Vol 40 No 21 | GHANA Saudi white knight 22nd October 1999 A three-headed battle for control of Ghana's flagship Ashanti Goldfields Corporation began after its board declared on 28 September that it couldn't meet potential liabilities of US$450 million...
Vol 40 No 14 | GHANA Privatising politics 9th July 1999 Britain's Department of International Development is at the centre of a political row after cancelling a contract with consultants linked to the opposition Reform Movement. The consultants, United...
Vol 40 No 11 | GHANA Reforming the reformers 28th May 1999 Schisms are growing in the ruling NDC - much to the delight of the opposition Jerry John Rawlings' ruling National Democratic Congress is frenetically purging party ranks and has launched a full-frontal assault on a group of dissident NDC politicians known as...
Vol 40 No 1 | GHANA Medical advice 8th January 1999 Suffering from one of his recurrent bouts of malaria and against medical advice, President Jerry John Rawlings insisted on personally addressing, inter alia, the armed forces, the security...
Vol 39 No 23 | GHANA Who comes next? 20th November 1998 The parties are fighting internally - before fighting each other The election season has come early. National elections are two years away but the two main parties - the ruling National Democratic Congress and the opposition New Patriotic...
Vol 39 No 9 | GHANA Long shot 1st May 1998 An astute change of strategy by President Jerry Rawlings to secure victory for his National Democratic Congress in the 2000 elections owes something to American history. The plan...
Vol 39 No 3 | GHANA Finding flagbearers 6th February 1998 Two years before the next election and amid more economic problems, the parties are agonising over their presidential candidates The best chance for the ruling National Democratic Congress to win the election in 2000 would be to find a way to put up incumbent President Jerry John...
Vol 39 No 2 | GHANA Zero tolerance 23rd January 1998 Hardline policing and economic pressures presage a tense political year Car thefts at gun-point, a high-speed chase through the streets of Accra on a hot Sunday afternoon, live commentary on the car-chase on local radio, a track-suited President...
Vol 38 No 19 | GHANA Not so accountable 26th September 1997 The accounts are confused and people are saying so more loudly President Jerry John Rawlings' government is increasingly coming under public attack after a spate of financial controversies. Ghana's longest-serving cabinet minister, Attorney General and Justice Minister Obed Asamoah,...
Vol 38 No 9 | GHANA Old wines, new bottles 25th April 1997 Too long in the making, the new cabinet now faces constitutional and political challenges After three months of indecision and wrangling, President Jerry Rawlings has still not produced a full cabinet list. Since his inauguration on 7 January for a second elected...