Thousands massed in Ghana’s capital on Wednesday to see president-elect John Atta-Mills take over from John Kufuor.
Ghana’s election will be decided in a December 28 run-off between the two leading contenders after neither won more than half the vote.
Partial unofficial results showed a neck-and-neck race on Monday in Ghana as votes were counted after general elections.
Ghanaians queued up and began voting on Sunday to pick a new president in a tight race between two foreign-educated lawyers
Ghana will look to enhance its reputation as a beacon for democracy at elections on Sunday for a leader who will soon be tapping into new oil wealth.
Ghana President John Kufuor is under fire over an expensive medal that was used to decorate him at a national awards ceremony.
A United Nations global food crisis summit risked embarrassing failure to reach any formal agreement on combating hunger threatening a billion people worldwide.
African leaders revelled in their continent’s economic growth at the World Economic Forum on Africa on Wednesday.
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