Tensions Rise Ahead of Election Result


NEWS  —  Ghana:   Police Fire Teargas to Control Election Crowd
African Elections Project (Accra)
30 December 2008

Thousands of NDC supporters spent the night at the offices of the Electoral Commission (EC) headquarters in Accra. The crowd has made their intentions clear - that they are going to lay siege at the ... [read more]

NEWS  —  Ghana:   Opposition Favoured to Win Run-Off Poll
Daily Independent (Lagos)
30 December 2008

Baring any dramatic outcome, the Presidential run-off election in Ghana appears firmly in the wraps of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), which lost power eight years ago. [read more]

NEWS  —  Ghana:   Opposition's Atta Mills Leads Election
allAfrica.com
29 December 2008

Ghana's opposition challenger for the country's presidency, John Atta Mills, is retaining his slight lead in a run-off election as the final votes are counted. [read more]

NEWS  —  Ghana:   Nation Anxiously Awaits Polls Result
African Elections Project (Accra)
30 December 2008

About 200 journalists have gathered at the conference room of the Electoral Commission (EC) to cover the announcement of the presidential run-off results by the chairman of the EC, Dr. Kwadwo Afari ... [read more]

NEWS  —  Ghana:   Atta Mills Leads Ghana Polls
Vanguard (Lagos)
30 December 2008

Reports from Ghana indicate that opposition candidate, John Evans Atta Mills, of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is leading the country's presidential election run-off with 51.39 percent of the ... [read more]

NEWS  —  Ghana:   Kufuor Calls For Calm Ahead of Election Results
African Elections Project (Accra)
30 December 2008

As tensions rose in Ghana ahead of the announcement of the presidential election result, outgoing President John Kufuor released the following statement: [read more]

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