Government statistician Samuel Kobina Annim told a news conference that the latest decline was the result of a fall in both food and non-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 in July, as its official creditors confirmed the proposed debt rework was not overly favourable to bondholders.

--Reuters--