FRANCEVILLE, Gabon (AP) — Cameroon didn’t need its big-name players to make the African Cup of Nations final. Instead, Cameroon’s youngsters — described by their coach as a bunch of friends who just like to…
The Black Stars have advanced to the next stage of the 2017 AFCON after beating Mali in their second group match on Saturday. Captain Asamoah Gyan recorded his 49th goal for Ghana after heading home…
Ghana’s financial sector is currently struggling to recover from a major financial crisis involving Ponzi investment schemes. Millions of Ghanaians have been denied access to their savings after investing in microfinance companies. They had been…
The chairman of Ghana’s opposition People’s National Convention (PNC) says it is regrettable that civil society groups are pressuring President-elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to form an all-inclusive government by choosing ministers from rival parties…
ACCRA — Longtime Ghanaian opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo has won the presidency on his third attempt, defeating incumbent President John Mahama. Mahama acted just before the electoral commission officially announced Akufo-Addo as the winner of…
New Patriotic Party (NPP)’s candidate in the Ghana Presidential Election, Nana Akufo-Addo, has revealed that he has received congratulatory messages from other candidates in the race. His rivals who have conceded victory are: Ivor Greenstreet,…
Vote-counting has begun in the West African nation of Ghana, after polls to choose the country’s next president and parliament. VOA’s Peter Clottey, reporting from Ghana’s capital of Accra, reports polls closed in Ghana at…
ACCRA — Voters in Ghana went to the polls Wednesday as the West African nation held elections for a new parliament and president. The presidential race is seen as a close contest between incumbent John…
ACCRA, GHANA — A fake U.S. embassy that operated for “about a decade” in Ghana’s capital issuing counterfeit and fraudulently obtained visas has been shut down, the State Department announced. The scam was orchestrated by…
President Mahama, running for a second term this Wednesday, is set to slug it out with his old opponent, opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo. The outcome as to whether Mahama will remain in Ghana’s Flagstaff House,…