Behind the smiles in Washington when President John Mahama and United States Secretary of State John Kerry signed a US$500 million credit on 5 August lay growing concern about Ghana's economy...
His Vice-President John Dramani Mahama took over amid a wave of sympathy then went on to win the 2012 elections narrowly but his National Democratic Congress (NDC) government has been dragged down this year by a series of economic and political missteps...
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Although the judges confirmed John Mahama's victory in the presidential election they pointed to several areas of the electoral system that needed reform and much closer oversight...
Opposition activists like to portray President John Dramani Mahama as a kind of latter day Wizard of Oz appearing to preside over a functioning government and thriving economy when in reality there is just chaos and confusion behind the curtain...
Economic fires For the next two years President John Mahama and the National Democratic Congress government will have to spend most of their time putting out economic fires...
Vol 55 No 2 |
- ECONOMY
- AFRICA
Some believe that President John Mahama will back a crackdown on state spending over the next 18 months...
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On paper President John Mahama and his team should be cruising...
Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama told the General Assembly that jobs for young people must be prioritised in the Goals given that more than half of Africans are under 35...
Other leaders there to endorse Keïta included Nigeria's Goodluck Jonathan and Ghana's John Dramani Mahama alongside Tunisia's Interim President Moncef Marzouki and King Mohamed VI of Morocco who has been increasing his engagement with West Africa...
Power-brokers in the governing National Democratic Congress and opposition New Patriotic Party are squaring up for a fresh courtroom battle after the Supreme Court upheld President John Mahama's December election victory in a landmark decision on 29 August (AC Vol 54 No 18 The court lowers the curtain)...
That is how long Justice William Atuguba Chairman of the nine-member Supreme Court panel spent on 29 August on delivering the judges' ruling in favour of President John Mahama...