Tag: democracy

Renowned legal scholar and Democracy and Development Fellow at CDD-Ghana, Professor Stephen Kwaku Asare, has challenged the recurring argument that Ghana’s four-year presidential term is too short for meaningful governance.  ...

President John Dramani Mahama has called on world leaders, global institutions, and civil society to make deliberate and sustained investments in independent journalism, stressing that the survival of democracy depends ...

At a solemn ceremony at the Jubilee House, President John Dramani Mahama delivered a deeply reflective and inspiring address during the swearing-in of newly appointed High Court judges, urging them ...

Emeritus professor of economics and former vice chancellor of the University of Ghana, Professor Ernest Aryeetey, has asserted the inaccuracy of the widely held view that democracy has failed African ...

CDD-Ghana Fellow and renowned legal scholar Professor Stephen Kwaku Asare has sounded an alarm over what he described as the growing emptiness and transactional nature of Ghana’s internal party elections, ...

Professor Stephen Kwaku Asare, a renowned legal scholar and CDD-Ghana Fellow, has strongly criticized the New Patriotic Party's demand for its presidential aspirants to pay GHS 4 million as “Development ...

The global democratic order is facing a crisis not seen in decades. According to the 2025 Democracy Report from the University of Gothenburg’s Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute, autocracies now ...

The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana has announced plans to conduct nationwide by-elections on Tuesday, November 11, 2025, to fill vacant Assembly and Unit Committee seats across various Electoral Areas ...

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has extended warm congratulations to the Government and people of Botswana as the nation marks its 59th Independence ...

President John Dramani Mahama has emphasized the critical importance of protecting democracy in Ghana and throughout Africa. Addressing an audience of political leaders, civil society groups, and international stakeholders at ...