The Board of Governors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the highest decision-making body of the IMF, on July 16, 2024, issued a new resolution to increase the number of Executive Directors on the IMF’s Executive Board by adding a 25th chair intended for Sub-Saharan Africa. This resolution follows the …

The Bank of Ghana has sanctioned 47 individuals and 245 business entities for continuous issuance of dud cheques. The Central Bank notes that the affected bank customers issued dud cheques on at least three occasions between January 2022 and January 2024, despite warnings about the consequences of their actions. A …

Residents of Komenda are preparing to protest against the leasing of the sugar factory to an Indian firm next week. The locals argue that this move will deprive them of the employment opportunities they anticipated since the facility was built. This follows an announcement by Minister K.T. Hammond about plans …

Women in Daribaateng, a farming community in the Wa West district of the upper west region, bemoaned the challenges, they are facing in their attempt to access clean water in the community. Madam Bayour Kyaltolo Faustina, a woman farmer and a mother explain that, they have four boreholes in the …

Four individuals, including three Ghanaians and a Chinese national, have been detained by the police for their involvement in the manipulation and installation of meters from the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). Wisdom Sewlorm, an agent, took possession of the ECG meters for installation. But his employee, Ernest Afatsawu, interfered …

Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam, the Minister of Finance, has apologized to Ghanaians for the hardships they are experiencing due to the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP). His apology comes after Assin Central MP Kennedy Agyapong advised the New Patriotic Party (NPP) members to admit their mistakes and apologize to Ghanaians. …

Residents of Daribaateng under the Poyentanga electoral area in the Wa West District on Monday 5th August, 2024, organized a communal labor to work on their deplorable roads to give it a face-lift. Speaking to Progress news, Mr. Bato Kojo, who is an elderly man in the community has explained …

Security forces in Somalia’s southern city of Kismayo have seized hundreds of Islamic face veils from female residents, the city’s police chief says. Warsame Ahmed Gelle told state TV that authorities have been conducting operations to “fight” the veils, also known as niqabs. The crackdown was sparked by concerns that …

Ghana’s gold export jumped to a record high in the first half of 2024, Martin Ayisi, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Minerals Commission, has said. According to him, the total mineral exports for the first half of the year stood at $9.2 billion, with gold alone accounting for …

John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has revealed that some supporters of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) are secretly calling for the party’s exit in the 2024 general elections. According to him, many NPP members believe the country is being hijacked by a select …