Ghana's Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia announced a "new policy regime" in which the African country will use gold, instead of the US dollar, to pay for its oil imports.Luc Gnago/Reuters Ghana's government is planning to use gold to pay for oil instead of shelling out US dollars. The move is expected to reduce the "persistent depreciation" of the cedi, the Ghanaian currency. As of end-September, Ghana's forex reserves were just enough to cover 3 months worth of imports. Ghana's government is planning to go back to a barter system of trade.In order to protect the country's fast-dwindling foreign currency reserves, Ghana wants to pay for oil with gold instead of shelling out precious US dollars, Mahamudu Bawumia, the country's vice president said Thursday.

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