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Ghana
Population: 35.7m
GDP: $113.49bn
Debt: 56.1% of GDP (2026 forecast)

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After the Sahel rout, Europe courts the coast

Expelled from the Sahel and estranged from Washington, the EU has signed its first African security pact with Ghana and wants Nigeria as an Atlantic anchor

Amid its fraying ties with the United States, the European Union is shoring up defences on its eastern flank and negotiating security deals in North and West Africa...

Mahama gets caught in the cocoa trap

A mid-season farmgate price cut of nearly 30% has sent farmers into the streets, exposed Cocobod's $3 billion debt mountain and is damaging the President politically

When President John Dramani Mahama's National Democratic Congress swept back to power in December 2024 on a wave of popular goodwill, its pledge to nearly double the cocoa...

Cocobod’s last crop as the cocoa state hits the buffers

With output halved and farmers threatening revolt, the Mahama government chooses between radical reform for the cocoa board or its dissolution

When President John Dramani Mahama convened an emergency Cabinet meeting in February to address what officials privately described as a ‘structural heart attack’ in Ghana's cocoa sector, few...

Win-win or spin-spin

The soft launch for Neofingo, a ‘Ghana-Britain digital trade finance corridor’, by a public and non-profit consortium on 28 March championed a new way to cut through the...

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Mahama to take reparations campaign to the UN

Accra’s quest is backed by many Commonwealth states and George Soros – but the EU won’t join the debate

The Ghanaian government plans to table a United Nations resolution demanding reparations for the slave trade and recognising transatlantic slavery as the ‘gravest crime in the history of...

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Debts and low prices leave cocoa buyers in crisis

President Mahama’s government is coming under pressure to help the country’s cocoa farmers hit by market forces and encroachment by gold miners

Ghana’s licensed cocoa buyers are in hock to the country’s banks by up to US$750 million, according to the Licensed Cocoa Buyers Association of Ghana, as low prices...

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Bawumia returns to revive defeated NPP

The former Vice-President will need new ideas and allies to take on President Mahama and his resurgent party

Mahamudu Bawumia has been re-elected as the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) presidential candidate for the 2028 general elections, securing 56% of the vote in the party primaries. This...

Back to reality

President Mahama had the wind in his sails through 2025. This year will bring a mixed bag of golden opportunities and make-or-break need for reform

The honeymoon period for President John Dramani Mahama will come to an abrupt end in 2026 as political and economic challenges mount. Top of the list will be...

Gold, power and the price of control

Surging markets, a sweeping audit and deepening conflict are reshaping the battle for mining’s spoils – behind the boom lies a scramble for influence

A far-reaching audit of large mining companies, launched last month, has rattled Ghana’s booming gold sector. Some had expected stricter controls on taxes and royalties but questioned these...

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