Latest news in Ghana? September 18th, 2026

Key developments and major headlines in Ghana include:

• Constitutional Reform Debate: The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) publicly rejected proposed five-year presidential term extensions and called on the government to establish a broad-based Constituent Assembly for ongoing constitutional reviews before any national referendum.

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• Police Accountability and Arrests: The Ghana Police Service interdicted seven officers over extortion allegations involving an ATM withdrawal scheme in Accra. Concurrently, authorities arrested 36 suspects in connection with the lynching of an officer at Gindabour in the Savannah region.

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• Space and Marine Alliance: The Ghana Space Science and Technology Institute (GSSTI) formally committed Ghana as the sixth African signatory to the multilateral Space4Ocean Alliance to link space agencies with marine resources and maritime surveillance.

  Space in Africa

• Telecommunications and Tech Expansion: The National Communications Authority (NCA) cleared 5G spectrum allocations for major telecom operators, including Telecel Ghana and MTN Ghana, to accelerate commercial rollout.

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• Mining and Resource Governance: Multiple regional delegationsmost recently from Namibiaconcluded benchmarking reviews of Ghana’s Gold Board (GoldBod) framework, examining its centralized approach to gold purchasing, regulation, and value addition.

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• Public Holiday Notice: The Ministry of the Interior issued an advisory designating Monday, September 21, 2026, as an official statutory public holiday in observance of Founder’s Day.