THE President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, granted FRANCE 24 and RFI an interview against the backdrop of the Paris summit on the financing of African economies.
He said that he sees the jihadist terrorism that’s striking the neighbouring Sahel region as “the most important security challenge” for Ghana and the other 14 ECOWAS countries.
He also called the Covid-19 vaccine coverage a “scandal”, as less than 2 percent of vaccines administered worldwide have been in Africa.
The president of Ghana called on Western countries to make their vaccine surpluses available to African countries to remedy this “apartheid vaccine”, with Ghana having no other option at the moment. Akufo-Addo said that he feels Ghanaians have faith in the vaccine.
He believed that the West African coastal countries are clearly “a target” of jihadist groups based in the Sahel.
Despite Ghana not yet being targeted by an attack, the president believed the terrorist
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