President John Dramani Mahama has called on African leaders to work harder to speed up integration in West Africa. Speaking at the 50th Ordinary session of ECOWAS in Abuja on Saturday, President Mahama expressed gratitude to the regional body for its role in the just ended elections in Ghana that saw his defeat. He said … Read more
President John Dramani Mahama has called on African leaders to work harder to speed up integration in West Africa. Speaking at the 50th Ordinary session of ECOWAS in Abuja on Saturday, President Mahama expressed gratitude to the regional body for its role in the just ended elections in Ghana that saw his defeat. He said … Read more
President John Dramani Mahama has called on African leaders to speed up integration of Africa. Speaking at the 50th Ordinary session of ECOWAS in Abuja on Saturday, President Mahama expressed gratitude to the regional body for its role in the just ended elections in Ghana that saw his defeat. He said processes are underway to … Read more
arida Gyamfua Mahama, daughter of outgoing President John Mahama, has sung the praise of her father, describing him as a leader who did his best for Ghana. President Mahama leaves office January 7, 2017 after losing the recently held presidential polls to main opposition leader Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. During the electioneering, he capitalized on … Read more
A man is said to be hero, not when he loses many war, but rather the many war he wins. So says the adage. Since 1992, Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) came under scrutiny by level headed politicians and discerning Ghanaians who in one way or the other had opposed its position on electoral matters. The … Read more
In my most recent column last night, and one which hit the media websites and perhaps several newsstands, as well, this morning, I highlighted the need for one of our most respected and distinguished elderly statesmen and citizens to promptly and urgently speak to the need for the immediate abatement of rising tensions in the … Read more
play videoThe 90-minute film chronicles the 8 elections, 4 coups and regime changes so far in Ghana’s history A film by ace presenter Paul Adom-Otchere, detailing the evolution of political campaigning in Ghana has been premiered. The film titled ‘Voice of Campaigning in GH’, produced with the support of SOAS and SPURS in collaboration with … Read more
A film by ace presenter Paul Adom-Otchere, detailing the evolution of political campaigning in Ghana has been premiered The film titled ‘Voice of Campaigning in GH’ produced with the support of SOAS and SPURS in collaboration with policy think tank IMANI Africa will take a look at the whether the campaign strategies employed by candidates … Read more
My first experience of presidential election debates was the Jimmy Carter-Gerald Ford debates of that Summer of 1976. Mr Carter, a Nuclear Physicist turned Naval Commander and later, peanut farmer, reeled off statistical figures without notes, for five or more minutes at a time, making the incumbent president sound so pedestrian. Since then, I have … Read more
One wishes that having officially exited the political scene for some 16 years now, Chairman Jerry John Rawlings would have kept his cool and let those whose generational turn it is presently to run the affairs of the country do the same. Alas, ever since he wistfully handed over the reins of governance, upon considerable … Read more
Rocky Dawuni has made a passionate appeal to the people of Ghana to bear in mind the country’s “need for strong and transformative leadership” as they head to the polls in the December 7, 2016, general elections. The GRAMMY-nominated Afro Roots musician and activist, echoed this appeal when TheAfricanDream.net called him up to find out … Read more
Elections are messy affairs everywhere. In third world countries, they are even more so. In Ghana, the role of the Electoral Commissioner is very important. Her actions and inactions can directly influence the outcomes of major elections especially when the call is a close one. The reason is simple: we do not have strong institutions … Read more
The facts on the ground according to empirical observation, interrogation of electorates and all pointers put together, clearly indicate that Election 2016 is a done deal for Nana Akufo Addo and the NPP. However, President Mahama and the NDC with the Electoral Commission are desirously applying some never-ending hatched plots to rig the election in … Read more
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) needs 60% of total eligible votes in the forthcoming presidential race to stop the New Patriotic Party (NPP) from heading to the court to seek an overturn of the results, President John Mahama has disclosed. That, for him will ensure that there will not be a repeat of 2012, where … Read more
It is quite certain that should the 2016 presidential election be stalemated or found to leave much to be desired in the books of the leaders of the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), the last place on Earth that they would likely seek redress is the Wood Supreme Court (See “We’ll Prevent Another Presidential … Read more
Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, has suggested that Former Attorney General Martin Amidu be made the next Electoral Commission Chairperson for Ghana. According to him, the request granted by the Supreme Court to orally examine businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome from whom the state is trying to retrieve 51.2 million … Read more
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has raised concerns about the printing of the Pink Sheets for the 2016 elections alleging that the sheets are being printed without serial numbers which is contrary to what is stated in the Constitutional Instrument (CI 94). According to the NPP, the company contracted to print these sheets informed them … Read more
The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has accused the Electoral Commission (EC) of printing pink sheets without serial numbers and described that act as illegal. According to the party, they were informed by Aero Vote, the company contracted to print the pink sheets that there would not be any embossment of serial numbers on the … Read more
The largest opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has described as an illegality the decision by the Electoral Commission (EC) to print the Statement of Poll and the Declaration of Results forms, Form Eight, commonly referred to as Pink Sheets, without serial numbers. According to the party, without serial numbers on the forms it leaves them … Read more
Reports trending on the World-Wide Web that some fanatical supporters of the Mahama-led National Democratic Congress (NDC) attempted to burglarize and damage the private residence of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the three-time presidential candidate of Ghana’s main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), yesterday, but for the timely intervention of the local Nima police, located just … Read more