Covid, caro energia e politiche monetarie occidentali restrittive hanno spinto al default uno dei Paesi africani più stabili. Altri emergenti sono a rischio.
Focus su un Paese virtuoso a Sud del Sahara, sul fronte economico e politico. Tre, tuttavia, le fonti di incertezza per il futuro: pandemia, debito e petrolio.
On December 7, 2020, incumbent President Nana Akufo-Addo, 76, of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) faces challenger and former President John Dramani Mahama, 61, of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). This is the third time in a row the two will be pitted against each other, in what has been a series of closely contested races. In 2012, Mahama narrowly defeated Akufo-Addo in the 2012 presidential race, winning 50.7 percent of the vote.
Musings on the emergence of a virus in Wuhan, China and concerns of its spread at US borders by tourists and Americans returning mainly from China were the earliest pointers in the news on the roots of Ghana’s knowledge of the COVID-19 pandemic. Initially, it looked like a distant reality for the African and Ghanaian context. As the virus made inroads into Europe and other continents and countries within them, the reality of the potential challenges of this health problem became apparent.