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Population: 33.74m
GDP: $75.30bn
Debt: 83.6% of GDP (2024)

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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...


Who is guarding the guards?

Activists are trying to push out the chair of the Electoral Commission and the Special Prosecutor as frustration grows with the government’s anti-corruption plan

The better news about the economy hasn’t translated into quieter politics as President John Dramani Mahama’s government and the ruling National Democratic Congress face growing pressure on corruption,...


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Helicopter crash robs Mahama of two key ministerial allies

As the nation mourns, no clear evidence has emerged to explain what brought the helicopter down

Defence Minister Edward Omane Boamah and Environment Minister Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed were among eight people killed on 6 August when a military helicopter crashed in the central Ashanti...

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Will anti-corruption politics work for John Mahama?

Top officials from the former NPP government are being investigated, as the new administration tries to sharpen its political lead

In Ghana, ‘non-aggression pacts’ – informal understandings between senior figures in the two main political parties not to pursue grand corruption cases after a change in government –...


Emmanuel Gyimah-Boadi – democracy champion

‘The men in green are back, and prospects for democratic consolidation have dimmed significantly,’ warned Afrobarometer’s Emmanuel Gyimah-Boadi in a Brookings Institution essay in June. ‘Africa’s democratic project...


Populist Agyapong loses $18 million in defamation battle

Investigative journalist Anas chalks up an historic win in New Jersey court against New Patriotic Party presidential contender

A United States court has awarded Ghanaian investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas US$18 million in damages, including $8m in punitive damages, after ruling that populist former New Patriotic...


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