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2 Prisons officers reported missing at SCC
The Ghana Prisons Service (GPS) has announced that two of its personnel have gone missing.
The two are Corporal Theophilus Yartey with the service number 9906 who last reported to work on November 26, 2018 and Second Class Officer Asamani Maxwell Kissiedu with service number 11284 who last reported to work on April 15, 2019.
Through the Senior Correctional Centre (SCC), the two have been declared missing, having absented themselves from duty for more than 21 days.
According to Deputy Director of Prisons, DDP Millicent Owusu, the Officer-In-Charge (OIC) of the prison facility where the officers were stationed, they have not reported to work in a long time without any formal documentation.
DDP Owusu mentioned that, frantic efforts deployed to know their whereabouts have still not yield any result.
Corporal Theophilus Yartey hails from Aplaku in the Greater Accra Region and speaks English, Ga and Twi with a height of 5.10 feet tall, and dark in complexion.
2CO Asamani Maxwell Kissiedu hails from Larteh-Akwapim in the Eastern Region and speaks English and Twi with a height of 5.10 feet tall with a dark skin colour.
The OIC of the station, appealed to the public to furnish the service or the police with information on the two officers
The Diaspora Affairs Office at the Office of the President has hosted a delegation of African diaspora women who are in Ghana ahead of a planned Presidential Conferment of Citizenship ceremony.
The Director of Diaspora Affairs, Kofi Okyere Darko, explained in a Facebook post that the visit was a gesture of appreciation by the delegation to the Government of Ghana for its continued efforts to reconnect Africans in the diaspora with their ancestral homeland.
He indicated that the ceremony, scheduled for next Monday, will officially grant Ghanaian citizenship to members of the delegation as part of the country’s broader engagement with the African diaspora.
The delegation was led by Erica Bennett, Founder of the Diaspora Africa Forum.
According to Mr Okyere Darko, her years of advocacy have played an important role in strengthening ties between Africa and people of African descent living abroad.
He noted that the group’s journey towards citizenship represents not only a legal process but also a cultural and spiritual return to their roots.
Also present at the meeting was Natalie Jackson, an attorney who is also expected to receive Ghanaian citizenship during the ceremony. She works closely with renowned civil rights lawyer Ben Crump.
Mr Okyere Darko emphasised that Ghana remains committed to strengthening relationships with the African diaspora and promoting unity, identity, and shared heritage among people of African descent worldwide.
By: Jacob Aggrey
Ghana Tourism Authority is leading Ghana’s participation at ITB Berlin, which opened in Berlin with a vibrant national pavilion highlighting Ghana’s rich cultural heritage, tourism destinations and investment opportunities.
March 5 has been designated as Ghana Day, a special platform to promote Ghana’s languages, cuisine, Kente, festivals and business prospects to the global tourism community. The stand has already drawn strong interest with traditional arts and crafts displays, immersive multimedia presentations and popular Ghanaian snacks.
Seven private-sector players are exhibiting alongside government officials as part of efforts to deepen trade partnerships, expand market access, and attract investment across the hospitality, heritage tourism, ecotourism, and creative arts sectors.
Ahead of the official opening, the Ghana delegation also engaged young Ghanaian investors in Germany in collaboration with V Afrika-Verein and the Ghana Embassy, strengthening diaspora investment linkages and highlighting opportunities within the tourism value chain.
Ghana’s coordinated presence at ITB Berlin 2026 reinforces its strategy to position the country as the Gateway to Africa and a competitive destination for leisure travel and global investment.
