Ghana: Elections: Ghana Decides for the Third Time Between Akufo-Addo and Mahama

Polls have opened in Ghana's general elections as nearly 17million Ghanaians go to 39,000 polling stations across the country to elect a president and 275 members of parliament to govern them for the next 4 years.

This will be the country's 8th consecutive election since the return to multiparty democracy in 1992, which has seen power alternated peacefully between the two dominant political parties on multiple occasions. This election is considered by many observers to be a continuation of the country’s journey towards strengthening its burgeoning democracy.

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