DISPATCHES Vol 65 No 2 | GHANAINTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND Agreement likely on $5.4 billion debt restructure this week 11th January 2024 Finance minister claims terms offered by creditors will help unlock next tranche of credits from IMF As critical talks between ministers and official creditors (including the Paris Club and Chinese lenders) on restructuring US$5.4 billion of Ghana's external debt continue this week, a... READ FOR FREE
Vol 65 No 2 | GHANA Ofori-Atta claims big win 18th January 2024 Confirmation on 17 January of a deal between Ghana and its official bilateral creditors (Paris Club and China) to restructure payments owed on US$5.4 billion of debt, is...
Vol 65 No 1 | GHANAAFRICA IN 2024 The economy will tilt the election 4th January 2024 The ruling party's best chance of hanging on to the presidency is to engineer a boom, but that's easier said than done On 7 December, Ghanaians are due to elect a successor to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in what is shaping up to...
Vol 65 No 1 | GHANA No case for the prosecutor 15th December 2023 Widespread outcry and claims of political bias have followed the decision not to press graft charges against a former minister The decision by Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng not to prosecute former deputy Finance Minister, Charles Adu Boahen, has been widely criticised by lawyers and civil society as denting...
Vol 64 No 25 | GHANA Questions on electioneering budget 14th December 2023 The government's attempts to 'postpone austerity' could backfire as debt restructuring hits new obstacles President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's success in securing the return of enough MPs from the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) to push through the 2024 budget by 138...
DISPATCHES Vol 64 No 23 | GHANA Vice-President Bawumia wins ruling party presidential ticket 9th November 2023 With candidates chosen for two main parties, next year's election has started The victory of Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia in the ruling National Patriotic Party (NPP)'s presidential primaries on 4 November seemed assured with strong backing from the President and most... READ FOR FREE
Vol 64 No 23 | CÔTE D'IVOIREGHANA Putting a LID on cocoa 16th November 2023 Civil society groups are demanding that European Union lawmakers include a guarantee of minimum prices for cocoa producers in the latest agreement between the EU, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire...
Vol 64 No 21 | GHANA Governor in the firing line 19th October 2023 Opposition demands for Ernest Addison to resign over $5.2bn loss have exposed the politicisation of the Bank of Ghana Bank of Ghana Governor Ernest Addison reacted angrily after hundreds of protestors took to the streets of Accra on 3 October demanding that he and his two deputies...
Vol 64 No 20 | GHANA Was there a plot against the police chief? 5th October 2023 MPs probe claims of a conspiracy to remove the Inspector General of Police ahead of next year’s elections Police in Accra are on tenterhooks as they wait for a parliamentary committee to conclude its investigations into a leaked audio tape hinting at government plans to oust...
Vol 64 No 19 | GHANA Bawumia leads race for NPP ticket 21st September 2023 President Akufo-Addo is helping his deputy in the succession campaign despite growing internal dissent Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia's landslide victory in the New Patriotic Party's Special Delegates' Conference and the withdrawal of former Trade Minister, Alan Kyerematen, has put Bawumia in pole position...