Vol 54 No 2 | CÔTE D'IVOIREGHANA Blé Goudé arrested 18th January 2013 The arrest in Tema port of Ivorian militia leader Charles Blé Goudé on 17 January will do much to improve relations between Ghana’s President John Mahama and Côte d’Ivoire’s Presid...
Vol 54 No 1 | GHANA Politics goes to court 10th January 2013 International organisations say it is a model of probity and efficiency, but the Electoral Commission must answer detailed claims of vote rigging The year started with the presidential inauguration of John Dramani Mahama on 7 January and then consideration by the Supreme Court of a petition claiming his election had been fra...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 9 | GHANACHINA Miners out but no funds in 2nd July 2013 Accra-Beijing relations are tested by growing concerns about illegal gold mining and a slowdown in finance for the Chinese-built gas plant Ghana’s expulsion of some 200 Chinese accused of involvement in illegal gold mining and more delays in disbursements from the China Development Bank for the gas plant in the ...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 7 | GHANACHINA Crackdown on illegal miners 2nd May 2013 Gun battles, environmental degradation and tensions with local communities force the government to take a tough stance on illegal Chinese miners The Ghana Immigration Service is to tighten up security at the country’s borders to stop the illegal entry of Chinese artisanal and small-scale miners (ASMs). Police Commissioner P...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 7 | GHANACHINA Sinopec strike 2nd May 2013 Sinopec, the lead contractor on Ghana’s US$850 million gas project, halted work on 30 April citing payment delays and disputes with Ghana National Gas Company (GNGC).
Vol 6 (AAC) No 3 | GHANA John Dramani Mahama 15th January 2013 President, Ghana Newly elected as President in December 2012, John Dramani Mahama will continue to deepen Ghana’s ties with its Asian trading partners. When former Vice-President Mahama served un...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 1 | GHANACHINA Political storm over Chinese gas contracts 30th October 2012 Opposition parties and anti-corruption activists call for investigations into and a renegotiation of Beijing’s energy and telecoms deals with Accra Leading opposition presidential candidate Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo and his New Patriotic Party are stepping up criticism about the financing of Chinese projects in the energy a...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 1 | GHANACHINA Call me, maybe 30th October 2012 The influence of Chinese money on Ghana’s heated politics has crossed a legal red line, say activists who accuse telecoms company Huawei of bribing officials of the ruling National...
Vol 53 No 25 | GHANA The Mahama factor 14th December 2012 The NDC candidate turned around the campaign after his predecessor’s death; now he has to deliver on his promise of sweeping improvements to governance It was Ghana’s longest, costliest and most acrimonious election campaign. It ended with a grand party for the National Democratic Congress on 9 December and attempts by the opposit...
Vol 53 No 25 | GHANA The democracy question 14th December 2012 With a population nudging 25 million and a fast-growing lower-middle-income economy with gold, oil and gas production, Ghana can lay claim to running Africa’s most important multi...
