The proposal for the Electoral Commission (EC) to enable Ghanaians abroad to participate in elections, via the Representation of the People Amendment Act (ROPAA), is still with the Subsidiary Legislation Committee of Parliament. According to […]
UK Police are facing calls to undergo unconscious bias training after a father and son were allegedly grabbed by officers and threatened with Tasers after being wrongly suspected of involvement in a stabbing. Andrew Boateng […]
It wasn’t normal for someone like me to become an artist. Growing up in rural Ghana, there was nothing like a museum or art gallery, and nobody pursued art as a profession, so I had […]
Global mobile payments company WorldRemit saw a 43 per cent growth in remittances to Africa from higher income nations in 2019. The top five countries receiving remittances from the diaspora in 2019 included, Ghana, Kenya, […]
On New Year’s Eve, President Akufo-Addo hosted some African-American showbiz personalities at a private party held at his Nima residence in Accra. The party on Monday was, among other objectives, to make the personalities feel […]
An Aberdeen scientist today said a project to send defibrillators to Ghana has “catapulted” since launching in May. It comes as new figures reveal Julius Donkor, senior cardiac physiologist at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary (ARI) has […]
Beyoncé is not in Ghana contrary to rumours that she has been spotted in the West African country, her mother has confirmed. Tina Knowles-Lawson, who is already in Ghana on a private visit and to […]
Ghana’s President Nana Akuffo Addo in September 2018 at a press engagement in Washington declared 2019, a Year of Return. Ghanamatters.com shares the perspective of some diasporas who took to the call by Returning to […]
Two Ghanaian women have been elected MPs, winning their seats on the ticket of the Labour party. Abena Oppong-Asare won the Erith and Thamesmead Constituency with 48 per cent of the votes and a majority […]
To commemorate the 400-year anniversary of the first enslaved Africans’ arrival in the United States, NAACP leaders, activists and entertainers will travel from Jamestown, Virginia, to Jamestown, Accra, as a part of Ghana’s “Year of […]
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