Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Voters in Ghana elected the country's first woman vice president, Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang, in early December 2024. Voters also ...

ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Voting closed Saturday evening in most polling centers throughout Ghana, bringing to an end the presidential and legislative elections poised to be a litmus test for democracy in a ...

Ghana heads into a high-stakes election in December with voters facing a choice between the ruling New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Mahamudu Bawumia and the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) ...

The United States has announced new visa restrictions aimed at Ghanaians found culpable of undermining democracy in the lead-up to the Ghana elections, marking the first time such a restriction is ...

Supporters of opposition candidate and former President John Dramani Mahama celebrate his victory after his opponent conceded in Accra, Ghana, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) (Jerome ...

ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Ghana’s Supreme Court restored the ruling party’s majority in the parliament on Tuesday ahead of the Dec. 7 election, with an order that the speaker’s declaration of four seats as ...

A pivotal event marking the conclusion of the “Year of Democracy” — the largest election year in human history — was Ghana's election, held from December 7 to December 9, 2024. This historic election ...

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On December 7, Ghana held its presidential and parliamentary elections as mandated by the 1992 Constitution, which requires national elections to be conducted every four years. While Ghana is ...

Since Ghana returned to democracy in 1992, the country has held nine consecutive elections In all these elections ethnicity and religion have played a role, even though the country’s constitution bars ...

ACCRA, Ghana — Ghana’s former leader John Dramani Mahama was declared the winner of the presidential election on Monday and pledged a “a life of limitless opportunity” for citizens after voters vented ...