The View from Accra:

What: The Aspen Security Forum hosts a live conversation with Nana Akufo-Addo, the President of Ghana, and Dr. Jendayi Frazer of Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. They will discuss Ghana’s top national security and foreign policy priorities in 2021 including COVID relief and economic recovery, foreign investment in Ghana, terrorism and counterterrorism in the Sahel and West Africa, and piracy in the Gulf of Guinea.

When: Wednesday, June 9, 12:00pm ET / 4:00pm GMT

Who:

• Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana
• Dr. Jendayi Frazer (Moderator), Jendayi Frazer, Hoover Institution Duignan Distinguished Visiting Fellow and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs.

RSVP: Register to watch on Zoom: https://aspeninst.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SeuWn32aRUaLq6JeRmR5Bw. Please credit the Aspen Institute in any coverage. Reporters with questions or those interested in broadcasting clips from this interview, please contact Ben Berliner: ben.berliner@aspeninstitute.org. Join the conversation on social media with #AspenSecurity and follow the event on Twitter @AspenSecurity.

More Information: https://www.aspeninstitute.org/events/the-view-from-accra-a-live-conversation-with-president-of-ghana-nana-akufo-addo/

This event is part of the ongoing Global Leaders Series, which convenes sitting heads of state, government, and cabinet-level ministers from around the world for high-level, one-on-one conversations about their most pressing foreign policy and national security challenges.

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