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Ghana

Population: 33.74m
GDP: $75.30bn
Debt: 83.6% of GDP (2024)

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Changing course after an oil spill

The new government has made a U-turn on the oil field battle between Italy’s Eni and former political favourite Springfield

On 25 February, Energy Minister John Jinapor cancelled a directive by the previous New Patriotic Party government which sought to unitise two adjacent oil fields: one operated by...


Mahama’s government goes private

The new government mulls privatising its electricity and water companies as well as prisons

Cruising to power on promise-packed manifesto, John Dramani Mahama has made several radical moves in his first two months in office, but his plan to sell off the...


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An early challenge for President Mahama

A gun battle between the military and galamsey miners has resulted in seven deaths, intensifying Ghana’s illegal mining crisis

The deaths of seven galamsey miners in a shoot-out with army officers have deepened the crisis over Ghana’s illegal mining.

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Mahama lacks time to turn his promised reset into reality

Pledging a lean and accountable government, the new President says he will end nuisance taxes but keep the IMF reform programme on track

Following his victory in the 7 December presidential elections and securing a two-thirds majority in parliament, President-elect John Dramani Mahama has the executive power and the parliamentary support...


Mahama leads a decisive NDC comeback

Vice-President Bawumia concedes early to ‘preserve the peace of our country’ amid sharpening polarisation

Former President John Dramani Mahama won the 7 December presidential election decisively – defeating Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and leading the opposition National...


Debt and inflation drag Bawumia down

The green shoots of economic recovery may be coming too late for the ruling party’s electoral chances

As two credible opinion polls show the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and its presidential candidate Mahamudu Bawumia heading for defeat three weeks ahead of the national elections...


Accra jumps through more debt hoops

Bondholders have accepted a Eurobond workout, but big financing difficulties remain

With just over a month until the elections, Ghana’s government is struggling with domestic protests, strikes, and the challenge of convincing a sceptical inflation-hit electorate that the economy...


The gold rush that poisons politics

Campaigners are pressuring the vested interests profiting from galamsey mining in both parties ahead of the election

In response to growing outrage at the damage to farmland, livelihoods and the wider economy caused by galamsey mining, the government has promised to set up four specialised...


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