Government Statistician Samuel Kobina Annim told a news conference that the June inflation was largely driven by a decline in non-food inflation which dropped to 21.6%, enough to mute an increase in food inflation.

The cocoa, gold and oil-producing West African country is battling to emerge from an economic crisis.

It cleared a key hurdle to restructure its international bonds last week, as its official creditors confirmed the proposed debt rework was not overly favourable to bondholders.

--Reuters--