While I appreciate the notice provided that this article is sponsored, I overall find corporations writing opinion/persuasive pieces on politics, especially foreign politics, very troubling. This article, in particular, is so flagrantly trying to curry support in favor of a foreign diplomatic stance that benefits the company sponsoring the piece. They don’t try to hide it (which maybe is better, but still weird), even explicitly mentioning that the company has had a rocky relationship with the Ghanaian government. It all feels off and even shady, but could reasonably be dismissed since there is a notification of sponsorship. But, my general personal distaste for corporate-sponsored pieces aside, the fact that this article is not listed as an op-ed is strange. At least on my end, it is only marked as “politics,” not even “opinion.” Also, the framing of the self-serving body of the article as “U.S. Interests” in the headline is subtly tricky. Altogether, I am put off by this article.