International organisation supporting migration-related projects in Ghana, including repatriation assistance and border-area water infrastructure development.
… The action led to the displacement of over 2 million people from Niger, Togo, Cameroon, Chad, and Ghana, according to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). …
… The International Organisation for Migration’s Abdoulaye Wone said at the same briefing that at least 25 cases had been confirmed at the camps, including 14 deaths. …
… The project was funded by the German Federal Foreign Office through the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) under the Integrated Border Stability Mechanism. …
… The largest single stream of returns has come not from government evacuations but from the International Organisation for Migration’s voluntary return programme, funded mainly by the European Union. …
… According to the UN’s International Organisation for Migration (IOM), at least 827 people have died so far this year attempting the deadly Central Mediterranean crossing. …
… ASSISTANCE FOR DEPORTEES An official at the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) confirmed to Reuters that the agency would be involved in assisting deportees once they arrive in the Central African Republic. …
… Mr Ablakwa commended staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ghana’s High Commission in Pretoria, security agencies, aviation partners, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), Ethiopian Airlines, and the media for their roles in the evacuation exercise. …
… The International Organisation for Migration is helping to set up 30 health control posts across the three Ebola-affected provinces to monitor people’s health and prevent the sick from spreading the virus further, the U.N. …
… Estimates from the International Organisation for Migration suggest that Ghana loses a significant proportion of its university-educated population to emigration, with healthcare, engineering, and the sciences consistently among the most affected sectors. …
Xenophobia in South Africa is part of a broader pattern across African countries including Ghana, Nigeria, Gabon, and Mauritania turning against fellow Africans during times of tension. Recent anti-immigration campaigns in South Africa, including confrontations with migrant workers and calls for undocumented migrants to leave, prompted President Cyril Ramaphosa to announce stricter immigration enforcement measures.
Xenophobia in South Africa is part of a broader pattern across African countries including Ghana, Nigeria, Gabon, and Mauritania turning against fellow Africans during times of tension. Recent anti-immigration campaigns in South Africa, including confrontations with migrant workers and calls for undocumented migrants to leave, prompted President Cyril Ramaphosa to announce stricter immigration enforcement measures.
Congo's Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak has the largest number of confirmed cases within the first month of any outbreak on record, according to WHO. The surge is attributed to rapid spread to urban areas like Bunia and Mongbwalu, though the virus had been circulating for months before official detection on May 15.
The Ghana Boundary Commission has commissioned a mechanised borehole in Agatuse, Bawku West, as part of preparations for the 2026 African Border Day, with funding from the German Federal Foreign Office through the International Organisation for Migration. A similar project is planned for Nakolo in Kassena Nankan West District, as part of efforts to improve access to clean water and strengthen stability in border communities.
Ghana has repatriated more than 5,000 stranded citizens from around the world since the COVID-19 pandemic began, most recently bringing home 327 nationals from Côte d'Ivoire whose homes were destroyed in a demolition exercise. The repatriations follow earlier evacuations from countries including South Africa and the United Kingdom, with contributions from the International Organisation for Migration's voluntary return programme.
A boat carrying about 60 migrants capsized off the Libyan coast near Malta, with ten people confirmed dead and approximately 48 rescued by a fishing vessel, according to the Italian coast guard.
The Central African Republic has agreed to take in migrants from other countries deported by the United States, according to sources, as part of the Trump administration's deals with African states to accelerate removals. Washington has previously sent such deportees to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Sierra Leone, and Equatorial Guinea under agreements that rights groups say allow the U.S. to circumvent legal protections secured by deportees in U.S. immigration courts.
Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa says Ghana has successfully evacuated about 1,000 Ghanaian nationals from South Africa following recent xenophobic attacks, with government now focused on reintegration support, medical and psychosocial assistance, compensation for lost properties, and job opportunities for returnees.
Residents attacked an Ebola burial team in Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province on Monday, forcing responders to abandon a coffin; the body was subsequently handled by community members, raising transmission risks. Burial teams and health workers have faced repeated attacks fueled by mistrust and resistance to response efforts.
Ghana receives nearly $4.6 billion annually in remittances from its diaspora working difficult, low-wage jobs abroad. An article argues this reflects institutional gaps and governance failures that make returning home economically irrational, rather than cultural work ethic, and that Ghana must build domestic systems to change this pattern.
An opinion piece argues that Ghana's development challenges are not rooted in Ghanaian capability or character. Evidence shows that when Ghanaians work within enabling institutional frameworks abroad—at NASA, in London hospitals, at the IMF and World Bank—they consistently achieve world-class outcomes, indicating the problem lies in institutional and systemic deficits at home, not human capital.