Ghana At a Critical Juncture – Rebuilding Public Trust Starts With Tackling Threats, Gaps in Security Sector

Ghana is at a critical point in its political trajectory. These are the targeted reforms the new administration needs to prepare for to halt further deterioration.

Ghana’s new president, John Mahama, took over this month from Nana Akufo-Addo following the December 2024 elections. Rising poverty and high living costs were major campaign issues – fallouts of an economic crisis that drove the country into an International Monetary Fund bailout in 2022.

Illegal mining (galamsey) was also a hot