Ghana

  • Sep 27, 2012
  • 7 min read

Competition grows for West Africa ports investment

West Africa's sustained high GDP growth rates through much of the last decade have led to...

West Africa
  • Sep 12, 2012
  • 2 min read

Ghana windfall tax verdict is likely in 2013

The government may consider scrapping earlier plans to implement a 10% windfall tax on mining...

Ghana
  • Aug 30, 2012
  • 6 min read

West Africa's ECOWAS struggling to repeat past success

The 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is a long way from achieving its...

West Africa
  • Aug 23, 2012
  • 5 min read

Foreign illegal miners face local discontent in Ghana

Illegal mining activities in Ghana's informal (mainly gold) extractive sector are creating...

Ghana
  • Aug 17, 2012
  • 6 min read

Ethnic tensions simmer in Ghana but are manageable

The prevailing narrative that Ghana is politically stable and democratic principles are...

Ghana
  • Aug 13, 2012
  • 7 min read

West African private media ownership curbs are easing

The long history of military dictatorship in the region has resulted in state domination of the...

West Africa
  • Aug 9, 2012
  • 6 min read

The spread of West African radical Islamism is limited

The recent rise of violent Islamist groups in Nigeria, northern Mali and Mauritania could raise...

West Africa
  • Jul 26, 2012
  • 7 min read

Mills' death complicates Ghanaian election outlook

Following the sudden death of President John Atta Mills on July 24, Ghana's political...

Ghana