Calls for Ghana President's Resignation Over Economic Crisis

More than 1,000 protesters marched through Ghana's capital Accra on Saturday, calling for the resignation of President Nana Akufo-Addo amid an economic crisis that has hammered the cedi currency and seen fuel and food costs spiral to record levels.

Ghana, which produces gold, cocoa and oil, has seen its currency plummet by more than 40% against the dollar this year, making it one of the worst-performing currencies in a region that is suffering from the fallout from a global economic slowdown.

Clad in black and red attires, the protestors who gathered at the Obra Spot around 7am held placards with inscriptions including Ohia P3 Dede, Stop Galamsey from Flagstaff House, Protect Our Culture!!! Save Arts Centre, Protect Activists, Ghana is a Crime Scene, We Voted for Service not Opulence, and Nkrumah Never Dies.

On October 30, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in an address to the nation, said: "We are in a crisis, I do not exaggerate when I say so. I cannot find an example in history when so many malevolent forces have come together at the same time. But, as we have shown in other circumstances, we shall turn this crisis into an opportunity to resolve not just the short-term, urgent problems, but the long-term structural problems that have bedeviled our economy."