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Burkina Faso’s unelected transitional parliament has passed a bill banning homosexual acts, a little over a year after a draft of an amended family code that criminalised homosexuality was adopted by the country’s cabinet. The new measure, unanimously voted through on Monday, imposes punishments of up to five years in …

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that Ghana’s Embassy in Tehran, Iran, will resume operations on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, following months of temporary closure.Ghana travel guide The Embassy was shut down on June 16, 2025, as a precautionary measure to safeguard staff during heightened tensions between Iran and …

A weekend attack by the jihadist group Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) in Burkina Faso has resulted in the deaths of four government militiamen, with their weapons looted. JoyNews correspondent Eliasu Tanko reported from the Upper East region, indicating that the incident occurred on Saturday, August 23, in Bittou, a …

The former President Muhammdu Buhari is dead. His former aide, Bashir Ahmad, announced the passing of the former president on X. He wrote: “The family of the former president has announced the passing on of the former president, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, this afternoon in a clinic in London. May Allah …

The Minority in Parliament has accused the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of misleading Ghanaians about the nature of Ghana’s abstention during a recent vote at the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC59), describing the Ministry’s explanation as “totally false.” The Ministry of Foreign Affairs had on Wednesday July 9 clarified …

A heated debate has erupted in Ghana following a video circulating on social media platforms featuring an Igbo individual claiming that the Igbo people will one day take over Ghana. The comments have sparked widespread concern among Ghanaians, who value their country’s peaceful and tolerant nature.   In response, Hon. …

Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has rejected comments by a senior US lawmaker Jim Risch who criticised Ghana’s government over debts owed to American companies and taxpayers, using the opportunity to reignite calls for reparations from the United States over its role in the transatlantic slave trade. The …

A dramatic incident of mistaken identity has sent shockwaves through the Madina UN community in Accra, as a woman presumed dead and mourned by her family after this year’s Hajj pilgrimage astonishingly returned home alive on Wednesday, July 3. The unexpected reappearance of Fatima Kassim, days after her funeral had …

Images of two individuals holding hands and draped in the rainbow pride flag at Ghana’s Independence Arch have ignited passionate conversations across social media platforms this week. The photos, which appear to have been taken in Accra’s Black Star Square, a national symbol of Ghana’s freedom and self-determination, are part …

The United States Embassy in Ghana has issued a strong advisory to visa holders, warning that any violation of U.S. laws could lead to deportation and ineligibility for future visas. In a Facebook post on Monday, the Embassy stressed that holding a U.S. visa is a privilege, not a right, …