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Spotlight | Ghana
US pressure led to Akufo-Addo's green light for Oxy-Kosmos deal

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U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo at the White House on 23 September 2021.
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo at the White House on 23 September 2021. © Yuri Gripas/AbacaPress/Reuters

The US firms, whose deal had been blocked for months by the Ghanaian authorities, had to turn to US diplomats to get it over the line.

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