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Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo

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


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An early challenge for President Mahama

Tackling illegal mining threatens to be an early and potentially intractable problem for President John Mahama who was reelected in December eight years after being ousted by the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo (AC Vol 65 No 25 Mahama lacks time to turn his promised reset into reality)...

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Mahama may struggle to walk the talk

As part of Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) Mahama has set up a high-powered five-member committee to investigate suspected corruption under Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's administration...

He and the NDC have accused outgoing President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of packing the Supreme Court...

Update 13 January 2025 On 6th January outgoing President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo dismissed the petition seeking the removal of Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo...

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Mahama leads a decisive NDC comeback

Bawumia had wanted to secure a third consecutive victory for the NPP following President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's eight-year tenure (AC Vol 65 No 24 Bawumia tries to defy economic gravity)...


Macron tilts to Anglophone Africa after Sahelian exits

Two weeks earlier at a grand ceremony in Paris President Macron awarded Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo the Grand Officier de la Légion d'Honneur title for contributions to diplomacy democratic governance and international cooperation...


Bawumia tries to defy economic gravity

Using the slogan ‘Breaking the Eight' Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia is vying to succeed President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in an ambitious bid to win a third consecutive national election for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP)...

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Debt and inflation drag Bawumia down

But compared to a year ago when growth was stagnant inflation rampant and debt restructuring beset by uncertainty President Nana Addo Akufo-Addo his chosen successor and NPP presidential candidate Bawumia finance minister Mohammed Amin Adam and central bank governor Ernest Addison have more ammunition to counter their critics (AC Vol 65 No 14 Government pushes better economy story to swing election back to Bawumia)...


Accra jumps through more debt hoops

Compared with a year ago President Nana Akufo-Addo's New Patriotic Party (NPP) and its presidential candidate Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia can point to significant if delayed progress on Ghana's multi-pronged debt restructuring...


The gold rush that poisons politics

Vanguard shelvedNana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of the NPP promised to ‘put [his] presidency on the line' to stop galamsey (AC Vol 58 No 1 New order tackles old debts)...

He was part of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Small-Scale Mining set up by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to crack down on illegal mining and propose reforms for the sector...


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Ouattara ups the ante on the eco

Following a joint summit in Abidjan with Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Côte d'Ivoire's President Alassane Ouattara stated: ‘I want this common currency to be available by 2026 at the latest...

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