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...
Vol 48 No 24 | GHANA The cedi and pesewa vote 30th November 2007 For many Ghanaians, the economics of the elections are more important than the politics. Most of the responsibility for these matters falls on the shoulders of the effervescent...
Vol 48 No 21 | GHANA Bond bonanza 19th October 2007 Fresh from celebrating their successful floating of a US$750 million Eurobond last month, President John Kufuor and Finance Minister Kwadwo Baah Wiredu face growing scrutiny over the government's...
Vol 48 No 15 | GHANA Everyone's in the race 20th July 2007 Would-be presidential candidates crop up everywhere, with pots of money and hopes of oil The race for Ghana's presidency is heating up at last after eight ministers and presidential hopefuls walked out of President John Agyekum Kufuor's government on 6 July. They...
Vol 48 No 15 | GHANA Ministerial and musical chairs 20th July 2007 Promotions, demotions and sideways shuffles Who's where in the government reshuffle?
Vol 48 No 11 | GHANA Banished ballots 25th May 2007 The debate over exiles having the right to vote combines with power-cuts to bring the opposition out on the streets The main opposition party, the National Democratic Congress, has threatened to reject the results of the December 2008 elections if Ghanaians living abroad are allowed to vote. NDC...