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The High Court’s General Jurisdiction 1 has dismissed a GH¢15 million defamation suit filed by Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin against Ghana Gold Board Chief Executive Officer Sammy Gyamfi. The court ruled that the writ was incurably defective and incompetent, finding that it failed to properly invoke its jurisdiction. In arriving at its decision, the court relied on the cases of …

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has assured consumers that the 20% tax on qualifying cross-border digital services is not a new levy and that the introduction of bank-led collection will not lead to additional price increases. Commissioner-General of the GRA, Anthony Sarpong, explained that the tax component is already incorporated into payments for services such as Netflix, Google and Amazon, …

Ghana has been re-elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for a second consecutive term, securing 173 votes for the 2027–2029 period. Minister for Foreign Affairs Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa announced the outcome in a Facebook post on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, expressing appreciation to UN member states for supporting Ghana’s bid. “Team Ghana keeps winning! We are grateful …