President John Mahama Appoints Kalsoume Sinare and 14 Others As Ambassadors

President John Mahama Appoints Kalsoume Sinare and 14 Others As Ambassadors

  • President John Dramani Mahama has appointed 15 Ghanaians to serve as Ambassadors, High Commissioners, and Consuls-General for various countries
  • This was contained in a letter dated June 10, 2025, from the Office of the President to the Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Several people on social media congratulated the appointees and wished them well in their new roles in governance

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President John Dramani Mahama, in consultation with the Council of State, has appointed 15 Ghanaians as Ambassadors, High Commissioners, and Consuls-General designated for various countries.

The 15 are the first set of ambassadorial appointees under the new Mahama governance. This was contained in a letter dated June 10, 2025, from the Office of the President to the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

President John Mahama, Kalsoume Sinare, Nii Amasah Namoale, Ambassadors, Spain
President John Mahama Appoints Kalsoume Sinare, Nii Amasah Namoale and 13 others as Ambassadors. Photo credit: @namoale, @kalsoume.sinare &JDMahama
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Veteran Ghanaian actress Kalsoume Sinare has been appointed as Ghana's ambassador to the Kingdom of Spain.

Meanwhile, a former Chief Executive for the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), Kojo Bonsu, has been designated for the People's Republic of China.

A former Member of Parliament for La Dadekotopon Constituency, Nii Amasah Namoale, will lead Ghana business in the Federal Republic of Brazil

Hammed Rashid Tunde Ali and Grace El Mahmoud Marabe are headed to the United Arab Emirates. However, Grace El Mahmoud Marabe is specifically assigned to Dubai.

In a related development, Prof. Kwasi Obiri-Danso, a biological scientist and former Vice Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has been appointed as Ghana's ambassador to India.

President John Mahama, Kalsoume Sinare, Nii Amasah Namoale, Ambassadors, Spain, Kojo Bonsu
Former KMA Mayor, Kojo Bonsu, is also part of the first 15 ambassador appointees. Photo credit: @kojobonsu10
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Professor Dora Francisca Edu-Buandoh, a professor of English and the first female Pro Vice Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), is also heading to Canada.

Below is a list of all 15 people appointed as Ambassadors, High Commissioners, and Consuls-General

  1. Benjamin A. Quashie - Republic of South Africa
  2. Kojo Bonsu - People's Republic of China
  3. Kulsoume Sinare Baffoe - Kingdom of Spain
  4. Hammed Rashid Tunde Ali - United Arab Emirates
  5. Captain George Kofi Nfojoh - Togolese Republic
  6. Grace El Mahmoud Marabe - United Arab Emirates -Dubai
  7. Prof. Ohene Adjei - Federal Republic of Germany
  8. Abdul Nasiru-Deen - Republic of Turkey
  9. Theresah Adjei-Mensah - Czech Republic
  10. Prof. Kwasi Obiri-Danso - India
  11. Dora Francisca Edu-Buandoh, Ph.D - Canada
  12. Dr. Margaret Miewien Chebere - Austria
  13. Labik Joseph Yaani - Equatorial Guinea
  14. Nii Amasah Namoale - Federal Republic of Brazil
  15. Dr Felix Kumah Godwin Anebo - Republic of Senegal

Kalsoume Sinare celebrates 30 years of marriage

YEN.com.gh reported that Kalsoume Sinare and her husband, Ghanaian football legend Anthony Baffoe, marked 30 years of marriage.

Kalsoume Sinare was 27 years old when she tied the knot with the former football player.

Their old wedding photos surfaced online as they celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary.

Social media users who saw the photos congratulated the couple and wished them well.

John Dumelo Sworn In As Deputy Minister

YEN.com.gh reported that President John Mahama swore John Dumelo into office as a Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture on Wednesday, March 12, 2025.

The Ayawaso West Wuogon MP was sworn in after he was vetted and approved by Parliament.

Ghanaians on social media congratulated John Dumelo in the comme

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Magdalene Larnyoh (Human-Interest editor) Magdalene Larnyoh writes for the Human Interest Desk at YEN.com.gh. She has over ten years of experience in media and communications. She previously worked for Citi FM, Pulse Ghana, and Business Insider Africa. She obtained a BA in Social Sciences from the University of Cape Coast (UCC) in 2012. Reach out to her on magdalene.larnyoh@yen.com.gh