Ghana extends voting to Saturday after technical hitch
ACCRA (Reuters) - Ghana extended voting in its presidential election into a second day, officials said on Friday, after a rash of technical problems prevented thousands of people in the West African...
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Ghana was on the global radar Friday as 14 million of its eligible voters trouped to the polls to elect a new president and 275 Members of Parliament. In spite of the initial apprehension that the day...
View ArticleGhana election: Counting under way in tight race
Counting is under way in Ghana's presidential and parliamentary polls. Early partial results would appear to confirm expectations of a tight race between the two main candidates - incumbent President...
View ArticleGhana presidential election extended following glitches
Ghana extended its presidential election into a second day yesterday after technical glitches led to long delays in some areas in a country seeking to further burnish its democratic credentials....
View ArticlePrez. Has Been Conspiring With Certain EC Officers To Rig The Election - NPP
The New Patriotic Party has accused the President, H.E. John Dramani Mahama, of colluding with certain electoral commission officers to rig the 2012 Presidential and Parliamentary elections. The...
View ArticleGhana polls open for 2nd day after delays force extension
ACCRA: Ghana opened polling stations for a second day on Saturday in those areas where technical glitches led to delays, forcing an extension of the west African country's general election. Electoral...
View ArticleVoting extended to Saturday for disappointed electorate
The Electoral Commission may give a window of opportunity to electorate who did not get the opportunity to cast their ballots on Friday due to technical challenges. This is according the leader of the...
View Article>As Ghana counts votes, opposition charges rigging
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — In Ghana's tight presidential election race, official results have not yet been announced but local media have tipped President John Dramani Mahama as the winner while the party of...
View ArticleAs Ghana counts votes, opposition charges rigging
Photos ACCRA, Ghana - (AP) -- In Ghana's tight presidential election race, official results have not yet been announced but local media have tipped President as the winner while the party of...
View ArticleGhana opposition cries foul in presidential race
ACCRA (Reuters) - Ghana's main opposition party said on Sunday the country's presidential election had been rigged, raising concerns of unrest in a nation seen as a bulwark of democracy in an unstable...
View ArticleGhana election: John Mahama faces Nana Akufo-Addo challenge
Ghana's electoral commission chief has told the BBC everything is ready for Friday's parliamentary and presidential elections, in a country seen as a model for democracy in Africa. Kwadwo Afari-Gyan...
View ArticleTight race in Ghana’s presidential election as votes are counted
ACCRA, Ghana — Preliminary results from Ghana’s presidential poll indicate a tight race between President John Dramani Mahama and opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo. Results published Sunday by Ghana’s...
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Contrary to fears that the contribution of Ghanaian journalists to the country’s elections this year would be close to negligible because they were not privileged to do early or special voting as has...
View ArticleNadowli-Kaleo electoral officers defy EC's 'no verification, no vote' rule
Voters in the Nadowli-Kaleo constituency in the Upper West Region are said to be casting ballots in spite of a breakdown of the verification machine. This report was confirmed by...
View ArticleGhana election: Opposition NPP alleges vote fraud
Ghana's opposition New Patriotic Party has accused the governing party of fixing the result of Friday's election. The NPP said in a statement that the National Democratic Congress conspired with...
View Article>Tight race in Ghana election as votes are counted
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Preliminary results from Ghana's presidential poll indicate a tight race between President John Dramani Mahama and opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo. Results published Sunday by...
View ArticleTight race in Ghana election as votes are counted
Photos ACCRA, Ghana - (AP) -- Preliminary results from Ghana's presidential poll indicate a tight race between President and opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo. Results published Sunday by Ghana's...
View ArticleLet people with valid IDs vote; verification or not Prez Mahama
President John Dramani Mahama has asked the Electoral Commission to allow voters with valid Voter ID cards cast their votes even if the verification machine fails to recognize them. He says it is...
View ArticleBlack Out Disrupts Collation Of Results
Kasoa and its environs Saturday night experienced intermittent power cuts as the Electoral Commission officials began to collate election results from the newly created Awutu Senya East Constituency...
View ArticleGhana has second day of voting because of technical breakdowns at some...
ACCRA, Ghana - International observers endorsed Ghana's presidential and parliamentary polls despite delays at polling stations that pushed voting into a second day Saturday. "All of Africa was...
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