At the invitation of the president of Guinea-Bissau, His Excellency Umaru Sissoco Embalo, Chairperson of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, led the Ghanaian delegation out of the country on Sunday, May 14, 2023.

The visit’s goals are to further solidify the already close ties between the two nations and look into potential new areas of cooperation for their mutual advantage.

The President will meet with President Embalo in private during his visit to Guinea-Bissau. He will also receive the Amilcar Cabral Medal, the country’s highest honor, speak at the law school of the Amilcar Cabral University, and interact with the Ghanaian soldiers serving in Bissau as part of the ECOWAS Stabilization Support Mission.

The Hon. Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, Minister of Foreign Affairs, as well as representatives from the Presidency and Foreign Ministry, accompanied the President.

On Tuesday, May 16, 2018, the President will return to Ghana. During his absence, Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Vice President, would carry out the President’s duties in accordance with Article 60(8) of the Constitution.

In Bortianor, in the Greater Accra Region, frantic rescue efforts are under way to locate any bodies that may be trapped under a three-story church structure.

On May 9, the Word in Action Church structure fell.

There are concerns that some churchgoers may have been present when the tragedy occurred.

The Ghana Police Service had representatives on the scene.

The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) and the Ghana National Fire Service sent employees to the scene to assist with rescue operations.

Thousands of locals flocked to the area to assist in saving loved ones who might have been inside the church when the structure collapsed.

The Ashanti Regional Police Command is looking for the person responsible for the murder of a 26-year-old woman in Adum, a Kumasi suburb.

The dead, Maame Adwoa, was allegedly shot many times on Thursday night by her boyfriend, Tony, also known as Tagor.

An eyewitness said that the two got into a furious dispute just prior to the incident because the deceased’s purported lover had accused her of infidelity.

When Maadwoa uttered Tony’s name and begged him not to kill her because she hadn’t cheated on him, the eye witness remarked, “at first we thought he was an armed robber.”

But he was unreceptive. Six shots were fired at her. Five empty shells were found by the police before they found her dead, and one more shell was found afterwards, according to the eyewitness.

A sibling of the deceased claimed that he tried unsuccessfully to stop the sister from visiting her boyfriend that night.

I was trying to stop my sister from meeting her boyfriend that night for some extremely bizarre reason, but she just disregarded me,” he admitted.

Tagor is currently a fugitive, and the police are gathering information to find him.