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Nana Akufo-Addo

the decision to pay first and second

Should the president's wife be paid? It is this issue that is upsetting Ghana right now. Parliament recently adopted an amendment allowing President Akufo-Addos and his Vice-President's wife to receive compensation, but as the country is in the midst of an economic crisis and protests erupted last week, the measure goes wrong with the people.…

What position will ECOWAS take before

Given the situation in Bamako, what position will ECOWAS take? We found out on Friday 28 May that the Heads of State of West African Society had a time on Sunday in Accra for a summit dedicated to the Malian background. In the various chancellors who are contacted within the sub-region, we do not hide fatigue and strong…

Chad: The president of Ghana needs

The plain scarcity of antiquated vaccines in Africa, the CFA franc dispute, the terrorist risk in Ghana, the navy transition in Chad. On these present matters, the top of state in Ghana provides an unique interview to RFI and France. Nana Akufo-Addo urges Africans to wake as much as Covid-19. If there's a "vaccine apartheid",…

Nana Akufo-Addo, President at all costs

Outgoing President Nana Akufo-Addo, a former human rights lawyer who became head of state known for his diplomacy, barely won the presidential election on Monday, December 7, against his lifelong rival, John Mahama. From our Accra correspondent,The man has a gracious face and still wears small round Harry Potter glasses. He…

the opposition does not accept Nana Akufu-Addo’s victory

According to preliminary results announced by the Electoral Commission on Wednesday night, Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo was re-elected after an extremely close vote. His historic rival John Mahama has not yet spoken. An elected official from his party announced late in the evening that the opposition rejected the results and planned to appeal the election commission's decision.…

Nana Akufo-Addo was re-elected with 51.59% of the vote

The outgoing Ghanaian president Nana Akufo-Addo was re-elected in the first round, according to preliminary results announced on Wednesday night in Accra by the election commission. The head of state won against his rival John Dramani Mahama with 51.59% of the vote against 47.63%. Nana Akufo-Addo was re-elected on Wednesday,…

a mature African democracy tested by the polls

Ghanaians will vote on Monday, December 7, for a double vote in the presidential election and legislation. Observers expect a duel between outgoing President Nana Akufo-Addo and his predecessor and rival, John Mahama. This will be the first election since Jerry Rawling's death in November last year. From our Accra correspondent,It is a symbolic image a few days…

Elections in Ghana: Christopher Fomunyoh (NDI) praises “a really nicely thought out electoral system”

On Monday, December 7, 17 million Ghanaian voters might be known as to the polls to elect their new president and their deputies. This English-speaking West African nation is among the many good college students in a area in full swing, a rumor that Monday's survey must be consolidated, Christopher Fomunyoh believes. He's the regional director with duty for Africa for the American NGO Nationwide Democratic Institute, which examines political rights and freedoms. He's current in Accra as a world observer and solutions…

Elections in Ghana: an vital check for democratic consolidation

It's debated with Wathi, as each Saturday at RFI with Gilles Yabi. After Guinea, Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso, the place outgoing President Marc-Christian Kaboré has simply been re-elected within the first spherical and with out a disaster after the election, it's Ghana's flip to prepare presidential and legislative elections…

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