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...
Familiar faces are lining up again as the parties get ready for election time
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...
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...
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...
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...
The sacking for Security Minister Francis Poku exposes a damaging battle for turf between the security agencies
Cash, influence and a few policy debates enliven the selection of next year's presidential contenders
Free-spending candidates and their business backers dominate
the governing New Patriotic Party's choice of a new leader
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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