Also known as: MoD · United Kingdom Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence — Ghanaian government ministry overseeing military hospitals and defence education institutions, currently partnering on diagnostic services expansion.
… GoldBod has therefore initiated a national programme for the reclamation and restoration of degraded mining lands, and has engaged the GAF Engineer Regiment through the Ministry of Defence to execute the civil engineering works. …
… According to the NPP, official records from the Project Implementation Unit of the Ministry of Defence show that the core hospital was 92.5 percent complete as of September 2024, while overall completion reached 98 percent by January 2025. …
… he project were false and intended to justify “an outrageous financial demand.” According to him, assertions that the 500-bed military hospital at Afari in the Ashanti Region was only 60 percent complete were inconsistent with official records available at the Ministry of Defence …
… rnment is demanding 85 million US dollars before the contractor returns to the site to complete the Afari Military Hospital, describing the figure as a “manufactured crisis” and insisting it is not backed by official records from the Ministry of Finance or the Ministry of Defence …
… He also expressed concern about delays in payments to contractors, revealing that negotiations had been ongoing over an estimated $18 million agreement to complete a facility, a process he said involved both the contractor and the Ministry of Defence. …
Officials of the two institutions at the facility HealthTech Ghana in partnership with the Ministry of Defence has announced the establishment of the Philips BlueSeal MRI, the country’s first 1.5T helium-free magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, supported by a comprehensive d …
Officials of the two institutions at the facility HealthTech Ghana in partnership with the Ministry of Defence has announced the establishment of the Philips BlueSeal MRI, the country’s first 1.5T helium-free magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, supported by a comprehensive d …
… The recognition comes at a significant time for HealthTech Ghana, which recently announced a landmark public-private partnership with the Ministry of Defence to restore and expand diagnostic services at the 37 Military Hospital in Accra. …
The Ghana Gold Board, Ghana Armed Forces, and Forestry Commission have signed an agreement to reclaim and restore degraded lands in the Tano-Nimri Forest Reserve, establishing a national reclamation model that combines engineering capacity, enforcement standards, and ecological restoration to address devastation from illegal mining activities.
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Ghana Gold Board, Armed Forces, and Forestry Commission sign agreement to restore Tano-Nimri Forest Reserve, addressing illegal mining damage with a national reclamation model.
The Ghana Gold Board, Ghana Armed Forces, and Forestry Commission have signed an agreement to reclaim and restore degraded lands in the Tano-Nimri Forest Reserve, establishing a national reclamation model that combines engineering capacity, enforcement standards, and ecological restoration to address devastation from illegal mining activities.
The New Patriotic Party has disputed claims that the 500-bed Afari Military Hospital is only 60 per cent complete, stating that official records show it reached 98 per cent completion by January 2025 and that only US$500,000 remains outstanding to the contractor, contrary to reports requiring US$85 million.
The Minority Caucus in Parliament has accused the government of plotting to pay an unjustified US$85 million to the contractor of the Afari Military Hospital project in Kumasi. Deputy Ranking Member Kofi Amankwa-Manu alleged that government claims the 500-bed hospital was only 60 percent complete are false, citing Project Implementation Unit documents showing the core facility was 92.5 percent complete as of September 2024 and the overall project 98 percent complete by January 2025.
Ghana's Parliamentary Minority has rejected claims by the Deputy Minister for Defence that contractor Euroget De-Invest is demanding US$85 million to complete the Afari Military Hospital, insisting only US$500,000 remains outstanding and describing the larger demand as a manufactured crisis and inaccurate.
Ghana's Parliamentary Minority has rejected claims the government demands $85 million from the contractor to resume work on Afari Military Hospital, calling it a "manufactured crisis" unsupported by official Finance and Defence ministry records. According to Deputy Ranking Member Kofi Amankwa-Manu, the original $180 million contract and additional $19.3 million government funding have been fully paid; a renegotiated claim of $3 million has had $2.5 million paid, leaving only $500,000 outstanding.
British forces have seized the Russian oil tanker Smyrtos, which was sailing under a Cameroon flag and attempting to transit the English Channel. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the operation "delivers yet another blow to Russia" and hampers funding for Russia's war in Ukraine.
Opposition MPs have criticized the government for abandoning the 500-bed Afari Military Hospital despite significant public investment, calling for completion of existing health projects before starting new ones. The Ranking Member claimed infrastructure projects are reportedly worth about $2.2 billion, of which about $2 billion has already been paid.
HealthTech Ghana and 37 Military Hospital, in partnership with the Ministry of Defence, have opened the country's first Philips BlueSeal 1.5T helium-free MRI system alongside a comprehensive diagnostics centre offering CT scanning, digital X-ray, mammography, ultrasound, and laboratory services. The facility is available 24/7, and eligible patients receive free MRI scans by appointment from June 8–20, 2026, though a minimal fee applies for formal image reporting by a Radiology Consultant.
HealthTech Ghana and 37 Military Hospital have opened a Philips BlueSeal MRI diagnostic centre, Ghana's first 1.5T helium-free MRI system, alongside CT scanning and comprehensive laboratory and clinical diagnostic services. Free MRI scans are available to eligible patients by appointment from June 8–20, 2026, with a minimal fee for radiology reporting.
HealthTech Ghana Limited has been named Innovative Medical Technology Distribution Company of the Year at the 9th Ghana West Africa Business Excellence Awards. The award coincides with the company's public-private partnership with the Ministry of Defence to restore and expand diagnostic services at 37 Military Hospital in Accra, introducing Ghana's first Philips BlueSeal 1.5 Tesla helium-free MRI system and expanding access to CT scanning, digital X-ray, mammography, ultrasound, and laboratory testing.
France intercepted a sanctioned Russian oil tanker, the Tagor, in the Atlantic on Sunday with support from allies including the UK, boarding it around 400 nautical miles west of Brittany in international waters. Macron said the ship had been flying a false flag and was part of Russia's "shadow fleet" used to evade sanctions on oil exports linked to the Ukraine war; it is the fourth such vessel France has boarded since September 2025.
Cabinet has approved the National Defence University Bill, 2026, a joint initiative by the Ministries of Defence and Education that seeks to establish a single authority to award degrees, diplomas and certificates across all military training institutions in Ghana. If passed, the Bill would bring military institutions including the Ghana Military Academy, the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College and the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre under one academic structure.
The UK will contribute drones, fighter jets, a warship and autonomous mine-detection systems to a multinational mission protecting shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, announced by Defence Minister John Healey at a virtual summit. More than 40 nations are involved in the effort, which follows months of Iranian control of the waterway in retaliation for US and Israeli attacks.
British Army medics have parachuted onto Tristan da Cunha to assist a British national with suspected hantavirus who disembarked from cruise ship MV Hondius in mid-April. The outbreak has claimed three deaths, with six confirmed cases including two other Britons being treated off the ship.
British Army medics parachuted onto Tristan da Cunha to assist a British national with suspected hantavirus who disembarked from cruise ship MV Hondius in mid-April. The outbreak on the vessel has so far killed three people and confirmed six cases, with the ship now in Tenerife where authorities are helping over 100 people disembark for repatriation.