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Ghana security & risk intelligence

Regional hub stability, northern-border prevention against Sahel spillover, chieftaincy and land disputes, and economic-stress and urban-crime trends.

Overall risk: Moderate
Published records: 166
Analyst reviewed: 0 · 0%
Last updated: 30 Aug 2026, 22:43 UTC

Intelligence library — Ghana

Total published items: 166
Analyst-reviewed: 0 (0%)
Briefings: 0
Last 7 days: 77
Last 30 days: 161
Distinct sources: 18

Library last updated 30 Aug 2026, 22:43 UTCCoverage since 23 Jul 2026

Derived from 11 verified intelligence records in the trailing 90 days (latest 2026-08-13). Overall index 37/100.

Risk indicator trends

Threat, political, terrorism, conflict and maritime reporting for Ghana over time.

Threat: 27
Political: 8
Terrorism: 0
Conflict: 5
Maritime: 0

Sub-regional & location breakdown

Derived from published records only — sub-regions and locations appear when reporting exists.

Country-level reporting

89 records

Latest 30 Aug 2026

Ghana · 79
South Africa · 3
Sierra Leone · 1

Threat profile

Principal threats

· Incident
· Insight
· Environmental

Domain risk scores

security37/100
maritime1/100
aviation1/100
climate7/100
political5/100

High7
Moderate80
Low2

Latest Ghana records

HighUnconfirmed30 Aug 2026
Ghanaian - Nigerian Pastor Found Dead , Colleague Missing After Abduction In Plateau As Gunmen Kill Three Others Overnight
Ghanaian - Nigerian Pastor Found Dead , Colleague Missing After Abduction In Plateau As Gunmen Kill Three Others Overnight. Reported by saharareporters.com and surfaced through GDELT global news monitoring.
GDELT · saharareporters.com
ModerateUnconfirmed30 Aug 2026· Ghana
10 arrested in illegal mining operations at Kpali
Ten suspected illegal miners have been arrested during a joint operation by the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS), the Ghana Army’s Northern Command and the Ghana Police Service at Kpali, near Gbinyiri, in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District of the Savannah Region.
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
ModerateUnconfirmed30 Aug 2026· Ghana
“Styrofoam ban is first phase of single-use plastics crackdown” – EPA
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has described the ban on expanded polystyrene (styrofoam) food containers as the first phase of a broader national strategy to eliminate non-biodegradable single-use plastics in Ghana.
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
ModerateUnconfirmed30 Aug 2026· Ghana
Trassaco, Action Chapel, Caprice and others to experience 8-hour power outage
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced an eight-hour emergency power outage in parts of the Accra East Region on Sunday, August 30.
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
ModerateUnconfirmed30 Aug 2026· Ghana
ECG announces 8-hour emergency power outage in parts of Accra East today
The Electricity Company of Ghana announces an eight-hour emergency power outage on Sunday, August 30, affecting parts of Trassaco, Caprice, Action Chapel, and surrounding areas.
3News (Ghana)
ModerateUnconfirmed29 Aug 2026· Ghana
GWL restores water supply after damaged pipeline disrupts Western Accra communities
Ghana Water Ltd (GWL) has completed repair works on a damaged 500mm-diameter main pipeline and restored water supply to several communities in Western Accra.
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
ModerateUnconfirmed29 Aug 2026· Ghana
‘You cannot defend Prophet Mohammed with violence’ — Ameer warns Muslims
A call by the Ameer and Missionary-in-Charge of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission Ghana, Alhaji Maulvi Noor Mohammed Bin Salih, for religious restraint has assumed added significance following a recent chain of events involving an imam, a pastor and the alleged assault of the pastor while in police custody.
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
ModerateUnconfirmed28 Aug 2026· Ghana
11 arrested as military-police team recovers guns, body armour at Kromase
A joint team of the Ghana Armed Forces and the Ghana Police Service has arrested 11 persons and recovered a pump-action gun, ammunition, body armour and other security-related items during an intelligence-led operation at Kromase, near Nkwanta in the Oti Region.
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
ModerateUnconfirmed28 Aug 2026· Ghana
Water supply disrupted in parts of Western Accra after pipeline damage
Water supply to several communities in Western Accra has been temporarily disrupted following damage to a 500mm-diameter main pipeline supplying the affected areas, Ghana Water Ltd (GWL) has announced.
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
ModerateUnconfirmed28 Aug 2026· Ghana
Bawumia defends Gold-for-Reserves programme as answer to Ghana’s forex crisis
Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has defended Ghana’s Gold-for-Reserves programme, describing it as an unconventional but necessary response to the country’s foreign exchange crisis following the Russia-Ukraine war.
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
ModerateUnconfirmed28 Aug 2026· Ghana
Bawumia feared Sri Lanka-style food crisis as Ghana battled forex shortages
Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has revealed that he feared Ghana could suffer a Sri Lanka-style economic crisis as the country struggled with severe foreign exchange shortages. He said his concerns grew as Ghana battled a balance of payments crisis following the Russia-Ukraine war, which shut the country out of international capital markets and constrained access to foreign exchange. Speaking at a public event, Dr Bawumia said he was particularly concerned by developments in Sri Lanka, where shortages of essential goods triggered widespread public protests during the country’s economic crisis.
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
ModerateUnconfirmed28 Aug 2026· Ghana
Canada, UN strengthen peacekeeping capacity through military observer training in Ghana
Canada has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening United Nations peacekeeping operations through specialised training, as 24 military personnel completed a United Nations Military Observers Training of Trainers (UNMO ToT) course at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) in Accra.
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
ModerateUnconfirmed28 Aug 2026· Ghana
Bawumia reveals how gold-for-oil and gold-for-reserves programmes were conceived
Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has revealed that the idea behind Ghana’s gold-for-oil and gold-for-reserves programmes came to him while exercising one morning. According to him, the initiative was born out of the need to address Ghana’s severe foreign exchange constraints after the Russia-Ukraine war disrupted access to international capital markets. Speaking at a public event, Dr Bawumia said Ghana had traditionally relied on raising about $3 billion annually from international capital markets to support economic management.
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
ModerateUnconfirmed28 Aug 2026· Ghana
NAIMOS, security agencies raid illegal mining camps threatening Black Volta River in Savannah Region
The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS), in collaboration with the Northern Command of the Ghana Armed Forces and the Ghana Police Service, has raided major illegal mining camps threatening the life of the Black Volta River in the Savannah Region. 10 illegal miners have been arrested and heavy mining equipment, firearms and other logistics […]
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
LowUnconfirmed28 Aug 2026· Ghana
QNET appeals to pastors and religious organisations to warn members against job, travel, and human trafficking scams
QNET has appealed to pastors and leaders of religious organisations in Ghana to warn their members against falling for fake job and travel schemes falsely perpetuated in the company’s name.
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
ModerateUnconfirmed28 Aug 2026· Ghana
Northshore Apparel Hub shows what Ghanaian enterprise can achieve – GEXIM CEO
The Chief Executive of the Ghana Export-Import Bank (GEXIM), Sylvester Adinam Mensah, has described the soon-to-be-commissioned Northshore Apparel Hub in Savelugu as a powerful demonstration of Ghana’s capacity to use local enterprise and development finance to drive industrialisation, create jobs and expand exports.
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
ModerateUnconfirmed28 Aug 2026
Ghana : Eoco Did Not Contact Israeli Firm Over $7m Cyber Defence Contract - Witness
Ghana : Eoco Did Not Contact Israeli Firm Over $7m Cyber Defence Contract - Witness. Reported by allafrica.com and surfaced through GDELT global news monitoring.
GDELT · allafrica.com
ModerateUnconfirmed28 Aug 2026· Ghana
Opoku-Afari: IMF programmes unable to address political economy roots of debt accumulation
A former First Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana has stated that given Ghana’s long history of International Monetary Fund-supported arrangements, observed surveillance shortfalls may also reflect limitations in programme design and the translation of diagnostic findings into binding reforms.
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
LowUnconfirmed28 Aug 2026· Ghana
Family appeals for gov’t help to repatriate remains of Ghanaian woman who died in China
The family of Mercy Yaaba Bredu, a Ghanaian woman who died in China shortly after travelling there to pursue a master’s degree, has appealed to the government and relevant authorities to help bring her remains back home for burial.
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
ModerateUnconfirmed28 Aug 2026· Ghana
Supporting small-scale miners to become medium-scale miners key to tackling galamsey menace – Bawumia
The New Patriotic Party’s 2028 flagbearer, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has proposed a clear path to tackling illegal mining, arguing that Ghana must formalise, incentivise and support small-scale miners to grow into medium-scale operators.
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
ModerateUnconfirmed28 Aug 2026
Ghana World Bank Update Calls Recovery Incomplete
Ghana World Bank Update Calls Recovery Incomplete. Reported by riotimesonline.com and surfaced through GDELT global news monitoring.
GDELT · riotimesonline.com
ModerateUnconfirmed28 Aug 2026· Ghana
aYo wins top honour at Ghana Insurance Awards after nine years of mobile microinsurance growth
aYo Ghana won top honours at the Ghana Insurance Awards, having insured 8.6 million lives and paid GH¢44m in claims over nine years in mobile microinsurance.
3News (Ghana)
ModerateUnconfirmed28 Aug 2026· Ghana
Mahama backs crackdown on airport workers begging visitors for tips
President John Dramani Mahama has welcomed measures by the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL), the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and other airport agencies to stop workers from soliciting or begging visitors for tips.
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
ModerateUnconfirmed28 Aug 2026· Ghana
Yellow Card wins 2026 TAG Fintech ADVANCE Award for Digital Assets
Ghanaian-founded fintech company Yellow Card has been named the winner of the 2026 Fintech ADVANCE Award for Digital Assets by the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG), recognising its contribution to innovation in the financial services industry.
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
ModerateUnconfirmed28 Aug 2026· Ghana
Military steps up dredging, lagoon restoration efforts across Accra
The Ghana Armed Forces has intensified sanitation, dredging and environmental restoration operations across the Greater Accra Region as part of efforts to improve drainage systems and reclaim critical flood retention infrastructure.
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
ModerateUnconfirmed27 Aug 2026· Ghana
Zoomlion begins fumigation exercise across Eastern Region after floods
Zoomlion Ghana Limited has begun a disinfestation and fumigation exercise across all 33 Municipal and District Assemblies in the Eastern Region to help prevent disease outbreaks following recent floods. The exercise, which started on Friday, August 21, is expected to end on September 30. It is being carried out by Zoomlion’s Vector Control Unit in […]
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
ModerateUnconfirmed27 Aug 2026· Ghana
The Cyrus Lesson: Why Ghana must look beyond religion in choosing its next leader
Ghana’s democracy will be stronger if we judge those who seek to lead us primarily by their competence, character, vision, as well as their ability to unite the nation, rather than by religious identity. As Dr Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia leads the New Patriotic Party (NPP) towards the 2028 presidential election, some religious sentiments have unfortunately […]
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
HighUnconfirmed27 Aug 2026
Catholic Bishops condemn abduction of Muslim worshippers in Niger – Ghanamma . com
Catholic Bishops condemn abduction of Muslim worshippers in Niger – Ghanamma . com. Reported by ghanamma.com and surfaced through GDELT global news monitoring.
GDELT · ghanamma.com
ModerateUnconfirmed27 Aug 2026· Ghana
Ghana Immigration Service intensifies education on exploitation, abuse and trafficking in Aflao
The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has intensified public education on gender-based violence (GBV), sexual exploitation, abuse, harassment and human trafficking among migrants and border communities in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta Region.
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
ModerateUnconfirmed27 Aug 2026· Ghana
Merqury Republic returns to Takoradi with Guinness Ghana DJ Awards Pub Fest this Saturday
Merqury Republic, organisers of the Ghana DJ Awards, is returning to Takoradi this Saturday, August 29, with the Western Region edition of the Guinness Ghana DJ Awards Pub Fest, powered by Smirnoff.
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
ModerateUnconfirmed27 Aug 2026· Ghana
Fire guts chop bar at South Odorkor, no casualties recorded
Firefighters from the Dansoman Fire Station of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) responded to a commercial fire outbreak at South Odorkor, near New Generation Chapel, in the early hours of Wednesday, August 26, 2026.
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
ModerateUnconfirmed27 Aug 2026· Ghana
Effective coordination key to fighting galamsey – Zanetor
Environment, Science and Technology Minister-designate, Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, has identified effective coordination among relevant stakeholders as crucial to tackling illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, in Ghana.
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
ModerateUnconfirmed27 Aug 2026· Ghana
Who’s Millicent Amankwah Yeboah, the 34-year-old first time MP married to Mahama Ayariga?
At 34, Millicent Amankwah Yeboah has already established a place for herself in Ghana’s political space, serving as the Member of Parliament for Sunyani West in the Ninth Parliament. But beyond her role as a legislator, Mrs Amankwah Yeboah is also the wife of Majority Leader Mahama Ayariga, a detail that came into the spotlight […]
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
ModerateUnconfirmed27 Aug 2026· Ghana
Catholic Bishops warn galamsey becoming source of employment for Ghanaian youth
The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference has raised concerns that illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, is increasingly being relied on as a source of employment for young people, despite its devastating impact on the environment and communities.
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
ModerateUnconfirmed27 Aug 2026· Ghana
Presby Moderator warns growing violence in schools threatens Ghana’s future
The Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Rt. Rev. Dr Abraham Nana Opare Kwakye, has expressed concern about the increasing levels of indiscipline and violence in Ghanaian schools, warning that the trend could pose serious challenges to the country if urgent steps are not taken.
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
ModerateUnconfirmed27 Aug 2026· Ghana
We all need to chip in – Ken Ashigbey warns local gold refining will come with pain
The CEO of the Ghana Chamber of Mines, Dr Ken Ashigbey, has warned that Ghana’s push to refine gold locally will impose additional costs on industry players.
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
ModerateUnconfirmed26 Aug 2026· Ghana
Naming persons of interest in AKSA case is a step towards accountability – Mary Addah
Transparency International Ghana Executive Director Mary Addah says the Office of the Special Prosecutor’s (OSP) decision to name persons of interest in the Ghanaian dimension of the Asante Kweku Berko bribery case is a positive step towards accountability.
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
ModerateUnconfirmed26 Aug 2026· Ghana
Government receives 140-tonne relief consignment for June 29 flood-hit communities
Sentuo Group has handed over 140 tonnes of rice, sugar and relief supplies to support households affected by Ghana's 29 June 2026 floods.
3News (Ghana)
ModerateUnconfirmed26 Aug 2026· Ghana
Keep political actors out of police affairs to tackle electoral violence — Asah-Asante
Political Science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Dr Kwame Asah-Asante, has called on political actors to stay out of police affairs to enable the Ghana Police Service to effectively tackle electoral violence and political vigilantism. He said political interference has weakened the ability of the police to deal decisively with groups whose activities threaten Ghana’s electoral process. Speaking on the AM Show on JoyNews via Zoom, Dr Asah-Asante said political actors have, over the years, contributed to the activities of vigilante groups by using them to advance their interests, particularly during elections.
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
HighUnconfirmed26 Aug 2026· Ghana
24-Hour Economy Secretariat partners BOSAG to build Ghana’s outsourcing talent pipeline
The 24-Hour Economy Secretariat and the Business Outsourcing Services Association of Ghana (BOSAG) have outlined plans to develop Ghana’s outsourcing talent pool through strategic investments in skills development, infrastructure and market access.
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)

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