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Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo

Date of Birth: 29 March 1944
Place of Birth: Swalaba, Ghana


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Gold, power and the price of control

Akonta is at the centre of allegations of politically connected galamsey in protected forest reserves under the previous government led by Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo...


Who is guarding the guards?

A prime target for NDC militants is the Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng appointed by former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo whose handling of corruption charges against officials in the former government is coming under growing scrutiny...


Gold boom and tighter budgets keep Mahama’s economy on the road

After a financial meltdown and default under President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's New Patriotic Party (NPP) government the cedi has recovered in 2025: by November it had gained 35% against the United States dollar 28% against the British pound and 21% against the euro...


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Sisi hopes for debt swap deals

During a speech in Brussels earlier in October Ghana's ex-president Nana Akufo-Addo had called for the EU to support ‘a programme of ‘Debt Relief for Green Investment and Resilience' (Dispatches 6/10/25 Akufo-Addo's ‘painful' debt memories boost calls for new relief programme)...

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Constitutional battles to follow Mahama’s removal of Chief Justice

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo rejected a similar petition for the Chief Justice's removal on the eve of Mahama's inauguration in January...

Kulendi – a close associate of both Mahama and his predecessor President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo – began his legal career at Akufo-Addo's firm in Accra and is regarded in legal circles as a reform-minded figure...


Will anti-corruption politics work for John Mahama?

The global arrest alert for Ofori-Atta and the prosecution of a senior national security official have revived damaging narratives of corruption and economic mismanagement under President Nana Akufo-Addo – deepening the party's post-2024 election crisis...


Can Forson’s budget reset the economy?

Winning rousing support from the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) in parliament Forson painted a sober picture of economic conditions careful to blame many of the financial woes on the former New Patriotic Party (NPP) government under President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo...


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