The huge crowd disrupted traffic along some of the city’s busiest routes, including the road leading to Jubilee House, the seat of the government.
A clash with the police on the first day of the protest left people with injuries and over two dozen arrested. The police fired tear gas, a water cannon and live rounds to disperse the protestors.
In #Ghana, hundreds participated in the two-day protest led by local lobby group #AriseGhana. The protesters are up in arms about Ghana’s spiraling inflation. Today, I measure inflation in Ghana at a stunning 49.35%/yr. Take a look at the protest:pic.twitter.com/hnS2UyD7O8
— Steve Hanke (@steve_hanke) July 1, 2022
The demonstration was organised by Arise Ghana, a new pressure group that, until last month, no one had heard of.
So how did this unknown group pull off one of the biggest anti-government protests in the last five years?
Who is Arise Ghana?
According to Bernard Mornah, an activist in the People’s National Congress (PNC), the pressure group was launched in April and has strong ties with the main opposition party, National Democratic Congress (NDC).
Weeks before the scheduled protest in Accra, pro-NDC social media accounts began pushing a hashtag to
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