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- Vol 49 No 12
- 06/06/2008
Paying the price
Economic troubles damage the governing party’s electoral chances in one of Africa’s most stable democracies
- 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
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