(AU Monitor)--The Centre for Citizens’ Participation in the African Union (CCP-AU), in collaboration with many of its partners, organised, at Beshale Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 5 and 6 June 2009, the Fifth Citizens’ Continental Conference on the 13th African Union summit themed ‘Investing in Agriculture for Economic Growth and Food Security’.
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(Asare Otchere-Darko)--Abstract
This article argues that in the excitement surrounding President Obama’s July visit to Ghana, what has been missing is an analysis of what is in it for the United States, an understanding of which is crucial for Ghana if it is to capitalise on the immense opportunity provided by this trip. Highlighting the significance of the deepwater oil find in 2007, the article sets out why Ghana is now the subject of strategic U.S. energy and military interests which, as far as the Obama administration is concerned, has raised the stakes considerably in Ghana–United States relations.
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