🇬🇭 Ghana

40 documents · 541k words · 14 blocks · 40 fact-checked, 3 fully verified

GH-A-01

Pre-Independence Gold Coast — UGCC, CPP, and the Road to 1957

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GH-A-02

The Nkrumah Era and the First Republic (1957–1966)

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GH-B-01

The Rawlings Era — From the 4 June 1979 AFRC Junta to the 7 January 2001 Democratic Handover

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GH-B-02

Ghana's Era of Instability — Coups, the NRC/SMC, and the Road to Rawlings (1966–1981)

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GH-B-03

The Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) Rule — Rawlings's Eleven-Year Revolution and the Path to the Fourth Republic (31 December 1981 – 7 January 1993)

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GH-C-01

The Kufuor Presidency — Two NPP Terms, the Post-Rawlings Alternation, and Ghana's Lower-Middle-Income Pivot (2001–2009)

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Block A

Independence and the First Republic (1957–1966)

GH-A-01Pre-Independence Gold Coast — UGCC, CPP, and the Road to 19571844–1957Fact-checked16k w GH-A-02The Nkrumah Era and the First Republic (1957–1966)6 March 1957 – 27 April 1972Fact-checked16k w GH-A-03The 24 February 1966 Coup, the National Liberation Council, and the Brief Return to Civilian Rule (1966–1972)1965–1972Fact-checked16k w

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Military and Transition (1966–1992)

GH-B-01The Rawlings Era — From the 4 June 1979 AFRC Junta to the 7 January 2001 Democratic Handover4 June 1979 – 12 November 2020Fact-checked13k w GH-B-02Ghana's Era of Instability — Coups, the NRC/SMC, and the Road to Rawlings (1966–1981)24 February 1966 – 31 December 1981Fact-checked10k w GH-B-03The Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) Rule — Rawlings's Eleven-Year Revolution and the Path to the Fourth Republic (31 December 1981 – 7 January 1993)31 December 1981 – 7 January 1993Fact-checked17k w

Block C

Fourth Republic Founding (1992–2008)

GH-C-01The Kufuor Presidency — Two NPP Terms, the Post-Rawlings Alternation, and Ghana's Lower-Middle-Income Pivot (2001–2009)7 December 2000 – 7 January 2009Fact-checked13k w GH-C-02The Acheampong–Akuffo–Limann Era — NRC, SMC, AFRC, and the Third Republic (13 January 1972 – 31 December 1981)13 January 1972 – 31 December 1981Fact-checked13k w

Block D

Mills, Mahama, Akufo-Addo Era (2008–2024)

GH-D-01The Mills and Mahama NDC Presidencies — Alternation, the Jubilee Oil Era, the 2014 IMF Programme, and the 2016 Incumbent Defeat (2009–2017)7 January 2009 – 7 January 2017Fact-checked13k w GH-D-02The 2022 Domestic Debt Exchange Programme and the 2023 IMF Extended Credit Facility (2020–2025)January 2020 – mid-2025Fact-checked14k w GH-D-03Nana Akufo-Addo Presidency (2017–2024)7 January 2017 – 7 January 2025Verified9k w GH-D-042022 Domestic Debt Exchange and the IMF ProgrammeNovember 2022 through end-2024Verified3k w GH-D-05Akufo-Addo Year One — The 7 January 2017 Inauguration, the Free SHS Launch, the Bauxite-for-Sinohydro Decision, Planting for Food and Jobs, and the Office of the Special Prosecutor (January 2017 – January 2018)7 January 2017 – 7 January 2018Fact-checked21k w GH-D-06Mahama Year Two (January 2026 – January 2027) — Fiscal Recovery, 24-Hour Economy Implementation, and the 2028 Mid-Term Test7 January 2026 through 7 January 2027Fact-checked16k w GH-D-07Akufo-Addo Second Term 2021–2024 — Cedi Crisis, DDEP, and the Path to 2024 Defeat7 January 2021 through 7 January 2025Fact-checked18k w

Block E

Mahama Second Era (2025–)

GH-E-01The 7 December 2024 Election and the Mahama Return (2024–2025)July 2024 through mid-2025Verified7k w GH-E-02John Mahama's Second Presidency — The 24-Hour Economy, the Reset Cabinet, and the First Hundred Days of Recovery (January–April 2025)December 2024 – April 2025Fact-checked22k w GH-E-03Galamsey, the Mining Sector, and the GoldBod Architecture — Ghana's Battle Against Illegal Mining (2017–2025)2017 – 2026Fact-checked21k w GH-E-04Mahama Year One and the Mid-Term — The Fiscal Reset, the 24-Hour Economy Roll-Out, GoldBod, and the Road to 2028 (Mid-2025 – Mid-2026)2025–2026Fact-checked19k w

Block F

Foreign Policy

GH-F-01Ghanaian Foreign Policy from Nkrumah's Pan-Africanism to the ECOWAS–AES Rupture (1957–2025)6 March 1957 – 29 January 2025Fact-checked23k w GH-F-02Ghana–China Bauxite-for-Infrastructure and the Belt and Road Initiative (2017–2026)7 January 2017 – 30 April 2026Fact-checked15k w

Block G

Social Policy

GH-G-01Ghana's Social Policy — The NHIS, Free SHS, and the Welfare-State Experiment (2003–2026)2003–2026Fact-checked10k w GH-G-02Cocoa Political Economy — COCOBOD and the Farmer-State Bargain (1947–2026)1947 – 2026Fact-checked9k w GH-G-03Ghana's Power Sector — Dumsor and the IPP Debt Trap (1966–2026)22 January 1966 – 2026Fact-checked9k w

Block H

Biographies

GH-H-PRES-01Kwame Nkrumah — A Biography (1909–1972)1909 – 27 April 1972Fact-checked8k w GH-H-PRES-02Jerry John Rawlings — A Biography (1947–2020)22 June 1947 – 12 November 2020Fact-checked11k w GH-H-PRES-03John Agyekum Kufuor — A Biography (1938– )8 December 1938 – presentFact-checked16k w GH-H-PRES-04John Evans Atta Mills — A Biography (1944–2012)21 July 1944 – 24 July 2012Fact-checked14k w GH-H-PRES-05John Dramani Mahama — A Biography (1958–)29 November 1958 through the first hundred days of the second presidency and the mid-term horizonFact-checked18k w GH-H-PRES-06Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo — A Biography (1944– )29 March 1944 – presentFact-checked18k w

Block I

Institutions

GH-I-01The Ghana Electoral Commission (1992–Present)1992 – 2026Fact-checked13k w GH-I-02The Ghanaian Judiciary — The Supreme Court, Election Petitions, and the Politics of Judicial Independence (1993–2026)7 January 1993 through 10 June 2026Fact-checked10k w

Block J

Contested Legacies

GH-J-01The Rawlings Legacy — June 4, the Revolution Question, and Three Accounts of Ghana's Founding Violence (1979–2026)1979–2026Fact-checked11k w GH-J-02The Galamsey Illegal Mining Crisis — Three Accounts (2017–2026)2017 – 2026Fact-checked12k w

Block K

Key Decisions

GH-K-01The 1992 Return to Democracy — The Rawlings/PNDC Transition Decision (1990–1993)1990–1993Fact-checked12k w GH-K-02The 2017 Free SHS Decision and Its Fiscal Politics (2008–2026)2008–2026Fact-checked10k w

Block N

External Lens

GH-N-01Ghana in International Perceptions — Democracy Beacon, Adjustment Poster Child, and the Debt Cycle (1957–2026)1957–2026, weighted post-1992Fact-checked10k w

Block O

Mega Trends

GH-O-01Ghana Megatrends — The 2030s Questions2026–2040 horizon, grounded in the Fourth-Republic record with the deeper post-1957 arc for the…Fact-checked10k w GH-O-02Ghana's Democratic Alternation — The NDC–NPP Two-Party System, the Fourth Republic, and the 2024 Elections (1992–2025)1992–2025Fact-checked14k w

Block R

Reference & Canon

GH-R-01Ghana Governance Books Canon1947–presentFact-checked13k w