The Challenge of Ghana: A Strategic Overview of the U.S.-Ghana Bilateral Relationship
Abstract
"Americans and Africans alike will benefit as we continue to work for Africa's integration into the global economy and as its vast, largely untapped market of 700 million people becomes more accessible to American exports. As America increases its share of the African market, the American jobs linked to our exports to Africa will grow far beyond the current 100,000 even as African jobs multiply and living standards are raised." Susan E. Rice, Assistant Secretary of State for Africa, Department of State, Africa at the Crossroads: The Challenge for the Future." Speech in Nairobi, Kenya, 21 November 2000. The December 28, 2000 election of British-trained lawyer and veteran opposition leader John Agekem Kufuor as Ghana s new president, is a seminal event in that country's modern history. Kufuor's election marks the first time since Ghana's independence from Great Britain in 1957 that an elected government succeeded an elected government. The free and fair election of President Kufuor further underscores the commitment of the highly politicized Ghanaian population and the government of Ghana (GOG) to the establishment of a constitutional democracy. Kufour's predecessor, the enigmatic Jerry Rawlings, surprisingly in the view of some, followed the example of Presidents Senghor of Senegal, Nyerere of Tanzania, and Kuanda of Zambia, who stepped aside voluntarily as their respective country's leader.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2001
- Accession Number
- ADA441664
Entities
People
- Margot A. Sullivan
Organizations
- National War College