Rumors Of Cocaine Money Taint Ghana Vote

As Ghanaians prepare to go to the polls this weekend to choose a new president, there are concerns that the enormous and growing quantities of cocaine trafficked through the country pose a threat to one of Africa's rare success stories.

The sweltering, coastal West African state has, since the 1990s, been an oasis of stability in a notoriously volatile region. While its neighbors suffered civil wars and unrest, Ghana replaced military rule with multiparty democracy, and its economy -- based largely on the export of gold and cocoa -- has been growing steadily in recent years, at around 6 percent annually.

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