The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has outlined new guidelines for travel to high-risk areas within the West African sub-region. The Ministry, in a statement issued on Tuesday in Accra, advised Ghanaians who intend to embark on essential travels to areas of concern to first contact the Ministry or the embassies […]

President John Dramani Mahama’s draft United Nations (UN) resolution on the transatlantic slave trade has received formal endorsement at the ministerial level of the African Union. This will position Ghana at the forefront of a global campaign to seek recognition of the slave trade as the gravest crime against humanity. […]

The Foreign Affairs Minister, Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has announced a series of new visa waiver agreements in the coming months, as Ghana’s passport is on track to become the most valued on the continent. He made this statement during a media interaction after holding bilateral meetings on the sidelines […]

A delegation from Nuclear Power Ghana, led by the Executive Chief Director, Dr Stephen Yamoah, has paid a courtesy call on the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs to brief him on progress made toward the use of nuclear power to boost energy production. During the meeting on Wednesday, in Accra, […]

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has dismissed as false a video circulating on social media that questions Ghana’s handling of efforts to seek justice for the late Nana Agyei Ahyia, a Ghanaian student who died under unusual circumstances while studying at Riga Technical University in Latvia. In a statement issued […]

The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has stated that leaders of the West African States have agreed on a series of strategic initiatives to strengthen regional security and cooperation aimed at combating the rising threats of terrorism and violent extremism. He read the communique at the end […]

The Government of Ghana, led by President John Dramani Mahama, is set to host a High-Level Consultative Conference on Regional Cooperation and Security in Accra from January 29 to 30, 2026. In a release issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday in Accra, it stated that the Consultative […]

The Chief Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Khadija Iddrisu, has called for urgent action to strengthen multilateral approaches to global security. She stated this on Tuesday at the 2026 West and Central African Regional Conference on the Universalisation and Implementation of the Treaty on the Prohibition of […]

The Chief Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Khadija Iddrisu, has stated Ghana’s commitment to working closely with Pakistan to safeguard sovereignty, promote development, and improve the welfare of its citizens. She said this on Monday during the signing ceremony of two Memoranda of Understanding and the launch […]

The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has arrived in Jamaica for a two-day official and solidarity visit to engage with Ghanaian troops stationed in the Caribbean nation. Speaking upon his arrival on Sunday, the Minister expressed gratitude to her Jamaican counterpart, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, for the […]