A Fragile Peace With Democracy?
The Democracy Index, produced by the Economic Intelligence Unit, reports on the state of democracy worldwide. The index captures the state of democracy in five categories: electoral process and pluralism, functioning of government, political participation, political culture, and civil liberties. Countries are classified into one of four types of regimes – “full democracy”, “flawed democracy”, […]
The Mid-Year Budget Review – A Boost For Cocoa Farmers
The Mid-Year Fiscal Policy Review of the 2023 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of the Government of Ghana was presented to Parliament on July 31, 2023. As part of the presentation, the Honorable Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, provided an update on one of the required structural reforms of the current International Monetary Fund (IMF) […]
WAEON Condemns Arrest of Citizen Observer Groups in Zimbabwe
The West African Election Observers Network (WAEON) condemns the arrest of citizen observer groups (Election Resource Centre and Zimbabwe Election Support Network) during Zimbabwe’s general elections. It calls for the immediate and unconditional release of all persons arrested for doing their civic duty and calls on the government of Zimbabwe to respect its constitution and […]
