John Dramani Mahama

Ghana
Accra nurtures its relations with Alliance of Sahel states

John Mahama chose to invite the Alliance of the Sahel States to the high-level consultative conference on regional cooperation and security, rather than Ivory Coast and Benin.

West Africa
ECOWAS military chiefs heading to Freetown to debate future of standby force

The leaders of the region's armed forces will meet in the Sierra Leone capital in the coming weeks to launch the regional anti-terrorist force. The contingents made available to ECOWAS by each army will also be announced.

Palace Intrigues
Alassane Ouattara, Mahmoud Abbas, John Dramani Mahama, Emmanuel Macron

Intrigues big and small: every Thursday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

Ivory CoastAlassane Ouattara set for private visit to France

African UnionMahmoud Abbas sends replacement to summit

GhanaJohn Dramani Mahama invites Emmanuel Macron to Accra

Ghana, South Africa
Rand Refinery hesitating over golden opportunity in Accra

The continent's leading gold refinery has signed a partnership agreement with Ghana's Gold Coast Refinery, a subsidiary of Egypt's Euroget. However, the South African group fears that by collaborating with it, it will lose its industrial mining customers in Ghana.

DRC
Tshisekedi clan favours Ghana's Margins Group for biometric ID card contract

Discussions with the Accra-based firm are said to be drawing to a conclusion. The company can count on the support of several people in President Félix Tshisekedi's inner circle to clinch the lucrative deal.

Ghana
Accra's return to the bond market takes shape

Initially planned for the end of 2025, the next issue of domestic bonds by the Ghanaian government should finally take place in the second half of 2026. This will give John Dramani Mahama's government time to win over investors and rating agencies.

Ghana
John Dramani Mahama to head security delegation in London

John Dramani Mahama is expected in London to take part in the Future Resilience Forum, accompanied in particular by his special envoy to the Alliance of Sahel States (AES).

Ghana, Ivory Coast
How Accra and Abidjan have coordinated cocoa purchase prices

The Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana Cocoa Initiative was consulted by Presidents Alassane Ouattara and John Dramani Mahama before they announced the new tariffs for cocoa farmers in their respective countries.

Ghana
Azumah Resources and Ibrahim Mahama's battle for Black Volta gold rumbles on

Australian miner Azumah lost faith in a deal to hand Ghana's Black Volta gold project to E&P, which is run by the president's brother. But Ibrahim Mahama is fighting back, touting a $100m lifeline from the ECOWAS investment bank unveiled with fanfare in Accra.

Ghana, Niger
The defeat of a protégé of the Ghanaian president lies behind SML nationalisation

In spite of support from John Dramani Mahama, Ghanaian mining entrepreneur Angela List has been ousted from the Nigerien gold company by General Abdourahamane Tchiani's junta.

Ghana
John Dramani Mahama woos London and Brussels in hope of reviving Accra Initiative

The Ghanian president's advisers have approached representatives of the EU and the UK to sound them out on their plans to revive the West African regional security organisation. But the results of this approach are still pending.