Ghana

Ghana

Population: 22.5 million
GNI: $11800 million
Debt: $5700 million
Overview: December's presidential and legislative elections will dominate the political and economic year. The governing New Patriotic Party will try to engineer a mini-boom before a hard fought contest with the National Democratic Congress.

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  • Vol 49 No 12
  • 06/06/2008

A last chance reshuffle

Three days after announcing his economic package, President John Kufuor completed his much-delayed reshuffle. Kwamena Bartels was the main casualty, after less than a year as Interior Minister. A revival of communal violence in Bawku, Yendi and Anloga pro...

  • Vol 49 No 10
  • 09/05/2008

The departed return

Familiar faces are lining up again as the parties get ready for election time

  • Vol 49 No 9
  • 25/04/2008

Cash call

The resignation of former Trade Minister and unsuccessful presidential candidate Alan Kyerematen from the ruling New Patriotic Party on 17 April has shocked Ghana’s political class. Kyerematen has not elaborated on the reasons for his departure other th...

  • Vol 49 No 8
  • 11/04/2008

Trouble at Mills's

The National Democratic Congress flagbearer, John Evans Atta Mills, has chosen John Dramani Mahama as his running mate. This is unlikely to stop feuding in the main opposition party. The public row between Mills's Kuku Hill faction and supporters of f...

  • Vol 49 No 7
  • 28/03/2008

Jollies and jets

Arguments over the financing of a presidential jet are to set the terms for a wider debate about corruption in the run-up to December's national elections. In the 2000 presidential elections, the row over how former military leader Flight Lieutenant Je...

  • Vol 49 No 3
  • 01/02/2008

Cocaine cops

An hysterical attack by the Inspector General of Police, Patrick Kwarteng Acheampong, on the sacked National Security Minister, Francis Poku, has backfired, prompting a new round of public support for Poku. On Accra’s Peace FM Radio, IGP Acheampong accuse...

  • Vol 49 No 2
  • 16/01/2008

Show time for the spooks

The sacking for Security Minister Francis Poku exposes a damaging battle for turf between the security agencies

  • Vol 48 No 25
  • 14/12/2007

Race to the top

Cash, influence and a few policy debates enliven the selection of next year's presidential contenders

  • Vol 48 No 24
  • 30/11/2007

Who spends, wins

Free-spending candidates and their business backers dominate the governing New Patriotic Party's choice of a new leader

  • Vol 48 No 24
  • 30/11/2007

The cedi and pesewa vote

For many Ghanaians, the economics of the elections are more important than the politics. Most of the responsibility for these matters falls on the shoulders of the effervescent Finance Minister, Kwadwo Baah Wiredu, and his more discreet colleague and ...

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