In late February and early March 1971, several churches in the country held special thanksgiving services to celebrate the recovery of President Edward Akufo-Addo, who had been down with illness. The ...

December will be the third time that these two candidates have raced each for the top job. Mahama won in 2012, after a protracted appeal launched by Akufo-Addo’s legal team; Akufo-Addo won in 2016 by ...

Akufo-Addo also tackles whether ECOWAS should be talking or sanctioning coup makers, and says arguments about the popularity of France and Russia show a failure of African dependency. Ghana’s ...

Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama yesterday urged his defeated political opponents to join him “as partners” to improve the country. But Nana Akufo-Addo, his chief rival, threatened to launch a ...

(Reuters) - Voting opened Friday in the final constituency in Ghana's presidential run-off despite a boycott by the ruling party, which is trailing narrowly in the election and tried to have the ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured that his government will not fail Ghanaians on the promises made to them ahead of last year’s presidential and parliamentary elections which has ...

President John Mahama will slug it out with his main rival Nana Akufo-Addo as Ghanaians elect their president and lawmakers today. There are 15.8 million registered voters who will determine the ...

ACCRA (Reuters) - Newly elected Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama on Monday urged his defeated political opponents to join him "as partners" to improve the West African state, as his chief rival ...

Opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) won Ghana's presidency on December 7 standing as a candidate for the third time. Akufo-Addo got 53.85% of the votes in the election, ...

Ghana’s Big Six Independence Leaders Ebenezer Ako-Adjei 1916–2002, b. Adjeikrom, Ghana; worked in Accra Edward Akufo-Addo 1906–1979, b. Dodowa, Ghana; worked in Accra William Ofori Atta 1910–1988, b.