{"id":1224379,"date":"2022-10-14T11:13:39","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T11:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/14\/nana-addo-bemoans-dire-consequences-of-russia-ukraine-war-on-african-countries\/"},"modified":"2022-10-14T11:13:39","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T11:13:39","slug":"nana-addo-bemoans-dire-consequences-of-russia-ukraine-war-on-african-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/14\/nana-addo-bemoans-dire-consequences-of-russia-ukraine-war-on-african-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Nana Addo bemoans dire consequences of Russia-Ukraine war on African countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President Nana Akufo-Addo has reiterated Ghana\u2019s condemnation of Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Nana Akufo-Addo says the attacks are unnecessary and an affront to global peace.<\/p>\n<p>The President at the Asian Society of France Conference in Paris said \u201cWhatever the fates are, Ghana my country, beacon of hope and stability in Contemporary Africa, vigorously condemns Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine because, in this dependent world, the consequences of this affect the lives of the millions of my fellow Africans.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"jeg_post_title\"><strong>\u2018Bombs from Russia-Ukraine war hitting our pockets in Ghana\u2019 \u2013 Akufo-Addo<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>\u201cThe <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>terrible events in Ukraine<\/strong><\/span> have a direct impact on our lives here in Ghana,\u201d Nana Akufo-Addo has said.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana\u2019s economy is going through turbulent times as it is plagued with a number of challenges, including rising inflation and the rising cost of fuel.<\/p>\n<p>The country\u2019s currency is also suffering a depreciation, especially against the US dollar, while the public debt level has attained an unsustainable level.<\/p>\n<p>The Akufo-Addo administration has blamed Ghana\u2019s economic meltdown on a multiplicity of factors, including the Covid-19 pandemic and Russia\u2019s recent invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"8B-PcaPKTSE\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"EDITORIAL: The Russian invasion of Ukraine; A troubled history, an uncertain future\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8B-PcaPKTSE?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Nana Akufo-Addo has reiterated Ghana\u2019s condemnation of Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. Nana Akufo-Addo says the attacks are unnecessary and an affront to global peace. The President at the Asian Society of France Conference in Paris said \u201cWhatever the fates are, Ghana my country, beacon of hope and stability in Contemporary Africa, vigorously condemns Russia\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1224381,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[187],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1224379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1224379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1224379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1224379\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1224379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1224379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1224379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}