Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama said on Wednesday he was not concerned about Russian security assistance in the Sahel and that anyone committed to fighting terrorism is welcome in the region.
“My opinion on this is that anybody who is committed to the fight against terrorism is welcome,” Mahama said at the Financial Times Africa Summit in London.
On the deployment of a West African standby force to tackle insecurity, Mahama said the delay in deploying it was due to the lack of a UN resolution to help provide the finance needed.
Mahama also said that Ghana is aiming to ban exports of raw materials by 2030 in order to increase value added from critical minerals, specifically citing lithium, manganese, bauxite and gold.
He said 70% of Ghana’s gold is currently being refined in Ghana before export, and said he was “sure that soon we refine 100% of gold”.
On cocoa, Mahama said he aiming
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