Last updated: 15 december, 2010 - 14:12 GMT

Ghana taps into black gold

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Ghana today officially joins the league of oil producing countries.

President John Atta Mills is to turn a symbolic key on board a floating production platform in the Jubilee Oil Field off the coast of Ghana's Western Region.

The BBC's David Amanor looks at the expectations and concerns of Ghanaians.

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