With little prompting, Ghanaian officials reel off the initiatives that have turned the economy around.

Security measures were supposed to have been heightened after those attacks, Ghanaian officials said.

Kweku's father, John Adoboli, is a former Ghanaian official at the United Nations.

As for the press center, in a country where placing even a local call can require persistence, the Ghanaian official said the visiting press would have to make do.

Five Ghanaian officials, including Yankey, who was alleged to have received £15,000, were cited by the company.

After the reports of trouble, however, Ghanaian officials relented and allowed the ship to head toward the port of Takoradi for refueling and medical assistance.

Ghanaian officials said granting entry to the passengers would encourage a rush of other Liberians seeking to flee their country's chaos by sea.

Diplomats said the renewed fighting and the intense international pressure persuaded Ghanaian officials to recall the ship and allow its passengers to debark.

Ghanaian officials say he was there from December 9 until December 24, when he flew to Lagos.

Next month, Dr. Borlaug is to return here for his third trip to meet with Ghanaian officials.