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Ghana

The latest news, analysis and opinion on Ghana. In-depth analysis, industry insights and expert opinion.

Capital

Accra

Head of State

President Nana Akufo-Addo

Head of Government

President Nana Akufo-Addo

Indonesia

3 Indonesians killed in Lebanon while on UN peacekeeping mission

Two peacekeepers were killed on Monday and another Indonesian soldier was killed overnight on Sunday into Monday when a projectile exploded.

31 Mar 2026 - 7:53AMvideocam

United Nations

UN designates African slave trade as ‘gravest crime against humanity’

26 Mar 2026 - 1:37PM

US, Israel war on Iran

Iran war delivers new stress to African economies emerging from older shocks

23 Mar 2026 - 5:17PMvideocam

China-Africa relations

China’s supply chain meets the wall of African resource nationalism

As resource-rich nations introduce export bans and other limits, analyst says investment may not automatically follow.

16 Mar 2026 - 6:13PMvideocam

Zimbabwe, Africa’s largest lithium producer, abruptly suspended exports of raw lithium minerals and concentrates, moving its 2027 deadline forward. Other African nations are also finding ways to assert greater control over their raw resources. Photo: EPA-EFE

US, Israel war on Iran

UN chief says ‘diplomatic avenues are available’ to end war in Lebanon

Antonio Guterres has also urged support for the Lebanese government, which last year committed to disarming Hezbollah.

14 Mar 2026 - 11:29PMvideocam

Hong Kong society

Hong Kong women’s football team happy to be home after anxious wait in Dubai

Team withdrew from tournament following joint US-Israel attacks on Iran but players and staff were stuck in Dubai for days.

7 Mar 2026 - 2:38AMvideocam

Hong Kong transport

Hongkong Post’s airmail services to 24 countries affected by strikes in Middle East

Public postal service suspends airmail to Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates, affecting ‘services transiting through these locations’.

1 Mar 2026 - 11:50PM

Residents mail parcels at the General Post Office in Central in May 2025. Photo: Elson Li

China-Africa relations

China widens trade gap with Africa to record US$102 billion amid US pressure

Data points to growing African trade deficit as Trump imposes tariffs, and African demand for manufactured goods and commodity price spikes.

21 Jan 2026 - 8:00PMvideocam

Science

Science drives China’s westward expansion in Africa

Discoveries of large untapped mineral deposits in West Africa are behind Beijing’s push to invest heavily in exploration and mining.

26 Oct 2025 - 4:05PMvideocam

China-Africa relations

A new model for peace? China takes its Global Security Initiative to Africa

From Somalia to Ethiopia, Chinese training scholarships are the start of an alternative to Western-led alliances.

30 Aug 2025 - 6:42PMvideocam

Somalia has been plagued by civil war and conflict with extremist groups such as al-Shabab for decades. Photo: AP

Japan

Backlash in Japan after symbolic Africa ties misread as mass migration plan

Angry residents have bombarded city halls with calls and emails, fearing their hometowns were being ‘given away’ to African migrants.

28 Aug 2025 - 8:00AM

A worker at a sawmill in Nigeria. The country’s government had incorrectly claimed that Japan was creating a special visa category for young Nigerian blue-collar workers. Photo: Reuters

China trade

Despite US-China tariff truce, the turning tide keeps reshaping shipping routes

Analysts do not expect tariffs to be eliminated, regardless of what happens in the coming three months, and this could continue weighing on US import volumes.

12 Aug 2025 - 8:00PMvideocam

China-Africa relations

‘Extremely daring’: Chinese miners putting gold over their own lives in Africa

Gold miners from China are also more vulnerable to the wave of killings and kidnappings than their Western counterparts, observers say.

11 Aug 2025 - 5:26PMvideocam

Aviation accidents

Ghana defence and environment ministers killed in helicopter crash

A total of three crew and five passengers died after the aircraft dropped off the radar and went down in a heavily forested area.

7 Aug 2025 - 12:15PM

People work at the site of a military helicopter crash in Sikaman near Adansi, in Ghana’s Ashanti region on Wednesday. Photo: AP

China-Africa relations

Chinese nationals in Africa ‘vulnerable to kidnappings’ as cases rise

Analysts say there’s a perception that Chinese prefer to operate outside the formal banking system and that they carry large sums of cash.

10 Jul 2025 - 12:00PMvideocam

The Chinese embassy has urged tourists to prioritise their personal safety if they travel to South Africa. Photo: AFP

SCMP Highlights

China-Ghana row over gold, why EVs make people sick: SCMP daily highlights

From China partially lifting a Japanese seafood ban to a quick fix for motion sickness, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage.

30 Jun 2025 - 9:15PM

China-Africa relations

Ghana at loggerheads with China over rampant illegal gold mining

Ambassador to Ghana denies Chinese nationals are solely to blame for ‘galamsey’, branding the accusations a ‘significant injustice’.

30 Jun 2025 - 2:00PMvideocam

Tourism

Rising seas eat away African country’s coast, and a dark history

Ocean surges are eroding the coastline of Ghana, and with it remnants of the West African country’s historical role in the slave trade.

31 May 2025 - 4:29PM

Africa

Ghana will not quit IMF deal but wants changes, says president-elect

Ghana’s president-elect wants to review the $3 billion rescue package to tackle wasteful spending and upgrade the energy sector.

14 Dec 2024 - 9:13PM

Africa

Ghana’s ex-leader Mahama declared presidential election winner

Previously president between 2012 and 2017, John Dramani Mahama has promised to ‘reset’ Ghana, usher in economic revival.

10 Dec 2024 - 2:49PM

China-Africa relations

Chinese firms bet on African gold as prices surge in the face of uncertainty

Observers say mining investments in South Africa and Ghana could help Beijing weather geopolitical instability and potential sanctions.

25 Nov 2024 - 10:00PMvideocam

A Chinese-invested gold processing plant in Orkney, South Africa is expected to create 4,000 new jobs. Photo: X/ @buamogaetsho

Denmark

Denmark shuts embassies in junta-led Mali and Burkina Faso

Denmark is opening embassies in Senegal, Tunisia and Rwanda as part of its new orientation in Africa.

27 Aug 2024 - 2:20PMvideocam

Junta supporters wave a Russian flag in the streets of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso in 2022. File photo: AP

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Shanti Pereira hopes Olympic exploits ‘put Singapore on map’, ‘sad’ after exit

Singapore sprint star adamant she will not be defined by struggles in French capital, sets Los Angeles goal.

6 Aug 2024 - 12:33AM

Food and Drinks

Climate change impact pushes Hong Kong chocolate makers to plant cacao trees

Prices of cocoa beans, key ingredient of chocolate, have rocketed as climate change hits harvests. Hong Kong’s bean-to-bar chocolate makers describe how they are growing their own.

8 Jul 2024 - 10:02AM

Indonesia

From scam syndicate slave to justice crusader: an Indonesian survivor’s journey

Trapped abroad and feeling forgotten about at home, Indonesia’s trafficking victims languish as their families demand more action.

25 Jun 2024 - 4:00PMvideocam

A member of Thai military personnel stands guard in Mae Sot district overlooking the Moei River that forms the border with Myanmar. Photo: AFP

Ukraine war

World leaders back just peace for Ukraine as Zelensky laments China’s absence from summit

Over 90 countries attended a Swiss summit at the behest of Ukraine’s president – but Russia was not invited and China did not attend.

17 Jun 2024 - 9:51AM

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky at a press conference on Sunday. Photo: EPA-EFE

China-Africa relations

Can China balance local interests with its needs as it eyes African fish stocks?

The country is investing heavily in port facilities across the continent, but its trawlers are accused of putting local stocks at risk.

16 Jun 2024 - 3:13PMvideocam

Middle East

Opinion | Wary of ‘the ugly American’, Arab world is leaning towards China and Russia

As the US funds Israel’s war in Gaza, it is quickly losing credibility in the Middle East, where public opinion is tilting towards Beijing and Moscow.

12 Jun 2024 - 5:30AMvideocam

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Ghana

3 Indonesians killed in Lebanon while on UN peacekeeping mission

Two peacekeepers were killed on Monday and another Indonesian soldier was killed overnight on Sunday into Monday when a projectile exploded.

UN designates African slave trade as ‘gravest crime against humanity’

Iran war delivers new stress to African economies emerging from older shocks

China’s supply chain meets the wall of African resource nationalism

As resource-rich nations introduce export bans and other limits, analyst says investment may not automatically follow.

UN chief says ‘diplomatic avenues are available’ to end war in Lebanon

Antonio Guterres has also urged support for the Lebanese government, which last year committed to disarming Hezbollah.

Hong Kong women’s football team happy to be home after anxious wait in Dubai

Team withdrew from tournament following joint US-Israel attacks on Iran but players and staff were stuck in Dubai for days.

Hongkong Post’s airmail services to 24 countries affected by strikes in Middle East

Public postal service suspends airmail to Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates, affecting ‘services transiting through these locations’.

China widens trade gap with Africa to record US$102 billion amid US pressure

Data points to growing African trade deficit as Trump imposes tariffs, and African demand for manufactured goods and commodity price spikes.

Science drives China’s westward expansion in Africa

Discoveries of large untapped mineral deposits in West Africa are behind Beijing’s push to invest heavily in exploration and mining.

A new model for peace? China takes its Global Security Initiative to Africa

From Somalia to Ethiopia, Chinese training scholarships are the start of an alternative to Western-led alliances.

Backlash in Japan after symbolic Africa ties misread as mass migration plan

Angry residents have bombarded city halls with calls and emails, fearing their hometowns were being ‘given away’ to African migrants.

Despite US-China tariff truce, the turning tide keeps reshaping shipping routes

Analysts do not expect tariffs to be eliminated, regardless of what happens in the coming three months, and this could continue weighing on US import volumes.

‘Extremely daring’: Chinese miners putting gold over their own lives in Africa

Gold miners from China are also more vulnerable to the wave of killings and kidnappings than their Western counterparts, observers say.

Ghana defence and environment ministers killed in helicopter crash

A total of three crew and five passengers died after the aircraft dropped off the radar and went down in a heavily forested area.

Chinese nationals in Africa ‘vulnerable to kidnappings’ as cases rise

Analysts say there’s a perception that Chinese prefer to operate outside the formal banking system and that they carry large sums of cash.

China-Ghana row over gold, why EVs make people sick: SCMP daily highlights

From China partially lifting a Japanese seafood ban to a quick fix for motion sickness, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage.

Ghana at loggerheads with China over rampant illegal gold mining

Ambassador to Ghana denies Chinese nationals are solely to blame for ‘galamsey’, branding the accusations a ‘significant injustice’.

Rising seas eat away African country’s coast, and a dark history

Ocean surges are eroding the coastline of Ghana, and with it remnants of the West African country’s historical role in the slave trade.

Ghana will not quit IMF deal but wants changes, says president-elect

Ghana’s president-elect wants to review the $3 billion rescue package to tackle wasteful spending and upgrade the energy sector.

Ghana’s ex-leader Mahama declared presidential election winner

Previously president between 2012 and 2017, John Dramani Mahama has promised to ‘reset’ Ghana, usher in economic revival.

Chinese firms bet on African gold as prices surge in the face of uncertainty

Observers say mining investments in South Africa and Ghana could help Beijing weather geopolitical instability and potential sanctions.

Denmark shuts embassies in junta-led Mali and Burkina Faso

Denmark is opening embassies in Senegal, Tunisia and Rwanda as part of its new orientation in Africa.

Shanti Pereira hopes Olympic exploits ‘put Singapore on map’, ‘sad’ after exit

Singapore sprint star adamant she will not be defined by struggles in French capital, sets Los Angeles goal.

Climate change impact pushes Hong Kong chocolate makers to plant cacao trees

Prices of cocoa beans, key ingredient of chocolate, have rocketed as climate change hits harvests. Hong Kong’s bean-to-bar chocolate makers describe how they are growing their own.

From scam syndicate slave to justice crusader: an Indonesian survivor’s journey

Trapped abroad and feeling forgotten about at home, Indonesia’s trafficking victims languish as their families demand more action.

World leaders back just peace for Ukraine as Zelensky laments China’s absence from summit

Over 90 countries attended a Swiss summit at the behest of Ukraine’s president – but Russia was not invited and China did not attend.

Can China balance local interests with its needs as it eyes African fish stocks?

The country is investing heavily in port facilities across the continent, but its trawlers are accused of putting local stocks at risk.

.css-1pcrwvc{color:#2aa191;}Opinion | Wary of ‘the ugly American’, Arab world is leaning towards China and Russia

As the US funds Israel’s war in Gaza, it is quickly losing credibility in the Middle East, where public opinion is tilting towards Beijing and Moscow.

Opinion | Wary of ‘the ugly American’, Arab world is leaning towards China and Russia