John Agyekum Kufuor
President

(pronounced "john AG-yeh-come KOO-foo-or")

"I am ready to be efficient, to turn the economic and social tables…around, positively, so as to get the economy and society moving progressively into advancement. I am ready to do this and, if it would mean my being unpopular, it's just unfortunate. I'm ready to be very tough, but tough for a purpose…[to get] everything moving in the right direction for Ghana as quickly as possible."

The Republic of Ghana occupies 238,540 sq km (92,100 sq mi) of territory in western Africa. The capital is Accra, located on the southern coast. Its southern boundary is the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean; to the east it is bordered by Togo; to the north by Burkina Faso; and to the west by Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast). In 2002, the population was...