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Ghana News
Would you like to access news/blog content published by sources located in Ghana?
Code example
If you'd like to make a REST call, then make a following POST request:
Endpoint /api/v1/article/getArticles
Request body
{
"sourceLocationUri": "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana",
"resultType": "articles",
"apiKey": "API_KEY"
}
If you'd like instead to do a GET request then call:
/api/v1/article/getArticles?sourceLocationUri=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FGhana&resultType=articles&apiKey=API_KEY
Example of JSON response
Below is an example JSON object that you would receive as the result of the request. You can retrieve also additional properties such as concepts, categories, source details, etc. by specifying additional parameters in the request as described on the documentation page.
{
"articles": {
"results": [
{
"uri": "9434476997",
"lang": "eng",
"isDuplicate": false,
"date": "2026-08-17",
"time": "02:03:31",
"dateTime": "2026-08-17T02:03:31Z",
"dateTimePub": "2026-08-17T02:01:14Z",
"dataType": "news",
"sim": 0,
"url": "https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/business/GTA-shuts-down-four-accommodation-facilities-in-Central-Region-2047989",
"title": "GTA shuts down four accommodation facilities in Central Region",
"body": "The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) in the Central Region has temporarily shut down four hospitality establishments for breaching various tourism regulatory requirements.\n\nThe affected facilities are the Elmina Beach Resort in Elmina, Savoy Hotel, Veke Executive Lodge, and Wiz Homes, an Airbnb property, all in Cape Coast.\n\nWhile some operated without licences, others were sanctioned for non-payment of the tourism levy, operating substandard facilities, providing poor services, among other regulatory breaches.\n\nCaution notices were also placed at some facilities yet to be licensed and operational, but intelligence suggested they were preparing to receive visitors during the Oguaa Fetu Afahye.\n\nThe affected facilities were caught up in an ongoing enforcement exercise by the GTA to clamp down on non-compliant establishments ahead of the Fetu Afahye celebrations in September.\n\nCharles Buabin, the Regional Director of Tourism, in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA), noted that the affected facilities were shut down after ignoring several cautions issued by the Authority.\n\nHe explained that accommodation establishments, including Airbnb properties, were required by law to register and obtain the necessary licence before commencing operations.\n\n\"In the laws of Ghana, Airbnb is not stated as a facility. All accommodation enterprises are supposed to be registered and licensed before they can operate,\" he stressed.\n\nBuabin explained that the establishments would be required to rectify identified defects and pay the applicable regulatory fines before they could be reopened.\n\nHe cautioned the public and patrons of hospitality establishments to check the licensing status of facilities and ensure that their licences were valid before patronising them.\n\nHe assured the public that the enforcement exercise would continue unabated across the region, particularly during the festive season, to sanitise the hospitality industry and ensure that patrons received standard services.",
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},
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"eng": "Central Region (Ghana)"
},
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"eng": "Central Region (Ghana)"
},
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}
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{
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}
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{
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},
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},
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}
}
}
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{
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},
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}
}
}
},
{
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}
},
{
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}
},
{
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}
},
{
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}
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{
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"url": "https://www.ghanamma.com/2026/08/17/strong-treasury-demand-lifts-kenyas-financial-markets/",
"title": "Strong Treasury demand lifts Kenya's financial markets",
"body": "The Central Bank of Kenya received bids worth a record Sh460.4 billion for three reopened infrastructure bonds.\n\nThis is more than three times the Sh150 billion on offer, underscoring the large pool of liquidity seeking relatively safe investments.\n\nThe auction marked three records, with the Sh150 billion offer, Sh460.4 billion in bids and Sh312.03 billion in accepted bids all reaching unprecedented levels in the Treasury bond series reviewed.\n\nDemand amounted to 307 per cent of the amount offered, prompting the CBK to accept more than twice the advertised amount.\n\nThe three tax-free infrastructure bonds -- IFB1/2019/016, IFB1/2021/018 and IFB1/2021/021 -- mature in October 2035, March 2039 and August 2042 respectively.\n\nThe longest-dated paper attracted Sh139.3 billion in bids, of which Sh93.9 billion was accepted.\n\nThe IFB1/2019/016 received Sh166.22 billion and secured Sh112.6 billion, while IFB1/2021/018 attracted Sh154.9 billion, with Sh105.5 billion accepted.\n\nOf the Sh312.03 billion accepted, Sh118.1 billion will refinance maturing debt, leaving the government with Sh193.9 billion in net new borrowing.\n\nThe strong appetite for government securities points to substantial liquidity in the financial system and continued investor preference for predictable, tax-free returns amid cautious private-sector investment.\n\nAnalysts attributed the surge to excess cash held by banks, foreign investors and statutory institutions.\n\nThe appetite extended to short-term government paper.\n\nTreasury bills worth Sh40.8 billion were sold against an advertised Sh28 billion, translating into a performance rate of 145.7 per cent.\n\nThe 91-day T-bill yield declined, while the 364-day rate edged up marginally and the 182-day rate remained unchanged.\n\nAgainst this backdrop, listed non-bank financial services provider Sanlam Allianz Holdings (Kenya) Plc reported a sharp improvement in profitability.\n\nThe insurer posted a half-year net profit of Sh124.6 million, up from Sh30.9 million in the corresponding period last year.\n\nInsurance revenue rose to Sh2.2 billion, despite higher claims and weaker investment returns during the period.\n\nThe results suggest that stronger underlying insurance operations and cost controls helped cushion the company against pressure from claims and investment income.\n\nSanlam Allianz Holdings Kenya group chief executive officer Patrick Tumbo said the company had continued investing in business development while working to accelerate growth and reduce operating costs.\n\nAt the NSE, market capitalisation rose 1.4 percent to Sh3.992 trillion, while the NASI and NSE 25 indices gained 1.4 per cent and 1.4 per cent respectively.\n\nThe NSE 25 Share Index also rose 0.4 per cent.\n\nHowever, the market rally was accompanied by weaker activity.\n\nTotal shares traded fell 36.6 per cent, while equity turnover declined 30.7 per cent.\n\nThe divergence highlights a market where asset valuations are strengthening even as trading volumes remain subdued, while the bond market continues to absorb large pools of domestic and institutional liquidity.\n\nThe week offered a clear picture of Kenya's financial landscape: strong demand for government paper, improving corporate resilience and rising equity valuations.",
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"url": "https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/business/ECOWAS-engages-border-communities-on-Free-Movement-protocol-2047988",
"title": "ECOWAS engages border communities on Free Movement protocol",
"body": "The ECOWAS Commission has engaged stakeholders at the Akanu-Noepe Joint Border Post in the Ketu North Municipality of the Volta Region and Togo to sensitise border communities on the ECOWAS Protocol on the Free Movement of Persons, Goods and Services along the Abidjan-Lagos Corridor.\n\nThe engagement, which brought together stakeholders from Ghana, Togo, Benin and Nigeria, focused on deepening public understanding of the free movement protocol and addressing challenges confronting traders, travellers and other users of the international corridor.\n\nDamtien L. Tchintchibidja, the Vice President of the ECOWAS Commission, urged border communities and other residents to take advantage of the opportunities provided by the ECOWAS free movement protocol to enhance trade, investment, tourism and people-to-people relations among member states.\n\nShe said the free movement regime remained an important instrument for achieving regional integration and improving economic activities among communities along the borders.\n\nThe Vice President encouraged residents to acquaint themselves with the provisions of the protocol and use the established channels to address challenges they encountered in their movement across member states.\n\nSamuel Basintale Amadu, the Comptroller-General of Ghana Immigration Service, urged travellers and other border users to remain security-conscious while taking advantage of the opportunities provided by the free movement regime.\n\nHe said effective border management required cooperation between security agencies and communities, particularly in identifying and reporting suspicious activities that could undermine the security of the sub-region.\n\nNana Birago Owusu-Ansah, the Deputy Commissioner in charge of the Suspense Regime, Free Zones, Warehousing and Transit of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority, advised traders and travellers to ensure that they possessed the requisite documents before attempting to cross international borders.\n\nShe said proper documentation would facilitate smooth movement and reduce delays and other challenges at the borders.\n\nThe engagement also highlighted plans for the construction of a proposed six-lane highway linking Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Niger and Nigeria, aimed at boosting trade and reducing travel time along the corridor.\n\nThe proposed project is expected to improve connectivity among the participating countries, facilitate the movement of goods and people, and strengthen economic activities along the Abidjan-Lagos Corridor.\n\nParticipants were informed that discussions on the proposal had already taken place and that it was currently before the ECOWAS Parliament for the necessary consideration and action.\n\nThe stakeholders also called for continuous sensitisation of border communities, traders, transport operators, and travellers on the rights and responsibilities associated with the ECOWAS free movement protocol.\n\nThey said sustained education would help reduce misunderstandings at border points and enable residents to fully benefit from regional integration initiatives.\n\nThe Akanu-Noepe Joint Border Post is an important crossing point between Ghana and Togo and forms part of the Abidjan-Lagos Corridor, which connects several West African countries and serves as a major route for regional trade and movement.",
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"body": "Nigerian governors are laws unto themselves! They deliberately stall development, even at the most critical level: the local governments. And that is because they are above the laws of the land, or we allow them to think so. They sit on the local governments' funds despite a Supreme Court judgment, portraying Nigeria as a lawless country. The Nigerian Constitution is very clear on the roles of the local government. And the governors pledged to uphold the Constitution.\n\nThe NBA, the Judiciary and even the federal government seem helpless, as nobody can accuse the governors of contempt of court and send those who are guilty to jail. Political autonomy is enhanced by financial autonomy, implying that the federal government and the judiciary, as well as the legislature at the centre, have major roles to play in this task of deepening democracy.\n\nEvery country running democratic governance tries to run tiers of government that can bring development to the grassroots where citizens' basic needs can be identified and attended to easily. Development that starts from the grassroots is usually more inclusive than any that begins at a higher level of government. Actually, the basic needs of citizens- education, health, and shelter are more easily and better attended to or supplied at the local government level.\n\nFinancial autonomy for the local government has a lot of advantages. It has a significant impact on development in rural or semi-urban areas, as it promotes faster programme and project execution by cutting out bureaucratic delays in decision-making and funding. It enhances rapid growth and development at the grassroots level. The local leaders actually know the needs of people or their communities better than the government at the state level. What is the business of the state government with local market development, refuse disposal, commissioning of primary school buildings, motor park development, primary health centre building, and administration? For lack of development at the state level, we do see a governor commissioning two-kilometre rural or local roads! Very ridiculous.\n\nFinancial accountability is improved as the grassroots people can easily trace development or lack of it to their chairmen and thus hold them accountable, unlike when everything is concentrated at the state level. It is easier for state governors to ask the people to hold their local government leadership accountable, just as the President is currently asking Nigerians to hold their governors accountable for the current improved federal allocations to the States. Such direct funding can promote economic empowerment and boost the rural economy. Primary school teachers, rural health workers, contractors and others are paid on time for jobs done, thus enjoying financial empowerment and allowing money to perform its primary and secondary functions appropriately to the benefit of the grassroots economy. That act also strengthens democracy as it reduces dependency of local activities on the State and promotes independent leadership at the grassroots level.\n\nOf course, it transfers the risk of corruption to the local level, but this can be easily traced and dealt with. The fear of such detection can limit the depth of corruptive practices, particularly if it has been able to awaken the consciousness of the grassroots people to resource management. It is important to strengthen or deepen democracy and promote federalism in Nigeria, and one of the ways is to allow each tier of government to perform its functions independently.\n\nWe recall that the federal government, through the Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, filed a lawsuit at the Supreme Court in May 2024 against all the State governors for financial autonomy for the local government. The judgement was delivered in favour of the 774 local government councils on July 11, 2024. The core demand of the case was direct payment of statutory allocations from the Federation Account to the local governments and an end to the arbitrary dissolution of elected local Councils by governors.\n\nThe Court ruled that it was unconstitutional to route the local government funds through a joint local government account with the state and barred the governors from dissolving democratically elected local government administrations, replacing them with caretaker committees. In addition, the Supreme Court prohibits States that fail to obey the judgement from receiving funds meant for the local governments from the federation account. The judgement empowered the local government to independently manage their finances, execute local projects, and fulfil their constitutional responsibilities.\n\nThe judgement is yet to be fully implemented, even two years later. Although the federal government has been pushing for absolute financial and political separation, observations and reports show that many state governors still stick to the old order of significant control over the council funds. The behaviour of the stakeholders in the matter is as if there is no judgment over the issue and therefore no need to enforce the judgment. There is a need for some amendments to the provision of the law for clarity in some areas of the law. That is why some Civil society groups and policy stakeholders are asking for outright constitutional amendments to expunge joint account provisions and enforce direct electronic transfers to local treasuries. This needs to be carried out to actually give effect to the Supreme Court judgement.\n\nThe state governments that failed to implement the judgement do so for lack of understanding of the benefits derivable therefrom or for deliberate subjugation of local government chairmen to their control, which is undemocratic. We can borrow an example from Ogun State where the then Chairman of Ijebu-East Local Government, Wale Adedayo, was suspended in August 2023 and subsequently impeached for accusing the state Governor, Dapo Abiodun, of withholding statutory federal allocations and ecological funds of the local governments. The other local government chairmen ended up prostrating to the governor to seek forgiveness for the challenge by one of them. So, some of the state governors use the control of funds to subjugate the local government leadership to their whims and caprices, which does not promote democracy and development.\n\nThe current situation seems to portray governance in Nigeria as undemocratic and lack of rule of law. If a Supreme Court judgement can be ignored with impunity, it implies that politics in Nigeria is above the laws that govern the country. Some governors have actually turned themselves into emperors and imposed on the lower-level government what they won't accept from the government above them - the federal government. That is not the way to deepen democracy.",
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"body": "The Land Surveying Division (LSD) of the Ghana Institution of Surveyors (GHIS) has officially opened activities for its 2026 Annual Conference with a colourful Sports and Wellness Day, underscoring the importance of healthy living as an integral part of professional practice.\n\nHeld at the Ridge Church School, Accra, the event brought together surveyors, their families, and guests for a morning of football, aerobics, lawn tennis, and indoor games.\n\nThe activities created an atmosphere of excitement, fellowship, and healthy competition, while reinforcing the message that land surveyors require not only technical competence but also physical fitness and mental resilience.\n\nThe event attracted the President of the Ghana Institution of Surveyors, Surv. Kofi Cobolt, the Senior Vice President, Vice Treasurer, members of the Governing Council, the Executive Committee of the Land Surveying Division, and several senior members of the profession.\n\nAddressing participants, GhIS President Surv. Emmanuel Kofi Cobbold commended the Land Surveying Division for incorporating sports and wellness into the conference programme.\n\nHe noted that the initiative reflects a modern and holistic approach to professional development, emphasizing that maintaining good health is essential for professionals whose work often involves demanding field activities.\n\nThe Chairperson of the Land Surveying Division, Surv. Dr. Tina Wemegah, described the Sports Day as a unique opportunity to strengthen unity and camaraderie among members while encouraging healthy lifestyles.\n\nShe urged members to actively participate in all conference activities, noting that this year's programme has been carefully designed to combine professional learning, networking, wellness, and collaboration.\n\nOfficially declaring the conference week open, the Chairman of the Conference Planning Committee, Surv. Prof. Prosper B. Laari, stated that beginning the conference with sports was a deliberate decision to emphasize the importance of wellness within the profession.\n\n\"Land surveying is not only about surveying parcels of land, producing maps, plans, and contours. It is a profession that demands physical endurance, concentration, and mental fortitude. A healthy surveyor is a productive surveyor, and that is why we must intentionally make exercise and healthy living part of our professional culture,\" he said.\n\nHe further noted that the conference week promises a rich blend of learning, networking, and practical exposure. Activities will continue with an Educational Hydrographic Survey Tour at the Tema Harbour on Tuesday, August,18 offering participants firsthand experience in hydrographic data acquisition, survey equipment, and marine surveying operations.\n\nThis will be followed by the Akwaaba Night on Wednesday, 19th August, at the CENCOR Centre, Dzorwulu, before the formal opening of the conference on Thursday, 20th August, at the Institute of Local Government Studies (ILGS), Madina. Participants will also benefit from a Free Health Screening before the opening ceremony.\n\nThe conference, under the theme \"Advancing Land Surveying through Innovation, Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement,\" will feature keynote presentations, technical sessions, panel discussions, paper presentations, exhibitions, and the Division's Annual General Meeting (AGM), concluding with a cocktail and networking session on Friday, August 21, 2026.\n\nThe Land Surveying Division expects this year's conference to provide an important platform for advancing professional practice while strengthening collaboration among surveyors and key stakeholders in addressing Ghana's land governance, infrastructure, environmental, and spatial development challenges.",
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"body": "The Ghana Chamber of Mines (GCM)has thrown its weight behind the renewal of Gold Fields Ghana Limited's Tarkwa mining leases, declaring that the company has \"materially met\" the terms of its existing lease and warning that denying renewal could undermine investor confidence in Ghana's mining sector.\n\nThe Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Mines, Ing. Dr. Ken Asigbey, said the country's mining law provides for the extension of a mining lease where the holder has materially complied with its terms, and argued that Gold Fields had satisfied that threshold.\n\n\"My answer, and that of any objective reviewer of the facts, will be a resounding yes. They have materially met the terms of their lease,\" Dr. Asigbey declared.\n\nHe was speaking at the Inter-Mines First Aid and Safety Competition in Tarkwa, where he used the platform to intervene in the increasingly heated debate over the renewal of Gold Fields' Tarkwa mining leases, five of which, together with the existing development agreement, are due to expire in April 2027.\n\nGold Fields submitted its application for renewal in November 2025. Dr. Asigbey's intervention comes after the Apinto Divisional Council, the traditional authority and customary landowners in the area, publicly called on the Government not to renew the company's leases.\n\nThe chiefs have argued that the benefits derived by the host communities do not adequately reflect the scale of mineral extraction and the environmental and socio-economic costs borne by the people.\n\nAmongst the same chiefs, for instance, the chief of Huniso and the Queen mother have mounted a strong defense for Gold Fields lease to be renewed citing massive infrastructure development in the host communities. The youth Associations most especially the Apinto Youth have also mounted strong defense for the mining company calling on the government to renew the company mining lease.\n\nBut the Chamber chief cautioned against allowing legitimate community concerns to result in regulatory uncertainty, insisting that the appropriate response should be negotiation rather than the abandonment of a partnership built over decades.\n\n'Security of tenure is about Ghana's credibility'\n\nDr. Asigbey said the debate over Gold Fields' lease renewal went beyond the future of a single mining company and had implications for Ghana's credibility as an investment destination.\n\nHe noted that mining was a long-term, capital-intensive business in which investors commit hundreds of millions, and sometimes billions, of dollars on the expectation that the legal and regulatory environment would remain predictable.\n\n\"Security of tenure does not mean that a mining company has an unconditional right to a resource forever,\" he said, stressing that companies must comply with Ghanaian laws, fulfil lease conditions, meet environmental and social obligations, protect workers and respect host communities.\n\nBut where an investor had fulfilled its obligations, he argued, Ghana must apply its laws predictably and fairly.\n\n\"Every mining company currently operating in Ghana is watching. Every company considering investing in Ghana is watching. Banks and other institutions that finance mining projects are watching. The international investment community is watching,\" he said.\n\nAccording to him, investors would ultimately ask a straightforward question: If we invest billions of dollars in Ghana, comply with the law and build a successful operation, will our investment be secure?\n\nThe answer, he said, would have consequences for the cost and availability of capital not only in mining, but across the wider Ghanaian economy.\n\n'Let us negotiate, not create uncertainty'\n\nDr. Asigbey acknowledged the concerns raised by traditional authorities and community stakeholders over the distribution of wealth generated from Tarkwa's mineral resources.\n\nRather than dismissing those concerns, however, he urged the chiefs to place their demands formally before Gold Fields and negotiate a new framework for the next phase of the relationship.\n\n\"If 'Nananom' believe there are outstanding community needs, let us put those needs clearly on the table,\" he said. 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What transforms communities is good governance, responsible investment that expands the mine, technology, effective partnerships, local participation and the disciplined use of mineral revenues,\" he said.\n\nTarkwa's economic ecosystem\n\nDefending the broader contribution of Gold Fields to Tarkwa, Dr. Asigbey said the company's impact should not be assessed solely by the ounces of gold extracted.\n\nHe pointed to the economic ecosystem that has developed around the mine over more than three decades, including opportunities for Ghanaian contractors, suppliers, entrepreneurs, transport operators, hotels, restaurants, artisans and other businesses.\n\nHe cited investments by the Gold Fields Ghana Foundation in education, health, infrastructure, water and sanitation, enterprise development and agriculture.\n\nAmong the major projects, he highlighted the 33-kilometre Tarkwa-Damang road, constructed at a cost of approximately US$27 million, as well as the redevelopment of the Tarkwa and Abosso Stadium, scholarships, health facilities and water projects.\n\nHe said cumulative investment by the Gold Fields Ghana Foundation in host-community development had exceeded US$100 million by 2023, with additional investments made since then. 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