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Ghana
Population: 23.7 mn.
GDP: 32.3 bn.
Debt: 4.2 bn.
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Cost of living issues and oil revenue management will dominate December's general election pitting President John Atta Mills of the NDC against the NPP's Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. The opposition is favoured to win narrowly.

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  • Vol 49 No 17
  •  22nd August 2008

Right number, right time

Just as the government runs out of money before the elections, along comes an offer that is hard to refuse

  • Vol 49 No 17
  •  22nd August 2008

The high price of political phones

Political controversy has dogged Ghana Telecom since the telecom sector was deregulated in the mid-1990s under the National Democratic Congress government. Its performance under the management of Telkom Malaysia led to the cancelling of the contract by th...

  • Vol 49 No 16
  •  1st August 2008

Presidents and lawyers

The tortuous prosecution of a former state oil company boss raises questions about the independence of the judiciary

  • Vol 49 No 14
  •  4th July 2008

Industrial revolution

Ghana seeks partners following its 19 June purchase of Alcoa's 10% stake in the 200,000 tonne/year Volta Aluminum Company (Valco) smelter, mothballed since March 2007. The statal Volta River Authority cannot guarantee cheap power from the Akosombo hydroel...

  • Vol 49 No 12
  •  6th June 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
  •  6th June 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
  •  9th May 2008

The departed return

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

  • Vol 49 No 9
  •  25th April 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 tha...

  • Vol 49 No 8
  •  11th April 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 forme...

  • Vol 49 No 7
  •  28th March 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 Jerry...

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