Tagged: Ghana
Asari Ndem
Former Ghanaian President Nominated to Contest in 2020
Ghana’s main opposition party, the National Democratic Congress, has nominated ex President John Mahama to contest in the country’s presidential election scheduled for next year. This will be the third consecutive time Mahama and President Nana Akufo-Addo meet at the polls. Last month, the Electoral Commission of Ghana announced that the NDC chose 60-year-old Mahama, […]
Conrad Omodiagbe
Ghanaian Opposition Backs Out of By-Election over Shooting
A major party in the Ghanaian political sphere, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has removed its candidate from Accra’s Ayawaso West Wuogun district by-election. This follows two shooting incidents involving their candidate and six members of the party at a polling station on Thursday. Addressing pressmen and members of the public via Joy News in the […]
Staff Writer
Speaker Advocates for West African Electoral Commission
The Ghanaian Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Oquaye, is calling for the establishment of a West African Electoral Commission to oversee elections in the sub-region, supervised by the Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS). According to him, if the region was able to collaborate in establishing a military force such as ECOMOG to deal […]
Samson Itodo
Six things Nigeria can learn from Ghana’s elections
One month after the wind of change blew across West Africa’s poster child of democracy, Ghana’s newly elected President, Nana Akufo-Addo was sworn into office in an atmosphere of jubilation and elegance. It is not surprising that the wave of change that blew across Nigeria and Gambia was also experienced in Ghana. The opposition party defeated the incumbent in what was […]
Mercy Abang
Young Ghanaians were the biggest winners in the nation’s election
Civic Journalism, especially in Africa where the media is largely controlled by owners or gagged by patronage from state actors, has continued to play a crucial role during elections in the modern world.. Citizen journalists have become important social actors within the scheme of social, cultural and political engagements, especially employing online resources to disseminate […]
The Election Network
Nana Akufo-Addo is the President Elect of Ghana; Incumbent Concedes
Ghana’s main opposition Leader, Nana Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has won the 2016 presidential elections defeating incumbent John Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). The Electoral Commission officially declared Akufo-Addo, 74, the winner of the presidential elections with 53.85% of the votes, while Mr Mahama took 44.40%. This follows a grueling two […]
