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...
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...