African Elections Project (Accra)
8 December 2008
Reports from the African Elections Project reflect rising tension between the two major parties over the slow release of certified results from Sunday's parliamentary and presidential elections.
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African Elections Project (Accra)
7 December 2008
A compilation of reports from the Ghana page of the African Elections Project.
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Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (Accra)
7 December 2008
The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) had deployed approximately 4,000 non-partisan local observers throughout the country. This mid-day situational report is based on reports CODEO had received from Rapid Response Reporters located at nearly 1,000 polling stations in all of Ghana's 230 constituencies. These observers are deployed to a representative random sample of ...
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This Day (Lagos)
7 December 2008
Nigeria's sister West African country, Ghana votes today to elect its fifth president. Even though eight presidential candidates are contesting the election, the race is widely seen as a straight battle between former Foreign Minister, Nana Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the candidate of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and former Vice-President under ex-President John Jerry Rawlings, Professor John Evans ...
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This Day (Lagos)
8 December 2008
Piecemeal announcement of provisional results from some polling centres by Ghanaian television and radio stations showed the opposition National Democratic Party (NDC) taking the lead in yesterday's presidential election.
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A Moment Of Truth For Kenya And Africa by Peter E Adotey Addo .
The violence that rocked the world Reached horrific levels resulting everywhere With loss of children, women, and men for days Burned in a church as they were seeking sanctuary And sanctuary was denied In flames by mobs infuriated by votes. The innocent victims faced their rage Seeking help from locked doors and homes ending As charred bodies and trash in the once silent streets No water from kinfolks and no food from neighbors With nothing gained to be sure. Only we can save ourselves from this rage
Dedicated to those who lost their lives in the post Election Riots, Jan .2008