Ghana
West African security alliance faces uncertain future

Former prime minister of Ivory Coast, Patrick Achi, with the President of Togo, Faure Gnassingbé, President of Benin, Patrice Talon, and President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, at the Accra Initiative summit on 22 November 2022.
Former prime minister of Ivory Coast, Patrick Achi, with the President of Togo, Faure Gnassingbé, President of Benin, Patrice Talon, and President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, at the Accra Initiative summit on 22 November 2022. © Nipah Dennis/AFP
Ghana, the driving force behind the Accra Initiative since its 2017 launch, has yet to secure funding for its planned military arm despite repeated requests to Western partners. And with Ghana's elections just days away, the regional security partnership's very survival is hanging in the balance. [...]
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