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Ghana opposition warns against electoral fraud ahead of results

Dec 9, 2020 11,287

Ghana's opposition leader on Tuesday warned President Nana Akufo-Addo against any attempt to steal this week's election, as both sides claimed they were winning ahead of official results of the vote, largely deemed free and fair by…
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International

Ghana heads for two-horse presidential vote

Dec 4, 2020 15,771

Ghanaians will go to the polls on Monday in a heated contest that will revive old rivalries between incumbent President Nana Akufo-Addo and his predecessor John Mahama.
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International

West Africa leaders hope for Mali civilian transition ‘in days’

Sep 16, 2020 14,699

West African leaders said they hope to see a civilian-led transition government installed in Mali "in days" after holding talks on Tuesday with the military junta that seized power in the fragile state last month.
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International

Ghana president self-isolates despite negative virus test

Jul 5, 2020 15,787

Ghana's president has gone into self-isolation for two weeks as a precautionary measure despite testing negative for coronavirus, the government said, after one of his contacts was confirmed to have the illness.
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International

Ghana lifts lockdown after ‘enhanced testing’

Apr 20, 2020 13,586

Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo has lifted restrictions on movement in parts of the country that were under a partial lockdown and urged citizens to wear face masks.
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International

Lynched Ghana soldier to get state funeral

Jun 6, 2017 1,966

The Ghanaian soldier who was lynched by a mob after being mistaken for an armed robber will get a state burial, President Nana Akufo Addo has said.
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Opinion

What Africa needs are more NANA’s

Jan 13, 2017 296

By Nkosilathi Emmanuel Moyo Snr ‘In today’s Africa where a brotherhood of dictators and kleptocrats in charge of this continent have destroyed the great African vision left by the fathers of our land the likes of Kwame Nkrumah,Nelson…
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International

Former Ghana president John Mahama ‘refused permission’ to keep official residence

Jan 11, 2017 405

Ghana's former President John Mahama has not been given permission to stay in the house he occupied while in office, an official says.
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Politics

Tsvangirai holds ‘meetings’ with African leaders ahead of 2018 polls

Jan 9, 2017 246

Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai reportedly held a number of meetings with some of the African leaders who attended the inauguration ceremony of Ghana's new president Nana Akufo Addo over the weekend. The Movement for…
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News

‘Zim must learn from Ghana’

Jan 9, 2017 415

Our News Editor, Gift Phiri, spoke to MDC vice president Nelson Chamisa, who accompanied party president Morgan Tsvangirai to Saturday’s inauguration of Ghana’s new President Nana Akufo-Addo in Accra. Below are excerpts of the interview.…
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