April 16

• Ghana: Supreme Court Begins Hearing Election Petition Today

  The Supreme Court will today, 16th April, begin sitting on the election petition brought before it by the flag bearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party, challenging the outcome... Read more »

April 02

• Ghana: Supreme Court Sets April 16 for Sitting On Election Petition

  The Supreme Court of Ghana hearing the election petition brought by three leading members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has set 16th April 2013 to begin sitting. Read more »

February 06

• Ghana: Electoral Commission Ordered to Provide Details For Overseas Voters

  The Supreme Court by a unanimous decision has granted the request of the petitioners; for the Electoral Commission (EC) to provide them with details of the names and addresses of... Read more »

January 30

• Ghana: Election Petition - How Many Voted Abroad - Petitioners Ask EC

  The New Patriotic Party (NPP) petitioners challenging the results declared in the 2012 presidential election have filed an application at the Supreme Court seeking an order... Read more »

January 23

• Ghana: Opposition Refuses Request on Poll 'Irregularities'

  Nana Akufo-Addo, the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the 2012 general election, has opposed the request by the Electoral Commission (EC) for further... Read more »

January 21

• Ghana: Ministerial Vetting Starts On Thursday

  The Appointment Committee of Parliament will on 24th and 25th January vet six of President John Mahama's nominees for ministerial appointments. Read more »

January 16

• Ghana: Consider Nominating Women for the Vacant Akatsi South and Buem Seats - Omanhen

  An appeal has been made for the indigenes of Akatsi South and Buem to consider reserving their vacant parliamentary seats for only women to contest. Read more »

January 14

• Ghana: Mahama to Call 4,600 Witnesses

  President John Dramani Mahama has filed his response to a petition by three personalities of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) challenging his election as President in the December 7,... Read more »

January 11

• Ghana: NPP Lawyers to Meet to Consider Options

  Lawyers representing the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) Presidential candidate, Nana Akufo-Addo and two other plaintiffs in court will be meeting later today, Friday to consider their... Read more »

January 10

• Ghana: Opposition Challenges Ghana's Poll Result in Court

  The Supreme Court will this morning hear the preliminary joinder motion filed by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) seeking to join the petition by the presidential candidate... Read more »

January 09

• Ghana: Profile of New Chief of Staff, Mr. Prosper Bani

  Born on September 17, 1958, Mr. Prosper Bani is Ghana's newly appointed Chief of Staff at the Presidency. Read more »

January 08

• Ghana: EC Finally Responds to NPP's Petition

  The Electoral Commission has responded to the petition filed by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Supreme Court. Read more »

• Ghana: Parliament Elects New Speaker

  The three-term Member of Parliament (MP) for Avenor-Ave Constituency and immediate-past MP for Akatsi South Constituency Edward Doe Adjaho is the newly elected Speaker for the... Read more »

• Ghana: Court Bars Opposition Youth Protest

  The Accra Circuit Court Monday ordered the members of the Young Patriots of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to refrain from carrying out their intended demonstration scheduled for... Read more »

January 07

• Ghana: President John Mahama's Inaugural Address [document]

  Inaugural address by President John Dramani Mahama on the occasion of his swearing-in as president of the Republic of Ghana: Read more »

• Ghana: Profile of Ghana's Fourth President John Dramani Mahama

  John Dramani Mahama was this morning sworn-in at the Independence Square in Accra and incidentally is also the fourth "John," to ascend the high office of the President. Read more »

• Ghana: Mahama Takes Office After Election Win

  President-elect John Dramani Mahama will assume office today, Monday January 7, 2013 as the fourth President of the Fourth Republic of Ghana. Read more »

• Ghana: President Mahama Assumes Office Today

  President-elect John Dramani Mahama will assume office today, Monday January 7, 2013 as the fourth President of the Fourth Republic of Ghana. Read more »

• Ghana: New Parliament Commences

  Mr Edward Doe Adjaho has been sworn in as the Speaker of the Sixth Parliament of the Fourth Republic by the Chief Justice, Georgina Theodora Wood. Read more »

• Ghana: Top Guests Arrive for Inauguration

  High-powered delegations from around the world are arriving in the country to attend the swearing-in ceremony of President-elect John Dramani Mahama, scheduled to take place today. Read more »

January 06

• Ghana: New Parliament to Convene

  The Fifth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana is to sit at midnight on Sunday, January 6, to go through legislative procedure for its dissolution which will pave the way for... Read more »

December 31, 2012

• Ghana: Opposition Serves Petition on Electoral Body

  The Electoral Commission of Ghana has confirmed it has been served with a copy of the petition filed by the New Patriotic Party challenging the outcome of the December 7 and 8... Read more »

December 29, 2012

• Ghana: Opposition Contests Election Results

  The New Patriotic Party (NPP) would be calling 25 witnesses in its petition filed at the Supreme Court challenging the validity of President John Mahama as President-elect after... Read more »

December 24, 2012

• Ghana: Opposition to Challenge Election in Court

  The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP)'s presidential candidate for the just-ended election, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has notified the Supreme Court registry of his intention... Read more »

• Ghana: Biometric Verifications Are Intact - EC

  The Electoral Commission (EC) has said the biometric verification machines used in the just-ended general election are intact and have not been tampered with. Read more »