Ghana

The Ya-Na, overlord of the northern people of Dagbon, is said to have been abducted from his palace by men in military fatigues on 26 March and murdered (AC Vol 43 No 7). This chie...

Suddenly Ghana is in political crisis. For the last decade, the country's development of a constitutional democracy and political stability amid the turbulence of West Africa was a...

On winning the election a year ago, President John Kufuor promised Ghana a 'golden age of business.' His commitment to market economics is being sorely tested. Jerry John Rawlings,...

Ghana's privatisation efforts have so far done little more than cut the public payroll. State assets were often sold at cut price to politically connected companies operating under...

Eight months into his first term, the glister is coming off John Agyekum Kufuor's presidency. Glad-handing his New Patriotic Party government and demonising the outgoing National D...

As a row simmered over security for former President Jerry John Rawlings, President John Kufuor jetted off to speak at the African Development Bank's 29-31 May meeting in Valencia,...

No one can blame President John Agyekum Kufuor for the economic chaos he inherited on 7 January, when he took over from Jerry John Rawlings. However, plenty of Ghanaians blame his ...

After 100 days in office President John Kufuor and his New Patriotic Party have problems with corruption - mostly involving their predecessors, the National Democratic Congress. Ou...

The rest of the world congratulated Ghanaians for two well-run rounds of voting and a credible transition from one elected government to another. The New Patriotic Party's victory ...

After his chaotic inauguration ceremony on 7 January, new President John Agyekum Kufuor has earned the local sobriquet of 'Jak'. With a transition period of just eight days between...