Author: Constance Awunor

A group of teachers recruited in 2023 and posted to the Northern Region have petitioned the Ministry of Education, describing their situation as a “grave professional and financial injustice” after working for more than two years without pay. The affected teachers, about 250 in the Northern Region and nearly 400 nationwide, say persistent delays in staff ID generation by the Ghana Education Service (GES) have prevented them from being placed on the government payroll, despite assuming duty in 2023. Reading the petition on behalf of the group, the association’s president dismissed claims allegedly made by the Regional Education Director on…

A truck carrying Ghanaian tomato traders has reportedly been caught up in a terrorist attack in Burkina Faso, raising fresh concerns about the safety of traders who travel across borders for business. According to Ghana’s Ministry of the Interior and National Security, the attack happened in Titao on Saturday, February 14, 2026. The truck, which was transporting tomato merchants from Ghana, was said to have been caught in the violence.In a press release signed by the Interior Minister, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, the government described the news as “disturbing.” The Government of Ghana has received disturbing information from Burkina Faso of a…