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Feb
09
2024
By MAXWELL AKALAARE ADOMBILA
Presidential candidate of Ghana’s ruling party outlines main policies

Presidential candidate of Ghana’s ruling party outlines main policies

NEWS
GHANA'S Vice President Mahamadu Bawumia said he was ready to lead the nation in a campaign launch speech, pledging to revive the battered economy, fight graft, and boost the private sector if elected president in December. The 60-year-old economist was overwhelmingly voted presidential candidate of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in November, teeing up a contest with former President John Mahama. The former central banker said he was ready to be "in the driver's seat" in a speech to crowds of supporters at the University of Professional Studies in Accra. "I want to build a Ghana where we leverage…
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May
15
2023
By The African Mirror
Ghana’s main opposition party picks Mahama as 2024 presidential candidate

Ghana’s main opposition party picks Mahama as 2024 presidential candidate

NEWS
GHANA’S main opposition party, the National Democratic Congress, voted overwhelmingly to retain former president, John Mahama, as its leader for the 2024 presidential election. This is the third time Mahama will run for the top job in Ghana, one of Africa's most stable democracies. He came second to President Nana Akufo-Addo in 2016 and 2020. The upcoming presidential vote is expected to be keenly contested. No party has ever won more than two consecutive terms and the country is in the grip of the worst economic crisis in a generation, which has driven up the cost of living and caused…
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Mar
05
2021
By The African Mirror
Ghana court upholds president’s election victory

Ghana court upholds president’s election victory

NEWS
GHANA's Supreme Court yesterday upheld President Nana Akufo-Addo's election victory, rejecting a challenge by the runner-up John Mahama who had alleged irregularities in the results. Akufo-Addo was declared the winner of the December 7 vote with 51.59%, ahead of former president Mahama, who received 47.37%. Mahama alleged that votes had been added to Akufo-Addo's total in some polling stations, pushing him above the 50% threshold needed to avoid a runoff. The court said his allegations were without merit. "The petitioner did not demonstrate in any way how the alleged errors... affected the validity of the (results)," said Chief Justice Kwasi…
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Feb
13
2021
By The African Mirror
Ghana’s media need to up their game in covering the presidential election court case

Ghana’s media need to up their game in covering the presidential election court case

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GHANA, touted for its democracy and peaceful transfer of power since 1992, faced its first presidential election dispute in 2012. This was the sixth election of the country’s fourth republic. ESI THOMPSON, Assistant Professor, Indiana University Six months prior to the elections, the sitting president, John Evans Atta Mills, passed away and the vice-president, John Mahama, was sworn in as president. When the Electoral Commission declared the incumbent the winner of the presidential poll, the outcome was disputed by Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, presidential candidate of the leading opposition party, the New Patriotic Party. He petitioned the Supreme Court to…
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Dec
19
2020
By The African Mirror
Re-elected Ghana President Akufo-Addo faces hung parliament

Re-elected Ghana President Akufo-Addo faces hung parliament

NEWS
GHANA President Nana Akufo-Addo faces a hung parliament after the opposition clinched the last undeclared seat on Friday, potentially complicating his ability to implement economic measures to respond to the coronavirus pandemic. Akufo-Addo's New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) each won 137 seats, which represents a loss of dozens of NPP seats. One constituency was won by an independent candidate. Akufo-Addo won a second four-year term in the December 7 vote, narrowly defeating the NDC's presidential candidate, former president John Mahama. Mahama has said he will contest the results, which he called "fraudulent". Akufo-Addo has…
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Dec
09
2020
By The African Mirror
Ghana President Akufo-Addo’s party claims slim lead in election

Ghana President Akufo-Addo’s party claims slim lead in election

NEWS
CHRISTIAN AKORLIE GHANA’S ruling party has claimed that President Nana Akufo-Addo held a slight lead in his bid for re-election over his main rival John Mahama, according to its preliminary tally based on results from nearly nine out of ten polling stations. The election on Monday was considered a two-horse race between the incumbent Akufo-Addo and his predecessor Mahama, who offered competing plans to end an economic crisis in West Africa's second-largest economy. Ghana emerged last year from a three-year lending programme with the International Monetary Fund only for the pandemic to knock demand for its key exports of oil…
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Dec
08
2020
By The African Mirror
Ghana votes as candidates offer routes out of economic crisis

Ghana votes as candidates offer routes out of economic crisis

NEWS
CHRISTIAN AKORLIE and CHRISTOPHE VAN DER PERRE THE polls have closed and counting has started in an election that is expected to be a close race between President Nana Akufo-Addo and his main rival John Mahama, who are offering competing plans to end an economic crisis. Eyes are on the West African powerhouse to see if it can keep its standing as a bastion of democracy in an unstable region where election disputes this year have fanned fears of a slide back into authoritarianism. In the morning, a long line of voters stretched out of a polling station and down…
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Dec
07
2020
By The African Mirror
Ghana votes as candidates pitch route out of economic crisis

Ghana votes as candidates pitch route out of economic crisis

NEWS
CHRISTIAN AKORLIE GHANAIANS started voting in elections on Monday in which President Nana Akufo-Addo and his main rival, former president John Mahama, are each offering plans to help the economy rebound from its first quarterly contraction in nearly 40 years. Eyes are on the West African economic powerhouse to see if it can maintain its standing as a bastion of democracy in the unstable region where election disputes this year have fanned fears of a slide back into authoritarianism. There are 12 presidential candidates, but most voters are likely to choose between Akufo-Addo and his New Patriotic Party, and Mahama's…
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Dec
04
2020
By The African Mirror
The main contenders in Ghana’s presidential election

The main contenders in Ghana’s presidential election

NEWS
GHANA holds a presidential election on December  7 in what is expected to be a two-horse race between the incumbent, President Nana Akufo-Addo, and the leader of the main opposition party, former president John Mahama. Below are details about the two main candidates: NANA AKUFO-ADDO, NEW PATRIOTIC PARTY The 76-year-old is running against Mahama for the third time, after defeating him in the 2016 race for the presidency. Critics say Akufo-Addo, whose late father was also president before being ousted in a 1972 coup, has failed to make good on campaign promises such as a pledge to bring a factory…
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