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News Ghana » Northern » Politics: Faith and politics: Ghana’s election hinges on religious battle lines

News channel or source: https://www.theafricareport.com/363111/faith-and-politics-ghanas-election-hinges-on-religious-battle-lines/
Published on: Wednesday 02 October 2024

As Ghana prepares for the crucial 7 December elections, the convergence of religion and politics has emerged as a powerful undercurrent shaping the electoral landscape. The two leading candidates, ...

News Ghana » Northern » Politics: Ghana's northern sovereignty gap - JNIM and the Burkinabe border

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/top-stories/ghana-s-northern-sovereignty-gap-jnim-and-the-burkinabe-border/ar-AA27Rcsg
Published on: Monday 13 July 2026

In May 2024, Ghana's former Ambassador to Burkina Faso, Boniface Gambila, offered a candid description of what happens along Ghana's 602-kilometer border with its northern neighbor: 'Believe it or not ...

News Ghana » Northern » Politics: Is the opposition NPP about to lose Ghana’s north?

News channel or source: https://www.theafricareport.com/402058/is-the-opposition-npp-about-to-lose-ghanas-north/
Published on: Wednesday 10 December 2025

When Ghana’s high court annulled the 2024 parliamentary results for Kpandai – a 400km drive from Accra – and ordered a fresh poll, few expected the decision to reverberate far beyond the rice fields ...

News Ghana » Northern » Politics: Chiefs, priests, and praise-singers : history, politics, and land ownership in northern Ghana / Wyatt MacGaffey

News channel or source: https://www.si.edu/object/chiefs-priests-and-praise-singers-history-politics-and-land-ownership-northern-ghana-wyatt-macgaffey:siris_sil_1006163
Published on: Tuesday 28 January 2025

Colonial anthropology and historical reconstruction -- Drum chant and the political uses of tradition -- Tindanas and chiefs : ethnography -- Chiefs and tindanas : making nam -- Tamale : the Dakpema, ...

News Ghana » Northern » Politics: New research highlights violence against women in local politics ahead of Ghana’s 2027 elections

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/politics/government/new-research-highlights-violence-against-women-in-local-politics-ahead-of-ghana-s-2027-elections/ar-AA1XnIcT
Published on: Monday 02 March 2026

As Ghana gears up for its 2027 local elections, a new study has raised alarm over the persistent violence against women in politics, which continues to hinder democratic participation at the local ...