Vol 67 No 9 | GHANA Court pulls the rug from under anti-corruption drive 22nd April 2026 A High Court ruling has effectively stripped the Office of the Special Prosecutor of its independence, giving President Mahama’s Attorney-General decisive control Ghana's seven-year experiment with an independent anti-corruption prosecutor is unravelling. On 15 April, the High Court in Accra ruled that the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) could...
Vol 67 No 7 | GHANANIGERIAEUROPEAN UNION After the Sahel rout, Europe courts the coast 1st April 2026 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...
Vol 67 No 7 | GHANA Mahama gets caught in the cocoa trap 25th March 2026 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...
Vol 67 No 7 | GHANA Cocobod’s last crop as the cocoa state hits the buffers 25th March 2026 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...
DISPATCHES Vol 67 No 7 | GHANAUNITED NATIONSAFRICAN UNION Mahama and the African Union win UN vote on slavery 30th March 2026 Landmark resolution classes the trans-Atlantic slave trade as ‘gravest crime’ against humanity, urging apologies and reparations Ghana and the African Union have secured a diplomatic triumph after winning a sweeping majority in the United Nations for a resolution drafted by Accra calling for reparations... READ FOR FREE
Vol 67 No 7 | GHANAAFRICAN UNIONBRITAIN Win-win or spin-spin 3rd April 2026 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...
DISPATCHES Vol 67 No 6 | GHANAUNITED NATIONS Mahama to take reparations campaign to the UN 16th March 2026 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... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 67 No 5 | GHANA Debts and low prices leave cocoa buyers in crisis 2nd March 2026 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... READ FOR FREE
Vol 67 No 4 | GHANA Bawumia returns to revive defeated NPP 18th February 2026 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...
Vol 67 No 1 | GHANAWEST AFRICAAFRICA IN 2026 Back to reality 9th January 2026 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...