Government:

Ghana practice a multiparty parliamentary democracy based on a constitution. The Fourth Republican constitution, accepted by refendum and came into force in 1992, provides for a unitary state governed by a president (and cabinet ministers) and a unicameral National Assembly. The presidency has a four year term and an incumbent can serve a maximum of two years. The Parliament has 230 seats and is elected for a four year term.

The Supreme Court headed by the Chief Justice at the apex of the Judiciary constitutes the third arm of Government in Ghana . The legal system is based on common English law, where the courts are bound to develop the notions of fairness to an individual. The constitution also makes provision for continued recognition of traditional Chiefs and customary laws.

Local Government: A decentralized central government administration has been fostered at local government level where there are 10 regional co-coordinating councils, 110 metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies which serve to involve grassroots participation in the formation and implementation of government policies and general development of their area of jurisdiction.

Head of State:

President John Agyekum Kufuor since 2000.

Internet:

Getting on-line in Ghana is no problem at all. There are internet cafes located on almost every street corner most of them have broad band connectivity. However, the most frequented is the centrally located Busy Internet Café (Busy).

Post:

Officially, mail to Europe shouldn't take more than 6 days, but give a grace period of two weeks.

Media:

Newspapers:Daily and weekly newspapers are available in English. They include the Daily Graphic , The Ghanaian Times (both daily), Business and Financial Times , Showbiz, The Mirror and Weekly Spectator (all weekly).

Radio
Ghana has over 20 FM stations. Included are
BBC 101.3
VOA 98.1
RFI 89.5
Joy FM 99.7
Atlantis Radio 89.7
Citi FM 97.3
DW-Radio