Ghana politics and election news

President John Dramani Mahama has directed that boards of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) and other public institutions immediately stop undertaking international travel for training, conferences, retreats, and study tours at the expense of the state.

President John Dramani Mahama is set to embark on a five-day working visit to South Korea from March 10 to March 14 to strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries.

According to a statement issued by the Minister for Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, the President will depart Accra on Sunday for the trip.

During the visit, President Mahama is expected to hold bilateral talks with the President of South Korea, Lee Jae Myung, aimed at deepening diplomatic and economic cooperation.

He will also meet the Speaker of the Korean National Assembly, Woo Won-shik.

As part of his engagements, the Ghanaian leader will attend a ship-naming ceremony at the Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyard in Ulsan and deliver an address at a ceremony at Yonsei University.

President Mahama will further engage with members of the Ghanaian community in South Korea and hold a dinner meeting with business leaders to explore investment and trade opportunities between the two countries.

Guinea has dissolved 40 political parties, including its three main opposition groups, via a late-night decree, fewer than two months after former junta leader Mamady Doumbouya was sworn in as president.

Ghana has lodged a protest with the United Nations following an attack on Ghanaian peacekeepers serving in southern Lebanon that left two soldiers seriously injured.

President John Dramani Mahama has urged Ghanaians to honour the country’s history as the nation works toward a prosperous future.

President John Dramani Mahama has reaffirmed Ghana’s position as a model of democracy on the African continent, stressing that the country will continue to demonstrate that democracy, economic reform and African unity can thrive together.

Three bilateral agreements formalizing cooperation between Ghana and Saint Kitts and Nevis have been signed, covering political consultation, visa exemption for ordinary passport holders, and recruitment of Ghanaian medical professionals.

The Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has formally retracted and apologised to the Interior Minister, Muntaka Mubarak, over allegations of fraud in the ongoing security service recruitment exercise.

The Government has laid a Community Service Bill before Parliament, which was read for the first time on Wednesday, March 4.

Former Vice President and 2028 Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and his wife, Samira Bawumia, have been evacuated from Qatar to another country.

The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Bernard Ahiafor, has referred the Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, to Parliament’s Privileges Committee following a formal complaint by the Interior Minister, Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak.

Mohammed Baba Jamal Ahmed of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has been declared the winner of the just-ended Ayawaso East by-election.

The Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis, The Honourable Dr Terrance Michael Drew, has arrived in Ghana for an official visit that will run from Tuesday, March 3, 2026, to Saturday, March 7, 2026.

President John Dramani Mahama has announced that Ghana and Tanzania will establish a Permanent Joint Commission for Cooperation to structure the framework for collaboration between the two countries.

President John Dramani Mahama has held high-level bilateral talks with Her Excellency Samia Suluhu Hassan, President of the United Republic of Tanzania, at the State House in Arusha.