Politics

Nature herself smiled on Ghana’s sixth consecutive democratic polls currently ongoing across the length and breadth of the country, with two bouts of moderate to heavy rain along the coastal belt, especially in Accra the capital. Residents…

Four to five hours after voting started in Ghana's 2012 elections, it has been peaceful so far. Voters have queued in lines waiting patiently for their turns to cast their votes. There were however, some hitches. Voting materials…

Ghanaians all over the country are voting today Friday December 7, 2012 in presidential and parliamentary elections. Voting was scheduled to start at 7:00am, but in most instances, voting didn't start at 7:00am, as electoral officials and…

Eighty-four registered voters in the Bunkpurugu-Yunyoo District will not be voting on Friday because they registered more than once. Explaining the situation at a durbar in Nasuan near Bunkpurugu on Thursday, Mr Lawrence Akundikya,…

Official campaign activities ended yesterday Wednesday December 5, 2012 as Ghana rounds up for its December 7 elections. And all TV, radio and newspaper campaign adverts have been banned. But it appears some supporters of the two main…

Though these are not being trumpeted like other issues, some of Ghana’s leading political parties have made pledges to provide water, sanitation and hygiene services, should they be voted into power at Ghana’s general elections on December…

Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, Chairman of the Electoral Commission on Wednesday said the Commission would declare the results of Friday’s election within 72 hours after the close of polls even though the country would know who is winning in 48…

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Wednesday brought the central business city of Accra to a halt with a massive rally held at the Efua Sutherland’s Park to climax this year’s election campaign. The rally was used as a platform to sink…

Large numbers of Ghanaians sojourning in Togo, Benin and Nigeria have started arriving in Aflao en-route their hometowns to participate in the Friday December 7 General Elections. Others were said to be coming by sea to places mainly in…

Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, presidential candidate of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) for Election 2012, on Thursday advanced the frontiers of transparency and accountability in governance, declaring his source of campaign funds, income tax…