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The Vice President of Ghana, Her Excellency Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, has called for increased regional cooperation to address security challenges in West Africa. Speaking at the High-Level Consultation Conference on Regional Cooperation and Security in Accra, she emphasized that issues like money laundering, terrorism financing, and arms proliferation require a collective response, as they transcend national borders. The Vice President urged stakeholders to adopt a focused and coordinated approach to tackle these shared challenges, stressing that every West African country has a role to play in building a secure and prosperous future. Ghana’s Interior Minister, Hon. Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak,...

A delegation of Chiefs from Kenyasi No 1 in the Ashanti Region, led by Nana Anim Dankwa, Saamanhene Kenyasi No I visited the Minister for the Interior, Hon. Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, at his office in Accra. The discussion centered on collaboration, security, and development in the area. The Minister pledged his support and emphasized the importance of peace in driving development, urging traditional leaders and the community to support the Ministry and the government. He thanked the delegation for their visit and expressed his commitment to working with the community to address any security concerns and promote development. The visit...

The Minister for the Interior, Hon. Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, has set the record straight, saying that the Ministry of the Interior has not taken over the recruitment, but is playing a supervisory role as part of its mandate over the agencies under the Ministry. “As a Ministry, we play a supervisory role over the agencies under us, and so we need to ensure that the recruitment exercise is seamless, free, and fair without any interference,” he explained. Speaking to the media at Christ the King in Accra during a visit to the Ghana Immigration Service screening exercise as part of...

The Netherlands and Ghana are strengthening their cooperation in the fight against transnational organized crime with the formal handover of a funding agreement to procure full-body scanners to replace the Narcotics Control Commission’s (NACOC) scanning equipment at Kotoka International Airport (KIA). The handing-over ceremony, which took place at the Marriott Hotel in Accra, followed the closing ceremony of the 2-day High-Level Dialogue on Drug Markets in West Africa. The event was attended by Netherlands Minister for Justice and Security, Hon. Foort van Oosten, Ghana’s Interior Minister, Hon. Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Hon. Okudzeto Ablakwa, and other officials,...