Introduction
When Captain Ibrahim Traore, President of Burkina Faso, was cheerfully celebrated by young people at Ghana’s Presidential swearing-in ceremony, it revealed more than mere admiration: a wave of influence in the region calling for change. Only, these changes are tilting towards an authoritarian option, capitalised on military rule. The Republic of Ghana is navigating a critical period of geopolitical and internal tensions, during which the long-term integrity of its democratic institutions is being systematically tested. The primary problem lies in the expansion of coordinated information operations that leverage legitimate domestic grievances to promote authoritarian alternatives to constitutional governance. As economic pressures mount and regional instability in the Sahel increases, the national infosphere has become a primary front for external state actors seeking to erode institutional trust. This assessment investigates how digital platforms are being used to transform local dissent into an anti-democratic narrative, potentially destabilising the Fourth Republic.
