Vol 54 No 18 | GHANA The Court lowers the curtain 5th September 2013 The judges’ finding for President Mahama raises as many questions as it solves but the focus will shift quickly to economic matters The final act lasted just 20 minutes. That is how long Justice William Atuguba, Chairman of the nine-member Supreme Court panel, spent on 29 August on delivering the judges’ ...
Vol 54 No 18 | GHANA Opposition turns to tax and graft 6th September 2013 After the 29 August Supreme Court judgement, the political theatre will shift to economic policy and accountability issues. Oppositionists accuse the National Democratic Congress g...
Vol 54 No 18 | GHANA Economic tests looming 6th September 2013 There are only two-and-a-half years before the next election cycle. It may not be long enough to improve the fiscal position Finance and Economic Planning Minister Seth Tekper has a tricky message for Ghanaians. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has been in charge of the economy for nearly five year...
Vol 54 No 16 | CÔTE D'IVOIREGHANA Row over exiles 29th July 2013 Claims that Ivorian secret agents are targeting pro-Laurent Gbagbo exiles in Ghana raise tensions again between Accra and Abidjan President Alassane Dramane Ouattara’s government is sending undercover agents to Ghana to abduct or assassinate supporters of former President Laurent Ggabo there, according ...
Vol 54 No 15 | GHANA The vote on trial 18th July 2013 The Supreme Court’s hearings on last year’s polls have changed Ghana’s politics for good. Now the fractious parties face their own demons After 43 days in session and an avalanche of technical delays, the 2012 election petition hearings are crawling towards a climax. A ruling is likely within a month. The leadership ...
Vol 54 No 15 | GHANA How the parties judge the judges 18th July 2013 Politicians from both the governing National Democratic Congress and the opposition New Patriotic Party have developed an obsessive interest in the nine judges sitting on the Supre...
Vol 54 No 13 | GHANA Presidential exports 21st June 2013 Foreign trips seem to hold a special magic for President John Mahama, who has spent most of his first six months in office struggling with chronic power and water shortages while t...
Vol 54 No 9 | GHANA A tough one hundred days 26th April 2013 President Mahama says his government has been denied the six-month honeymoon his predecessors enjoyed The economic and political prospects may be bright in the medium term but on 17 April John Dramani Mahama reached his first 100 days in office without much to celebrate. Benefits f...
Vol 54 No 9 | GHANA On live TV, a swarm of lawyers 26th April 2013 On 16 April, the Supreme Court began hearings on the petition from the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) to annul John Mahama’s victory in December’s presidential election. This...
Vol 54 No 5 | GHANA Why are they waiting? 1st March 2013 Neither the governing party nor its opponents seem in a hurry to resolve the complex case in the Supreme Court on last year’s elections The leaders of the main opposition New Patriotic Party are stepping up their campaign to delegitimise December’s presidential election, in which John Dramani Mahama was declared wi...
