Vol 49 No 12 | GHANA A last chance reshuffle 6th June 2008 Three days after announcing his economic package, President John Kufuor completed his much-delayed reshuffle. Kwamena Bartels was the main casualty, after less than a year as Interior Minister....
Vol 49 No 10 | GHANA The departed return 9th May 2008 Familiar faces are lining up again as the parties get ready for election time With elections ahead on 7 December - and the prospect of prolonged powerlessness for the losers - prodigal sons and daughters are rushing to rejoin Ghana's two main...
Vol 49 No 9 | GHANA Cash call 25th April 2008 The resignation of former Trade Minister and unsuccessful presidential candidate Alan Kyerematen from the ruling New Patriotic Party on 17 April has shocked Ghana’s political class. Kyerematen...
Vol 49 No 8 | GHANA Trouble at Mills's 11th April 2008 The National Democratic Congress flagbearer, John Evans Atta Mills, has chosen John Dramani Mahama as his running mate. This is unlikely to stop feuding in the main opposition...
Vol 49 No 7 | GHANA Jollies and jets 28th March 2008 Arguments over the financing of a presidential jet are to set the terms for a wider debate about corruption in the run-up to December's national elections. In the...
Vol 49 No 3 | GHANA Cocaine cops 1st February 2008 An hysterical attack by the Inspector General of Police, Patrick Kwarteng Acheampong, on the sacked National Security Minister, Francis Poku, has backfired, prompting a new round of public...
Vol 49 No 2 | GHANA Show time for the spooks 16th January 2008 The sacking for Security Minister Francis Poku exposes a damaging battle for turf between the security agencies The politicians, police and spies could not have found a worst time to pick a fight with each other. It is a year of red alert for the...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 4 | GHANACHINA Any more business? 6th November 2008 Ghana has developed close ties with China, but ones that contrast with those enjoyed by other African states The new Defence Ministry building in Accra is under construction by Chinese contractors. Chinese companies built the Tamale and Sekondi stadiums, which were used in February’s 2008 African...
Vol 48 No 25 | GHANA Race to the top 14th December 2007 Cash, influence and a few policy debates enliven the selection of next year's presidential contenders For a day, peace broke out among the governing New Patriotic Party's (NPP's) presidential hopefuls. It happened at a grand rally at Kosua on 2 December: this was...
Vol 48 No 24 | GHANA Who spends, wins 30th November 2007 Free-spending candidates and their business backers dominate the governing New Patriotic Party's choice of a new leader The race to pick the New Patriotic Party's next presidential candidate is turning nasty, as millions of cedis are spent on the primary election campaigns and arguments over...