗
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From the Fourth Edition — Saturday, 14 November 2026 (early morning)
Confirmed · Ghana Politics
Parliament fixes the Budget debate: workshop in the Chamber 16–17 November, debate 18–24 November
Library photograph: Parliament House Accra Ghana. Simon Ontoyin, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Parliament has abandoned the plan to hold its post-budget workshop in the Volta Region after Minority pushback. Majority Leader James Agalga, presenting the Business Statement on Friday 13 November 2026, announced the workshop will instead run inside the Chamber of Parliament on Monday 16 and Tuesday 17 November, from 9 a.m. each day; Parliament will not sit on the Tuesday. The Business Committee has programmed the debate on the 2027 Budget Statement for Wednesday 18 to Tuesday 24 November, with the Majority and Minority Leaders' concluding contributions on Wednesday 25 November. Verification note: the workshop's new dates and venue are corroborated by Parliament's own published notice; the debate dates rest on the GH Today / MyJoyOnline reporting chain.
Source: GH Today, reporting the Business Statement, 13 November 2026; workshop confirmed by Parliament of Ghana's notice · Read the original ↗
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Analysis · Ghana Politics · Economy & Finance
Minority answers the Budget: 'hidden taxes' and a 'paper economy'
Library photograph: Makola Market, Accra. Benggriff, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
In its formal response on Friday 13 November, the Minority said projected fees-and-charges revenue rises from GH¢1.3 billion in 2026 to GH¢6.1 billion in 2027 — 'about 350%', in the words of Dr Mohammed Amin Adam, the Ranking Member on the Finance Committee — across passports, licences, permits and vehicle registration, and called it a hidden tax rise laid through a Fees and Charges Bill. Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin called the Budget a 'paper economy' — 'stability on paper but hardship in our pockets' — and demanded to know how much of the US$10 billion New Economy Programme will actually be spent in 2027 and on which projects. Amin Adam also said non-oil GDP growth slowed from 8.2% in the first half of 2025 to 5.9% in the first half of 2026, with the fishing sub-sector contracting 22.5%. These are the Minority's claims and its reading of the Budget and official data, reported here as claims; no government response to the figures was reported in the coverage checked, and any response will be carried in the next edition.
Source: Minority press engagements, 13 November 2026 (ChannelOne News; The Ghana Report) · Read the original ↗
Bank of Ghana: the GH¢50 Heritage portrait is Theodosia Okoh, designer of the flag
Library photograph: The Accra skyline. Synth85, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The Bank of Ghana confirmed on Friday 13 November 2026 that the portrait on the new GH¢50 Heritage Series note is Theodosia Salome Okoh, designer of Ghana's national flag — not her sister, Dr Letitia Obeng, as had been claimed publicly. In its statement the Bank said the engraved image was built from several photographs of Mrs Okoh, and that technical and security adjustments — including replacing her familiar head-tie with a period hairstyle — 'unfortunately contributed' to a perceived likeness to Dr Obeng. The Bank thanked the Okoh family and reaffirmed that the Heritage Series, unveiled on 12 November, enters circulation on 1 December alongside the existing notes.
Source: Bank of Ghana statement, 13 November 2026 (reported by Awake News and Ghana Guardian) · Read the original ↗
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Confirmed · African Politics · International Relations
AU Commission pledges full support to President Mahama ahead of his AU chairmanship
Library photograph: An African Union summit in session. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jesse B. Awalt/Released), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, led a senior delegation on a courtesy call on President John Dramani Mahama in Accra on Friday 13 November 2026 and pledged the Commission's full support ahead of Mahama's term as Chairperson of the African Union from January. The talks covered the Union's financial sustainability — Mahama urged full implementation of the 0.2% levy on eligible imports: 'It's not government money to the AU; it's the people's money. Government is only a collecting agency' — as well as the Accra Reset Initiative on vaccine production and health systems, African debt treatment, reparations, and Mahama's efforts to bridge ECOWAS and the Alliance of Sahel States, which Youssouf commended.
Source: Reported from the meeting, Accra, 13 November 2026 (Ghana News; Ghana Guardian) · Read the original ↗
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Confirmed · Sports
Black Stars pause for Thomas Partey's father, then turn back to Monday's return leg
Library photograph: Accra Sports Stadium. Celestinesucess, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The Black Stars flew back to Accra on Friday morning, 13 November 2026, after Thursday's 2–0 win over Somalia in Sekondi, and went straight to the funeral of Jacob Teye Partey — father of deputy captain Thomas Partey, who had played the full ninety minutes the night before. The Ghana Football Association says preparations for Monday's return fixture at Essipong were put on hold for the service, and that the team 'will now turn their focus back to Monday's qualifier.' Captain Jordan Ayew, Mohammed Kudus and Mohammed Salisu were among the players present, together with GFA President Kurt Okraku and Sports Minister Kofi Adams.
AFCON 2027 qualifiers, Matchday 3: Egypt and Morocco hit five, Libya stun Tunisia
Library photograph: Ghana's football supporters. Ben Sutherland, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Friday 13 November 2026 brought twelve Africa Cup of Nations 2027 qualifying matches. The results: Burkina Faso 1–0 Mauritania; Cabo Verde 4–2 Liberia; Comoros 0–0 Congo; Egypt 5–0 Malawi, Mohamed Salah scoring the fourth and fifth; Gabon 2–0 Lesotho; Mali 3–2 Rwanda; Morocco 5–1 Niger; Mozambique 0–1 Ethiopia; Nigeria 3–1 Tanzania; South Africa 2–2 Kenya; Tunisia 0–2 Libya; and Zambia 1–1 Burundi. The return fixtures follow on Tuesday 17 November, while Ghana play their own return leg against Somalia on Monday 16 November. Scores are given as the consensus across the sources checked; one round-up found in the desk's sweep misstated three of these scores and was disregarded.
Source: Matchday results round-up, 13 November 2026 (NBC Sports; CAF results) · Read the original ↗
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Developing · Health & Medicine
Ebola at six months: the multi-country count, clarified
Library photograph: Health workers at work. Destiny Deffo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Africa CDC's briefing of 12 November 2026 put the multi-country total for the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak at 11,145 confirmed cases and 5,437 deaths, with 3,058 recoveries, six months into the response. An editor's clarification for our readers: the figures carried in our First Edition — 11,114 infections and 5,433 deaths — were the DR Congo-only government figures from the same briefing; the two sets describe different scopes, and we label them so here. Africa CDC said only about 11% of new cases are coming from known contacts, against a target of 95%, and that Kenya has discharged its last patient. Reporting of this briefing reached the desk through a single wire text carried by several outlets, so this item is labelled Developing and will be updated as direct Africa CDC figures are published.
Source: Africa CDC briefing, 12 November 2026 (IANS wire report, 13 November 2026) · Read the original ↗
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From the Third Edition — Friday, 13 November 2026 (evening)
Confirmed · African Politics · Economy & Finance
AU ministers in Accra rally behind 'Option C' financing reform — a 0.2% import levy at its centre
Library photograph: African Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa. Andrew Moore, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The 27th Extraordinary Session of the AU Executive Council on Financing the Union, meeting in Accra on Friday 13 November 2026, deliberated on a new financing framework to cut the Union's dependence on external donors. Kenya's Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi — representing President William Ruto, the AU Champion for Institutional Reform — and Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi backed the proposed 'Option C': prioritising high-impact programmes, consolidating budget planning, strengthening domestic resource mobilisation and improving institutional efficiency, with a 0.2% levy on eligible imports as a central funding proposal. The Accra recommendations now go forward to the 40th Ordinary Session of the AU Assembly in January 2027. The final communiqué text is awaited; this account reflects the deliberations as reported at the session.
Source: Reported from the session, Accra, 13 November 2026 (Capital FM, Kenya) · Read the original ↗
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From the Second Edition — Friday, 13 November 2026
Confirmed · Sports
Black Stars beat Somalia 2–0 in Sekondi to claim their first points of the AFCON 2027 qualifiers
Library photograph: Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi. Michael Schubert, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Ghana defeated Somalia 2–0 at the Essipong Sports Stadium in Sekondi-Takoradi on Thursday 12 November 2026, in Group C of the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. Jonas Adjetey opened the scoring in first-half stoppage time (45+1) and Felix Afena-Gyan added the second on 62 minutes. The win — under interim coach Kim Lars Björkegren — gives the Black Stars their first three points after opening defeats to Côte d'Ivoire and The Gambia. The return leg follows on Monday 16 November at the same venue, Somalia having no CAF-approved home stadium.
Source: Match report, 12 November 2026; fixture details from the Ghana Football Association · Read the original ↗
New Heritage Series cedi notes unveiled — Nkrumah on the GH¢200, Kofi Annan on the GH¢100
Library photograph: Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum, Accra. Simon Ontoyin, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
President John Dramani Mahama unveiled the Bank of Ghana's redesigned Heritage Series banknotes at Bank Square, Accra, on Thursday 12 November 2026. All eight denominations (GH¢1–GH¢200) keep their values but carry individual portraits: market queen Agnes Oforiwa Tagoe-Quarcoopome on the GH¢1 (Commerce), Cardinal Peter Dery on the GH¢2 (Religious Freedom), Kofi Annan on the GH¢100 and Kwame Nkrumah on the GH¢200 (Sovereignty). The notes enter circulation on 1 December 2026 alongside the existing series, which remains legal tender, with stronger security features including colour-changing numerals and cocoa-pod watermarks.
ECOWAS sends 80 election observers to The Gambia ahead of the 5 December presidential poll
Library photograph: ECOWAS Headquarters, Abuja. Onafowokan Michael Olutusen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
ECOWAS has deployed an 80-member Election Observation Mission for The Gambia's presidential election of 5 December 2026, led by Cabo Verde's former Prime Minister, Dr Ulisses Correia e Silva. Twenty long-term observers deployed on 10 November, to be joined by 60 short-term observers, under the ECOWAS Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance. The Gambia's electoral commission has registered 1,146,474 voters; 27 aspirants, including President Adama Barrow, collected nomination forms.
Source: ECOWAS press release, Banjul, 11 November 2026 · Read the original ↗
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Confirmed · International Relations · Infrastructure
ECOWAS reviews the ECOVISA portal as regional travel work continues
Library photograph: The Accra–Tema Motorway. Blaise Daniel Korley Ahumah, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
ECOWAS convened a technical review of the ECOVISA portal on 12 November 2026 — the bloc's project for simpler, more seamless travel across West Africa under its free-movement framework. The review sits in a busy fortnight for the Commission, which also deployed a long-term election observation mission to Cabo Verde ahead of its 15 November presidential election and backed the Abidjan–Lagos Corridor Highway's move toward construction.
From the First Edition — Friday, 13 November 2026 (morning)
Confirmed · Ghana Politics · Economy & Finance
Ghana's 2027 Budget: GH¢389.2 billion plan, no new taxes, GH¢30 billion for the New Economy Programme
Library photograph: Jubilee House, seat of Ghana's Presidency, Accra. Office of the Vice President of the United States, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson presented the 2027 Budget — “The New Economy, New Ghana, Jobs and Prosperity” — to Parliament on Thursday 12 November 2026. Total spending is set at GH¢389.2 billion (21.6% of GDP) against revenue and grants of GH¢323.4 billion, with GH¢100.4 billion for capital expenditure, GH¢48 billion for education — the largest sector share — and GH¢30 billion for the first year of a US$10 billion, four-year New Economy Programme. The Minister confirmed no new taxes, early redemption of GH¢29 billion in DDEP bonds, and a 2027 growth target of at least 5.2%.
Source: Reported from the Budget presentation, 12 November 2026 · Read the original ↗
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Official statement · Economy & Finance
Bank of Ghana Governor defends holding the policy rate at 14% before Parliament
In a written statement to Parliament's Committee on Economy and Development on Friday 6 November 2026, Governor Dr Johnson Pandit Asiama explained that the Monetary Policy Committee cut the policy rate from 18.0% to 15.5% in January and to 14.0% in March, then held it in May, July and September to protect the disinflation gains as risks emerged. He reported first-quarter 2026 GDP growth of 6.4%, private-sector credit growth of 41.2% and a trade surplus of US$8.81 billion, alongside reforms including a uniform 20% Cash Reserve Ratio.
Source: Bank of Ghana — Governor's statement (PDF), 6 November 2026 · Read the original ↗
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Confirmed · Economy & Finance
Inflation edges up to 5.5% in October as transport costs jump — Statistical Service
The Ghana Statistical Service's October 2026 release, presented by Government Statistician Dr Alhassan Iddrisu on 4 November, put year-on-year inflation at 5.5% — up from 5.2% in September but 2.5 points below October 2025 — while prices fell 0.1% on the month. Food inflation eased to 2.8%; non-food rose to 7.9% and drove about three-quarters of the increase, with transport the highest division at 14.1%. Ashanti recorded the highest regional rate and the Northern Region the lowest, at −0.5%.
Source: Ghana Statistical Service — October 2026 CPI release (PDF), 4 November 2026 · Read the original ↗
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Confirmed · African Politics · Diplomacy
African Union ministers meet in Accra today on financing the Union
Ghana hosts the 27th Extraordinary Session of the AU Executive Council, dedicated to financing the Union, today — Friday 13 November 2026 — at the Labadi Beach Hotel in Accra, under the theme “Towards a Financially Sustainable and Self-Reliant African Union.” Foreign and finance ministers, AU Commission leadership and regional bodies are examining financial sustainability, institutional effectiveness and strategic autonomy, following summit decisions of February 2025 and February 2026. Kenya's President William Ruto, the AU Champion for Institutional Reform, leads the reform effort.
Source: Reported from the AU event notice and Ghana's Foreign Ministry statement, 11–13 November 2026 · Read the original ↗
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Confirmed · International Relations
AU and EU adopt partnership implementation plan in Addis Ababa
Senior officials of the African Union and the European Union, meeting in Addis Ababa on 4 November 2026, adopted the AU–EU Partnership Implementation Plan under four priorities — Prosperity; Peace, Security and Governance; People; and Multilateralism — and published a joint monitoring report on 2022–2025. On 6 November the AU and EU peace and security councils held their 17th joint consultative meeting, discussing the AU mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), Sudan, eastern DR Congo, the Sahel and the Lake Chad Basin.
Source: African Union — Joint Co-Chairs' Press Release (PDF), 4 November 2026 · Read the original ↗
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Official statement · Health & Medicine
Africa CDC welcomes new Global Fund chief and calls for African health sovereignty
In a statement issued in Addis Ababa on 9 November 2026, Africa CDC welcomed the appointment of Dr Mark Dybul as Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Director General Dr Jean Kaseya, who spoke with Dr Dybul on 7 November, set out Africa's expectations: deeper cooperation on African ownership, sustainable financing and health sovereignty, building on the May 2026 Africa CDC–Global Fund memorandum covering health systems, domestic financing, regional procurement and manufacturing.
Attacks on health workers hamper the Ebola response in eastern DR Congo, Africa CDC warns
At its 12 November briefing, Africa CDC said attacks on health workers and facilities are increasingly hindering the response to the Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo — including an attack at Cantine-Aloya, North Kivu, that killed 66 people, among them three health workers. Congolese government figures put the outbreak, declared on 15 May, at 11,114 infections and 5,433 deaths. WHO experts said the insecurity risks reversing six months of progress. This remains a developing story; figures are as reported at the briefing.
Source: Reuters — reporting of the Africa CDC briefing, 12 November 2026 · Read the original ↗
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Sunday, 15 November 2026 · 8 stories
Lead story: Six dead at Manso Keniago as NAIMOS clash accounts conflict
The numbers that frame today's briefing — each one dated and sourced.
14.0%Bank of Ghana policy rate — cut from 18% in January–March 2026, then held in May, July and September.Bank of Ghana, Nov 2026
5.5%Ghana inflation, October 2026 — up from 5.2% in September; 2.5 points below a year earlier.Ghana Statistical Service, 4 Nov 2026
6.4%Real GDP growth, first quarter of 2026, reported by the Governor to Parliament.Bank of Ghana, 6 Nov 2026
GH¢389.2bnTotal expenditure in Ghana's 2027 Budget, presented to Parliament on 12 November 2026.2027 Budget reports, 12 Nov 2026
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Six people are dead and 15 injured after a confrontation at Manso Keniago in the Amansie South District of the Ashanti Region on Wednesday 11 November, when personnel of …
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The NPP's National Communications Director, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, speaking on JoyNews' Newsfile on Saturday 14 November, questioned whether Ghana has entered into an a…
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The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS), backed by the Ghana Army's Artillery Brigade, raided two illegal sand-winning sites at Agbozume Klikor a…
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Spain's Tax Agency and Civil Guard announced on 11 November that they had seized 2,600 kg of cocaine concealed in false bottoms inside coconut crates in two containers lo…
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Ghana's Black Stars play Somalia on Monday 16 November at the Essipong (Sekondi) Sports Stadium, kick-off 15:00 GMT, in the return leg of their AFCON qualifying double-he…
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Customs officers at the Techiman checkpoint stopped a Burkina Faso-registered DAF XF truck (BF2798G303) on Thursday 5 November and found, concealed beneath dry okro powde…
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The government's answer to the Minority's Budget criticisms — awaited since our Fourth Edition — came from Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson on Joy News' PM Express …
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Parliament has abandoned the plan to hold its post-budget workshop in the Volta Region after Minority pushback. Majority Leader James Agalga, presenting the Business Stat…
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In its formal response on Friday 13 November, the Minority said projected fees-and-charges revenue rises from GH¢1.3 billion in 2026 to GH¢6.1 billion in 2027 — 'about 35…
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Ghana defeated Somalia 2–0 at the Essipong Sports Stadium in Sekondi-Takoradi on Thursday 12 November 2026, in Group C of the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. Jonas…
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Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson presented the 2027 Budget — “The New Economy, New Ghana, Jobs and Prosperity” — to Parliament on Thursday 12 November 2026. Total s…
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Six people are dead and 15 injured after a confrontation at Manso Keniago in the Amansie South District of the Ashanti Region on Wednesday 11 November, when personnel of …
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The NPP's National Communications Director, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, speaking on JoyNews' Newsfile on Saturday 14 November, questioned whether Ghana has entered into an a…
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Ghana and Tunisia are considering establishing permanent diplomatic missions in their respective capitals, Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has said, afte…
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Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu has announced that the government will recruit 10,000 teachers and 2,000 non-teaching staff in 2027, with the recruitment captured in th…
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IMANI Africa President Franklin Cudjoe has urged the Bank of Ghana to withdraw the GH¢50 Heritage Series banknote, in a Facebook post on Saturday 15 November, arguing the…
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ISODEC policy analyst Dr Adamu Braimah Abillle, speaking on Channel One TV's The Big Issue on Saturday 14 November, called on the Bank of Ghana to regularly disclose how …
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The Ghana Catholic Bishops' Conference, closing its annual Plenary Assembly at Jamasi (3–14 November), urged parties in the Bawku and Kalba-Gbinyiri conflicts to 'exercis…
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Ghana and Tunisia have agreed to immediately commence negotiations on a visa-waiver arrangement, Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa announced after a bilate…
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The government's answer to the Minority's Budget criticisms — awaited since our Fourth Edition — came from Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson on Joy News' PM Express …
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The Ghana News Agency reports Dr Ishmael Evans Yamson calling for the government's reset agenda to move beyond economic stabilisation into deeper institutional reform. Dr…
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Parliament has abandoned the plan to hold its post-budget workshop in the Volta Region after Minority pushback. Majority Leader James Agalga, presenting the Business Stat…
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In its formal response on Friday 13 November, the Minority said projected fees-and-charges revenue rises from GH¢1.3 billion in 2026 to GH¢6.1 billion in 2027 — 'about 35…
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Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson presented the 2027 Budget — “The New Economy, New Ghana, Jobs and Prosperity” — to Parliament on Thursday 12 November 2026. Total s…
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Ghana is considering increasing its assessed contribution to the African Union, a move that could place it among the organisation's six highest-paying member states. Fore…
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The African Union, European Union, United Nations, League of Arab States and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) — the Quintet — have called for an imme…
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The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) warned on 6 November that millions of people forced to flee Sudan's war risk being le…
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Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa told the 27th Extraordinary Session of the AU Executive Council on Financing the Union, in Accra on Friday 13 November, t…
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Polls opened across Cabo Verde at 08:00 local time (09:00 GMT) and close at 18:00 in the presidential election. More than 300,000 people are eligible to vote, with nearly…
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South Sudan's National Elections Commission announced on Saturday 14 November that the country's first general elections since independence in 2011 will be held on 11 Feb…
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Guinea's Ministry of Territorial Administration said late Thursday that 10 people were killed and 13 injured in clashes on Wednesday at Balato, in the Siguiri region, whe…
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Cabo Verde elects a president on Sunday 15 November. Six candidates stand, led by incumbent José Maria Neves (backed by the PAICV, which won May's legislative elections) …
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Nigeria's Finance Minister Taiwo Oyedele used the Accra financing session to propose scaling the AU Peace Fund to $10 billion over ten years — against a proposed $1 billi…
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The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, led a senior delegation on a courtesy call on President John Dramani Mahama in Accra on Friday 13 N…
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The 27th Extraordinary Session of the AU Executive Council on Financing the Union, meeting in Accra on Friday 13 November 2026, deliberated on a new financing framework t…
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ECOWAS has deployed an 80-member Election Observation Mission for The Gambia's presidential election of 5 December 2026, led by Cabo Verde's former Prime Minister, Dr Uli…
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IMANI Africa President Franklin Cudjoe has urged the Bank of Ghana to withdraw the GH¢50 Heritage Series banknote, in a Facebook post on Saturday 15 November, arguing the…
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Ghana is considering increasing its assessed contribution to the African Union, a move that could place it among the organisation's six highest-paying member states. Fore…
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Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa told the 27th Extraordinary Session of the AU Executive Council on Financing the Union, in Accra on Friday 13 November, t…
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ISODEC policy analyst Dr Adamu Braimah Abillle, speaking on Channel One TV's The Big Issue on Saturday 14 November, called on the Bank of Ghana to regularly disclose how …
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The government's answer to the Minority's Budget criticisms — awaited since our Fourth Edition — came from Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson on Joy News' PM Express …
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In a provisional assessment of the 2027 Budget signed by Executive Director Samson Salifu Danse, the Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC) welcomed the GH¢30 bill…
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The Ghana News Agency reports Dr Ishmael Evans Yamson calling for the government's reset agenda to move beyond economic stabilisation into deeper institutional reform. Dr…
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Nigeria's Finance Minister Taiwo Oyedele used the Accra financing session to propose scaling the AU Peace Fund to $10 billion over ten years — against a proposed $1 billi…
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In its formal response on Friday 13 November, the Minority said projected fees-and-charges revenue rises from GH¢1.3 billion in 2026 to GH¢6.1 billion in 2027 — 'about 35…
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The Bank of Ghana confirmed on Friday 13 November 2026 that the portrait on the new GH¢50 Heritage Series note is Theodosia Salome Okoh, designer of Ghana's national flag…
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The 27th Extraordinary Session of the AU Executive Council on Financing the Union, meeting in Accra on Friday 13 November 2026, deliberated on a new financing framework t…
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President John Dramani Mahama unveiled the Bank of Ghana's redesigned Heritage Series banknotes at Bank Square, Accra, on Thursday 12 November 2026. All eight denominatio…
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Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson presented the 2027 Budget — “The New Economy, New Ghana, Jobs and Prosperity” — to Parliament on Thursday 12 November 2026. Total s…
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In a written statement to Parliament's Committee on Economy and Development on Friday 6 November 2026, Governor Dr Johnson Pandit Asiama explained that the Monetary Polic…
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The Ghana Statistical Service's October 2026 release, presented by Government Statistician Dr Alhassan Iddrisu on 4 November, put year-on-year inflation at 5.5% — up from…
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In a provisional assessment of the 2027 Budget signed by Executive Director Samson Salifu Danse, the Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC) welcomed the GH¢30 bill…
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Ghana's Black Stars play Somalia on Monday 16 November at the Essipong (Sekondi) Sports Stadium, kick-off 15:00 GMT, in the return leg of their AFCON qualifying double-he…
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The Black Stars flew back to Accra on Friday morning, 13 November 2026, after Thursday's 2–0 win over Somalia in Sekondi, and went straight to the funeral of Jacob Teye P…
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Friday 13 November 2026 brought twelve Africa Cup of Nations 2027 qualifying matches. The results: Burkina Faso 1–0 Mauritania; Cabo Verde 4–2 Liberia; Comoros 0–0 Congo;…
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Ghana defeated Somalia 2–0 at the Essipong Sports Stadium in Sekondi-Takoradi on Thursday 12 November 2026, in Group C of the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. Jonas…
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Churches, mosques, interfaith work and community impact.
The Ghana Catholic Bishops' Conference, closing its annual Plenary Assembly at Jamasi (3–14 November), urged parties in the Bawku and Kalba-Gbinyiri conflicts to 'exercis…
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Conservation, pollution, water and natural resources.
The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS), backed by the Ghana Army's Artillery Brigade, raided two illegal sand-winning sites at Agbozume Klikor a…
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Adaptation, weather extremes and climate policy.
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Farming, cocoa, food security and agribusiness.
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The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) warned on 6 November that millions of people forced to flee Sudan's war risk being le…
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Friday 13 November that all 62 contacts of the country's imported Bundibugyo Ebola case — confirmed in …
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Médecins Sans Frontières warned on 13 November that supplies of diphtheria antitoxin are dangerously low and teams are rationing treatment. Figures published by Premium T…
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A joint FAO, WFP, UNICEF and WHO statement on the latest IPC analysis projects 30.3 million people in DR Congo at Crisis level or worse (IPC Phase 3+) between January and…
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Kenya's Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale announced on 11 November that the country's last Ebola (Bundibugyo) patient had been discharged and the final 11 contacts had …
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Africa CDC's briefing of 12 November 2026 put the multi-country total for the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak at 11,145 confirmed cases and 5,437 deaths, with 3,058 recoveries,…
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In a statement issued in Addis Ababa on 9 November 2026, Africa CDC welcomed the appointment of Dr Mark Dybul as Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tube…
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At its 12 November briefing, Africa CDC said attacks on health workers and facilities are increasingly hindering the response to the Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo — …
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Power generation, fuel, renewables and access.
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Six people are dead and 15 injured after a confrontation at Manso Keniago in the Amansie South District of the Ashanti Region on Wednesday 11 November, when personnel of …
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Guinea's Ministry of Territorial Administration said late Thursday that 10 people were killed and 13 injured in clashes on Wednesday at Balato, in the Siguiri region, whe…
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ECOWAS convened a technical review of the ECOVISA portal on 12 November 2026 — the bloc's project for simpler, more seamless travel across West Africa under its free-move…
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Police and road-safety agencies have begun installing large advance-warning signs for the TraffiTech-GH speed cameras on major roads — blue-and-yellow reflective boards s…
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ECOWAS convened a technical review of the ECOVISA portal on 12 November 2026 — the bloc's project for simpler, more seamless travel across West Africa under its free-move…
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Police, defence, emergencies and community safety.
Six people are dead and 15 injured after a confrontation at Manso Keniago in the Amansie South District of the Ashanti Region on Wednesday 11 November, when personnel of …
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The NPP's National Communications Director, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, speaking on JoyNews' Newsfile on Saturday 14 November, questioned whether Ghana has entered into an a…
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The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS), backed by the Ghana Army's Artillery Brigade, raided two illegal sand-winning sites at Agbozume Klikor a…
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The Ghana Catholic Bishops' Conference, closing its annual Plenary Assembly at Jamasi (3–14 November), urged parties in the Bawku and Kalba-Gbinyiri conflicts to 'exercis…
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Spain's Tax Agency and Civil Guard announced on 11 November that they had seized 2,600 kg of cocaine concealed in false bottoms inside coconut crates in two containers lo…
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Customs officers at the Techiman checkpoint stopped a Burkina Faso-registered DAF XF truck (BF2798G303) on Thursday 5 November and found, concealed beneath dry okro powde…
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Police and road-safety agencies have begun installing large advance-warning signs for the TraffiTech-GH speed cameras on major roads — blue-and-yellow reflective boards s…
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Guinea's Ministry of Territorial Administration said late Thursday that 10 people were killed and 13 injured in clashes on Wednesday at Balato, in the Siguiri region, whe…
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At its 12 November briefing, Africa CDC said attacks on health workers and facilities are increasingly hindering the response to the Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo — …
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The NPP's National Communications Director, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, speaking on JoyNews' Newsfile on Saturday 14 November, questioned whether Ghana has entered into an a…
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Spain's Tax Agency and Civil Guard announced on 11 November that they had seized 2,600 kg of cocaine concealed in false bottoms inside coconut crates in two containers lo…
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Customs officers at the Techiman checkpoint stopped a Burkina Faso-registered DAF XF truck (BF2798G303) on Thursday 5 November and found, concealed beneath dry okro powde…
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Rights, accountability and protection of the vulnerable.
The African Union, European Union, United Nations, League of Arab States and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) — the Quintet — have called for an imme…
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The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) warned on 6 November that millions of people forced to flee Sudan's war risk being le…
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A joint FAO, WFP, UNICEF and WHO statement on the latest IPC analysis projects 30.3 million people in DR Congo at Crisis level or worse (IPC Phase 3+) between January and…
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Women, children, young people and social development.
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IMANI Africa President Franklin Cudjoe has urged the Bank of Ghana to withdraw the GH¢50 Heritage Series banknote, in a Facebook post on Saturday 15 November, arguing the…
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The Bank of Ghana confirmed on Friday 13 November 2026 that the portrait on the new GH¢50 Heritage Series note is Theodosia Salome Okoh, designer of Ghana's national flag…
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President John Dramani Mahama unveiled the Bank of Ghana's redesigned Heritage Series banknotes at Bank Square, Accra, on Thursday 12 November 2026. All eight denominatio…
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Music, film, media and creative industries.
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Ghana and Tunisia are considering establishing permanent diplomatic missions in their respective capitals, Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has said, afte…
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Ghana and Tunisia have agreed to immediately commence negotiations on a visa-waiver arrangement, Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa announced after a bilate…
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Africans abroad and diaspora investment.
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The AU, ECOWAS, the UN and Africa's global partnerships.
Ghana and Tunisia are considering establishing permanent diplomatic missions in their respective capitals, Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has said, afte…
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Ghana is considering increasing its assessed contribution to the African Union, a move that could place it among the organisation's six highest-paying member states. Fore…
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The African Union, European Union, United Nations, League of Arab States and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) — the Quintet — have called for an imme…
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Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa told the 27th Extraordinary Session of the AU Executive Council on Financing the Union, in Accra on Friday 13 November, t…
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Ghana and Tunisia have agreed to immediately commence negotiations on a visa-waiver arrangement, Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa announced after a bilate…
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Polls opened across Cabo Verde at 08:00 local time (09:00 GMT) and close at 18:00 in the presidential election. More than 300,000 people are eligible to vote, with nearly…
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South Sudan's National Elections Commission announced on Saturday 14 November that the country's first general elections since independence in 2011 will be held on 11 Feb…
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Cabo Verde elects a president on Sunday 15 November. Six candidates stand, led by incumbent José Maria Neves (backed by the PAICV, which won May's legislative elections) …
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Nigeria's Finance Minister Taiwo Oyedele used the Accra financing session to propose scaling the AU Peace Fund to $10 billion over ten years — against a proposed $1 billi…
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The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, led a senior delegation on a courtesy call on President John Dramani Mahama in Accra on Friday 13 N…
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The 27th Extraordinary Session of the AU Executive Council on Financing the Union, meeting in Accra on Friday 13 November 2026, deliberated on a new financing framework t…
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ECOWAS has deployed an 80-member Election Observation Mission for The Gambia's presidential election of 5 December 2026, led by Cabo Verde's former Prime Minister, Dr Uli…
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ECOWAS convened a technical review of the ECOVISA portal on 12 November 2026 — the bloc's project for simpler, more seamless travel across West Africa under its free-move…
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Ghana hosts the 27th Extraordinary Session of the AU Executive Council, dedicated to financing the Union, today — Friday 13 November 2026 — at the Labadi Beach Hotel in A…
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Senior officials of the African Union and the European Union, meeting in Addis Ababa on 4 November 2026, adopted the AU–EU Partnership Implementation Plan under four prio…
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Senior officials of the African Union and the European Union, meeting in Addis Ababa on 4 November 2026, adopted the AU–EU Partnership Implementation Plan under four prio…
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Ghana in Charts
Ghana's inflation path through 2026 — the year-on-year rate by month, from the Ghana Statistical Service's releases and the Bank of Ghana Governor's statement to Parliament.
Mar 2026
3.2%
Jun 2026
5.3%
Jul 2026
4.6%
Aug 2026
5.0%
Sep 2026
5.2%
Oct 2026
5.5%
Sources: Ghana Statistical Service monthly CPI releases; Bank of Ghana statement, 6 November 2026. The policy rate, for reference: cut to 15.5% in January 2026 and 14.0% in March, then held at 14.0% in May, July and September.
The 2027 Budget in figures — GH¢ billion
Total expenditure
389.2
Revenue & grants
323.4
Employee compensation
104.1
Capital expenditure
100.4
Education
48.0
New Economy Programme (2027)
30.0
Source: the 2027 Budget Statement as reported from Parliament, 12 November 2026. Expenditure of GH¢389.2bn against revenue and grants of GH¢323.4bn leaves a cash deficit of GH¢65.8bn (3.6% of GDP); the Minister confirmed no new taxes.
Watch & Listen
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136 real photographs in seven galleries — every one openly licensed and credited. We never use an AI-generated or stock image to impersonate a news photograph.
Gallery A Governance & the State
African Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa. Andrew Moore, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Jubilee House, seat of Ghana's Presidency, Accra. Office of the Vice President of the United States, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.The Supreme Court of Ghana, Accra. Matti Blume, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.ECOWAS Headquarters, Abuja. Onafowokan Michael Olutusen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.The flag of Ghana — the Black Star of Africa. Official photographer of the US Embassy, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum, Accra. Simon Ontoyin, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.An African Union summit in session. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jesse B. Awalt/Released), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.National Assembly, Abuja, Nigeria. Kabusa16, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Black Star Gate, Accra. DebyDB93, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Kofi Annan, Ghana's gift to the world. US Mission in Geneva, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.Parliament House Accra Ghana. Simon Ontoyin, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Black Star Square Accra Ghana. Uprising Man, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.The African Union Conference Centre, Addis Ababa. Andrew Moore, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Inside the African Union assembly hall, Addis Ababa. Office of the Prime Minister - Ethiopia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.Flags flying in Addis Ababa. Nebiyu.s, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Juba, capital of South Sudan. Rigan123, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.A polling official explains how to vote, Juba. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.An election observer watches voting, Juba. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Addis Ababa, seat of the African Union. DFID - UK Department for International Development, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.African Union leaders at the 11th Extraordinary Session of the Assembly, with the AU flag behind them. Office of the Prime Minister - Ethiopia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.The Supreme Court in Accra. Matti Blume, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Gallery B Economy & Commerce
Makola Market, Accra. Benggriff, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Tema Port, Ghana's principal harbour. SteKrueBe, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Gold mining in Ghana. Mozhgon Rajaee, Samuel Obiri, Allyson Green, Rachel Long, Samuel J. Cobbina, Vincent Nartey, David Buck, Edward Antwi, Niladri Basu, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Kaneshie Market, Accra. NanaYawBotar, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.The Accra skyline. Synth85, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Accra Mall. Matti Blume, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Osu, Oxford Street, Accra. Matti Blume, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Cocoa beans drying in the sun. MayorParis, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Tema fishing harbour. Angela L. Rak, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Bank of Ghana head office, High Street, Accra. Natsubee, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.A GCB Bank branch on an Accra street. jbdodane, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Standard Chartered Bank Ghana. Uprising Man, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.A 1978 Ghana ten-cedi note. esvr101, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.Cocoa Processing Company silo, Tema. Hiroo Yamagata, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.A cocoa processing factory in Ghana. KingJorge27, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Workers bagging cocoa beans, Nigeria. Ei'eke, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Independence Avenue in Accra. Matti Blume, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.The Okomfo Anokye Sword Shrine in Kumasi, Ashanti Region. Sucram Yef, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Gallery C Education, Science & Technology
University of Ghana, Legon. Sarah Shreeves, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi. Knust at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.In the classroom, Ghana. Mmante, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.Science studies in Africa. Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.University students in Ghana. Leendert Adriaan van Es, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.University of Cape Coast. Original Daniel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.School pupils in Ghana. Amuzujoe, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Under African skies — astronomy. South African Tourism from South Africa, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Young minds, robotics and technology. U.S. Department of Defense photo by Maj. Mahalia Frost, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.In the library. Theodorekanjo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.A teacher at the chalkboard in a southern African classroom. Aart Rietveld, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Children being taught in an outdoor classroom in northern Ghana. DFID - UK Department for International Development, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Gallery D Environment & Agriculture
Fishing on Lake Volta. Joseph Archibald Whadji, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Rice farming in Ghana. Yayraalkebulan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Ghana's rainforest. Matti Blume, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.The Bui Dam. Wtshymanski, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Solar power for African communities. Fatakaya, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Akosombo Dam and the Volta River. Kwasi Rex, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.Irrigation farming in the dry season. Haneef33, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Atewa Forest, Ghana. Popezmens, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Wind power in Africa. gnuckx, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Ghana's coastal wetlands. RICHMOND ABEKAH, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Cocoa farm Ghana. USDAgov, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.The green mountains of the Volta Region. Stig Nygaard, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Wli Falls, Volta Region. Stig Nygaard, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.The botanical gardens at Aburi, Ghana. Matti Blume, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Excavators at an open-pit mine in Liberia, 1976. Fred van der Kraaij, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.The Ahafo gold mine in Ghana. The EITI, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.A green maize farm. Knowledge and philosophy, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.The Atewa Range forest, Ghana. Popezmens, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.The canopy walkway at Kakum National Park, Ghana. Philip Nalangan, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Lake Volta seen from its bridge, Ghana. A.r.a.k.e.l.s.h.o.t.s, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Shea butter, made from the nuts of northern Ghana's shea trees. Amuzujoe, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Desert landscape in Sudan. NASA Johnson Space Center, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Gallery E Sports, Culture & Faith
Accra Sports Stadium. Celestinesucess, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Ghana's football supporters. Ben Sutherland, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Kente weaving, Ghana. Sir Amugi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.The Ghana National Mosque, Accra. Warmglow, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Culture and festival, Ghana. Fquasie, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi. Michael Schubert, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.Homowo festival of the Ga people. Nandi D, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Voices raised — a church choir. Johnnybam, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.A durbar of chiefs, Ghana. Kofiarkohbaidoo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Holy Trinity Cathedral, Accra. Williams Penuku, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Wesley Cathedral, Accra. Fquasie, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Bishop-elect Peter Dery in Rome, 1960. Remigius F. McCoy, MAfr., CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Essipong Stadium, Sekondi-Takoradi. Oluniyi Ajao, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Black Stars fans watching a televised match. Ben Sutherland, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.The Black Stars in training. Benjamin Mussler, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.The Ohene Djan (Accra) Sports Stadium. Celestinesucess, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.A traditional drumming group in northern Ghana. Kofiarkohbaidoo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Ghana football supporters in the stands. Ben Sutherland, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Kente cloth being woven on a loom in Ghana. Fquasie, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Gallery F Health, Transport & Cities
Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra. Fquasie, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Kotoka International Airport, Accra. Matti Blume, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Trotro transport, Accra. JulianGrayscales, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Takoradi Harbour. Kees Torn, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Kejetia, Kumasi. Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.The Accra–Tema Motorway. Blaise Daniel Korley Ahumah, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Rail travel in Africa. NanaYawBotar, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Health workers at work. Destiny Deffo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.A Kumasi street scene. Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Emergency care on the move. Adewuyi Israel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.A tipper truck loaded with sand on a Ghanaian highway. SAgbley, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.A health worker checks a patient's pulse, Nigeria. Chibuikem Obi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Malaria microscopy training, Nigeria. Ozavogu Abdulsalam Khalid uploaded by eHealth Africa EHA Clinics, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.A biomedical scientist in a Nigerian laboratory. Distilledwalex (Alabi Olawale), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Yellow-fever vaccination, Nigeria. Ugochukwu2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.A community health worker with women in a Togo village. USAID in Africa, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.Community health worker Mbene Dionne with a child, Senegal. USAID in Africa, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.Container ships at the Port of Lomé, Togo. Brendertogo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Shiashie bus station, Accra. Masssly, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.A container ship under way on the open ocean. Paul Harrison, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Children playing football outside a church in Deim Zubeir, South Sudan. Mari Aftret MORTVEDT, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Nurses with a schoolchild in Hohoe, Ghana. official photographer of the U.S. Embassy in Ghana / USAID in Ghana, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.Humanitarian aid being distributed in Africa. Kate Holt/AusAID, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.The container terminal at Tema Port. SteKrueBe, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Gallery G Unity, Tourism & Diplomacy
Independence Arch, Accra. Matti Blume, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Elephants at Mole National Park. Matti Blume, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Victoria Falls. Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Mount Kilimanjaro. Sergey Pesterev, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Elmina Castle, Ghana. Damien Halleux Radermecker, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Nzulezu, the village on stilts. Luke Bosman, CC BY-SA 1.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Paga crocodile pond. Knowledge and philosophy, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.The Serengeti, Tanzania. Jang Woo Lee, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.The rock-hewn churches of Lalibela, Ethiopia. Radosław Botev, CC BY 3.0 pl, via Wikimedia Commons.Great Zimbabwe. Janice Bell, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Praia, capital of Cabo Verde. TxetxeCV, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Cabo Verde's National Assembly, Praia. VIEX - Ernest Niedermann, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Over the city of Praia, Cabo Verde. Ingo Wölbern, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.Cape Coast Castle on Ghana's coast. Kradolferp, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Praia de Sao Pedro and the Ponta Machado lighthouse, Sao Vicente, Cabo Verde. VanSky Studio, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Carthage, Tunisia. Tracey Hind from Aups, France, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.The Sudan Development Corporation building in Khartoum, Sudan. Abdel-Moneim Mustafa, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.A street monument in Mindelo, Sao Vicente, Cabo Verde. Balou46, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Sunset over La Goulette, the port of Tunis. Smailtn, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.A souq in the medina of Tunis. Kritzolina, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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