Starting today, the Foreign Affairs Ministry has adjusted the fees for passport applications, raising them from GH¢100 to ¢500 for the 32-page booklet and to ¢644 for the 48-page booklet under the standard service. For those who want expedited service, they will pay ¢700 for a 32-page booklet and ¢800 for a 48-page booklet. In […]
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President Akufo-Addo to end 2nd-year stewardship as ECOWAS Chair
Ghana will host the 61st Ordinary Session of the Authority of the ECOWAS Heads of State and Government in Accra on July 3, 2022 at the Kempinski Gold Coast Hotel. The Summit will mark the end of the second-year stewardship of President Akufo-Addo. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, who is also the Chair of the Authority […]
Foreign Ministry intervenes in IGP, British High Commissioner diplomacy disagreement
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has intervened in the public diplomatic disagreements between British High Commissioner, Harriet Thompson, and the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare. The IGP had disagreed with the British High Commissioner’s comment on the arrest of the convenor of the #FixTheCountry Movement, Oliver Barker-Vormawor for a […]
Ghana assumes UN Security Council seat
The country has assumed its membership of the United Nations (UN) Security Council. In line with that, a flag raising ceremony was held at the UN to signify the official admission of Ghana and four other countries that were elected last June to start their tenure. They will serve on the security council from January […]
Ghana to host Extraordinary ECOWAS Summit on Guinea Thursday
Ghana is hosting an Extraordinary ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) Summit on Thursday, September 16, 2021 to deliberate on the coup d’état in Guinea. About 13 Heads of State are expected to attend the Thursday meeting. Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Ms Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, at a press briefing on Wednesday, said that Guinea […]