Ghana’s incoming president John Mahama said a financing program with the International Monetary Fund will limit his government’s ability to undertake immediate radical reforms, a week after voters handed him a hefty mandate to fix the nation’s crippling debt burden and high cost of living.

Syria's de facto leader, Ahmad al-Sharaa said on Saturday Israel is using false pretexts to justify its attacks on Syria, but that he is not interested in engaging in new conflicts as the country focuses on rebuilding following the end of Bashar al-Assad's reign.

Ghana’s former leader John Dramani Mahama was officially declared the winner of the presidential election on Monday after voters vented anger at the government’s handling of the economy.

Ghana, the world's second biggest cocoa grower and major gold producer, is mired in its worst economic crisis in decades.

Ghana’s president-elect John Dramani Mahama has revealed his intentions to review the loan from the International Monetary Fund, the current administration had secured. ・President-elect John Dramani Mahama plans to review the $3 billion IMF loan secured by the current administration.