Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says projects by the Israeli and Saudi Arabian regimes to portray Iran as a threat to the world have been falling flat over the past years.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has stressed the importance of facilitating banking relations with Ghana in a bid to improve bilateral cooperation.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the Islamic Republic is ready to cooperate with Ghana in the fight against terrorism and extremism.

Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, in a meeting on Sunday with Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama highlighted Iran’s positive and favorable position with regard to enhanced cooperation with African countries since the very onset of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, noting: “Hegemonic powers are opposed to Iran’s warm relations with Africa and are also the main source of wars, conflicts and supply of terrorist groups, but the remedy to all these problems lies in the proximity of ‘independent countries’ and increased cooperation between them.”

Ghana’s regulatory body for judges has dismissed over a dozen judiciary officials while a dozen more are still under corruption investigation.

Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama says the death toll from a huge blast in the capital city of Accra has risen to around 150.

The Ghanaian government has defended its decision to limit foreign exchange withdrawals in an effort to halt the fall in its own currency, the cedi.

Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama is to leave for a three-day visit to India, the Indian External Affairs Ministry says.

Ghana President John Dramani Mahama told AFP in an interview Friday after the supreme court upheld his 2012 election victory that the emerging nation had passed a major democratic test through its handling of the disputed vote.

Ghana's highest court will issue a long-awaited ruling Thursday on whether to overturn President John Dramani Mahama's election win last year on fraud allegations, a test for one of Africa's most stable democracies.

Chinese Ambassador to Ghana Gong Jianzhong on Friday urged nationals involved in illegal mining in the West African country to go back to their home country as soon as possible.

A spokesman for Ghana's immigration service said that 161 Chinese nationals, who were arrested for illegal gold mining this week, will be deported to China.

Skate soccer fans in Ghana on Monday appealed to the government and well-to-do individuals to assist in raising the sport to a higher level.

Ghana's Vice President Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur on Friday called for more communications and cooperation between the ruling parties of Ghana and China.

The Ghanaian government will issue a second Eurobond this year to restructure its existing debts, Vice President Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur announced here on Tuesday.

A mine has collapsed in Ghana's central gold-producing region killing at least 16 people who were working illegally and had been told to leave by the operator, local police have said.

The President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who is also the Chairman of the Non-Aligned Movement(NAM), will pay a two days official visit to Ghana next week.

Ghana is eyeing gold medals in the upcoming African Junior Tennis championship slated for Kenya from March 18-23.

Ghana's parliament on Friday approved the government's budget estimates for the 2013 fiscal year, targeting an annual growth of 8.0 percent and an inflation of 8.9 percent to 9.0 percent.

Accra gets ready to host the third annual African Human Resource Leaders conference under the theme 'Employee Engagement and Leadership' on February 28th to March 1st, 2013. This conference is expected to be attended by nearly 100 delegates from both the private and public sector in Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa and many other African countries who will be addressed by local and international experts.