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Ghana’s descent into debt distress in 2022 was preceded by years of warning signs that were visible but were not sufficiently reflected in assessments of how quickly the economy could tip into crisis, a new policy paper by former First Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Maxwell Opoku-Afari, has argued.

Chairman of PSB Bank Petr Fradkov in an interview with RBC discusses what is happening in one of the most closed sectors of the economy — cross-border payments and how the A7 international payment system operates, which essentially lacks international payments.   “This is essentially a tool of ‘new warfare’”

Much of the public argument over the gold programme has been conducted in the wrong currency. The figure everyone quotes, a loss of over US$1.7 billion or about GHS 22 billion under the Domestic Gold Purchase Programme, is an accounting number.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Maria Zakharova, told a briefing held on August 20, 2026, that "a substantial package of intergovernmental documents and commercial contracts is planned to be signed during the Russia-Africa summit, scheduled for October."

The doctrine of separate legal personality, established in 'Salomon v. Salomon & Co Ltd.' [1897], affirms that a company is a distinct legal entity - thus shielding individuals from personal liability.

For generations, gold has been the undisputed bedrock of Ghana’s identity,