| Submit your comments on this article |
| Africa Subsaharan |
| Presidential runoff vote goes smoothly in Ghana |
| 2008-12-29 |
| ACCRA, Ghana -Ghana's presidential runoff vote appeared to go smoothly, observers and analysts said, even though the West African nation's ruling party and opposition traded allegations of rigging. President John Kufuor is stepping down after two terms in office in what is expected to be Ghana's second successful handover of power from one legitimately elected leader to another. Nana Akufo-Addo of the ruling party faced opposition candidate John Atta Mills, whose campaign maintains that the country's economic growth has not been felt in people's wallets. Neither candidate, though, secured enough votes to win the election outright. Akufo-Addo received 49.13 percent, while Atta Mills received 47.92 percent. "On the whole, the election has been peaceful, with just some queues at some of the polling stations too long and too slow," said Kwesi Jonah, a scholar-in-residence at the Institute of Democratic Governance, an independent think tank. |
| Posted by:Steve White |