Ghana central bank GH¢15bn intervention drives turnaround as Mahama orders evacuation of 300 from South Africa
MyJoyOnline reported on Ghana’s economic turnaround — a GH¢15 billion Bank of Ghana intervention credited with breaking a stagnation cycle that GH¢60 billion in earlier losses had failed to spark growth on. Separately, President John Mahama has approved the evacuation of 300 Ghanaian nationals from South Africa amid escalating anti-immigrant protests. The two stories describe a Ghana managing its own structural recovery while extending state protection to citizens caught in another African country’s crisis.
Sources: MyJoyOnline, May 14, 2026; GhanaWeb / allAfrica, May 14, 2026.
President Mahama chairs Cabinet meeting on constitutional reforms May 14
President Mahama chaired a key Cabinet meeting on constitutional reforms on May 14, signalling that the reform agenda the NDC campaigned on is moving into operational delivery phase. The constitutional reform conversation has been one of the centrepiece policy commitments of the new administration, and the Cabinet engagement is a meaningful procedural step toward legislative drafting and stakeholder consultation.
Source: GhanaWeb, May 14, 2026.
ECG announces Friday power cuts in Ashanti and Western Regions; cable fault hits Weija Junction
The Electricity Company of Ghana has scheduled planned and emergency maintenance across the Ashanti and Western Regions for Friday May 15, even as engineers continue managing technical challenges and a punctured underground cable that plunged several Accra West communities into darkness on Thursday. ECG announced outages would commence at 9:00 am with durations varying by location. The recurring grid pressure is the everyday concern Ghanaian diaspora families hear about in calls home.
Source: Graphic Online, May 14, 2026.
Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill push, IGP Quaye’s passing, BECE exam scale
Multiple Ghana threads visible this week: the Minority is pushing for the Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill to be passed under certificate of urgency, the family has confirmed the passing of former IGP Paul Tawiah Quaye, and WAEC has confirmed over 600,000 candidates will sit the 2026 BECE. Each story carries different weight: the legislation thread is a sustained political-religious-rights conversation, the Quaye passing closes a chapter in Ghanaian policing history, and the BECE scale signals the operational pressure on the country’s education infrastructure.
Source: GhanaWeb News Archive, May 12, 2026.
African Senior Athletics Championships Ghana medals; Galamsey retraction
Ghana won three medals during ASAC 2026, with the 4x100m relay team reaching the final. Separately, the Free Zones CEO retracted and apologised to Apostle Nyamekye over galamsey remarks, closing a public controversy that had drawn attention to the ongoing illegal-mining debate in Ghana. The athletics achievement adds a positive note to a sports calendar that has been mixed across 2026.
Sources: MyJoyOnline, May 14, 2026; GhanaWeb, May 12, 2026.