Nigeria: Accra Agog As Ghana Prepares to Swear in New President

5 January 2013

The Ghanaian capital, Accra, is wearing a new look as the West African country prepares to swear in President John Dramani Mahama after winning the keenly contested presidential election in December which the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) rejected as being fraught with fraud.

But opposition political party, which has filed papers to challenge the result of the election at the Ghanaian supreme, is sharply divided as some elements in the party, led by former Ghanaian President John Kufour, have indicated interest to attend the swearing-in of Mahama while the other faction, led by the youth wing, has vowed to resist the participation of its members in the ceremony.

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