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Former Minister of Information under the PREVIOUS New Patriotic Party Administration|(NPP), Steven Asamoah Boateng, last night had his planned vacation to the U.S with his family interrupted when operatives of the Bureau of National...
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Ghana's opposition leader John Atta Mills was declared the winner of a closely fought presidential election run-off on Saturday, sweeping his party back to power after eight years. 迦納週六舉行的總統大選決選戰況激烈,最後宣布由反對黨領袖約翰.阿特.米爾斯獲勝,他的勝利也將所屬政黨,重新推上睽違八年的執政地位。 ...
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Ghana's outgoing leader John Kufuor has called for presidential terms to be extended from four years to five. In his last state of the nation address to parliament, President Kufuor said the extra year would give leaders time to complete vital industrial...
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John Atta Mills of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has won Ghana's presidential election, the electoral commission said on Saturday.
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Nana Akufo-Addo of the governing party is facing John Atta Mills of the opposition in the battle to succeed President John Kufuor. Mr Addo defeated his rival by a slender margin in the first round but not by enough to avoid the run-off. The stakes are...
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As Ghana gears up for the second round of its presidential election on Sunday, tension is growing in the camps of the two competitors even as fatigue sets in with the electorate. A run-off became necessary after no candidate in the first run December...
Foreign observers hailed the conduct of the general elections as free and fair, raising hopes a smooth transition to a new president will show Africa can break the curse of poll-related chaos after outbreaks of violence in Kenya, Zimbabwe and Nigeria.
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ACCRA: Foreign observers praised Ghana’s elections as broadly fair and transparent yesterday, and partial results put the ruling party’s presidential candidate ahead but indicated the close race may go to a run-off. Sunday’s polls to...
The President is democratic and is abiding by the rules, the people are themselves going by the rules. In other parts of the continent, the politicians decide and do not care what the people say.” But for some Ghanaians, God might have played a role...
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DR Mahama Accuses NPP, NDC of Creating Tension in the Country Accra Mail (Accra) 28 October 2008 Posted to the web 30 October 2008 Dr Edward Nasigrie Mahama, presidential candidate of People's National Convention (PNC), began a five-day campaign tour...
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