Vol 49 No 17 | GHANA The high price of political phones 22nd August 2008 Political controversy has dogged Ghana Telecom since the telecom sector was deregulated in the mid-1990s under the National Democratic Congress government. Its performance under the management of Telkom...
Vol 49 No 16 | GHANA Presidents and lawyers 1st August 2008 The tortuous prosecution of a former state oil company boss raises questions about the independence of the judiciary Even his opponents concede that Tsatsu Tsikata is a gifted lawyer, whose ties with ex-President Jerry John Rawlings have kept him at the centre of Ghana's bitter political...
Vol 49 No 14 | GHANA Industrial revolution 4th July 2008 Ghana seeks partners following its 19 June purchase of Alcoa's 10% stake in the 200,000 tonne/year Volta Aluminum Company (Valco) smelter, mothballed since March 2007. The statal Volta...
Vol 49 No 12 | GHANA Paying the price 6th June 2008 Economic troubles damage the governing party’s electoral chances in one of Africa’s most stable democracies President John Agyekum Kufuor’s government faces new problems, both political and economic, as it prepares for national elections in December, when the President will step down. Rising world...
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...