General • 20 Apr 2025 What the opioids boom in Ghana says about the cocaine circus It is exactly two months ago that the BBC dropped a bombshell documentary about dangerous opioids flooding some West African countries like Ghana. What was bizarre about the video was the involvement of otherwise respectable companies in what is essentially a trade in poisons. I was led to conclude that... read more
General • 19 Apr 2025 Ghana provides a lesson in how not to nationalise a gold mine The press release containing the government of Ghana’s decision not to renew Gold Fields’ license for the Damang mine had a revolutionary tinge to it. Gold Fields’ is Ghana’s third and the world’s seventh largest gold producer, a big player by all standards. The government described as “colonial” the current... read more
