Ghana risk a European Union (EU) ban on fish importation if the country does not take the necessary steps to sanitise its fishing space. Already, the country has received two yellow cards from the EU -one in 2013 and another in 2021- and should the problem persist by 2026, the country will receive a red […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has taken delivery of and commissioned 105 militarised vehicles for the security agencies to enhance the country’s efforts to secure its northern borders against terrorists. The vehicles and equipment for intelligence and surveillance, military engineering, explosive ordnance disposal, as well as electronic warfare systems, are valued at €20 million. They […]
The European Union (EU) has clarified that there is no evidence of money laundering on the part of any official in the current administration of the Akufo-Addo government, although it has blacklisted Ghana. Clarifying why the West African country was blacklisted back in May 2020, the Head of Delegation of the EU to Ghana, Ambassador Diana Acconcia, […]
By Elvis DARKO, Accra Ghana is among 23 countries the European Commission (EC) has labelled as having strategic deficiencies in their anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing frameworks. According to a statement issued on Wednesday by the EC, the aim of the list is to protect the EU financial system by better preventing money laundering and […]
