Ghana politics and election news

Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo-Addo has revealed his reasons for not attending last Wednesday's Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) and National Commission on Civic Education (NCCE) organised presidential debate.

Akufo-Addo has rubbished attempts by the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) to tag him as ethnocentric politician saying his upbringing and private life is a clear testimony that he is not.

The National Patriotic Party (NPP) has laid out its plan to improve the living conditions of security personnel.

The People's National Convention (PNC) and the Progressive People's Party (PPP) have formed an alliance to help win more seats in Parliament.

Today marks the beginning of a three-day fasting and prayer by President John Dramani Mahama as the country heads to the polls on December 7 and he is urging Ghanaians to join him to intercede on the nation's behalf.

A second phase of the Special Voting Exercise is to be held on Sunday, December 4, the Electoral Commission (EC) has decided.

The 2016 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has assured Ghanaians that victory for him and the NPP in the December 7 elections will mean that the country will be put at the forefront of the industrialisation efforts of West Africa.

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) wants to win a free and fair election and will therefore not do anything to put the peace of Ghana in danger, the party's presidential candidate, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said.

The special voting exercise held on Thursday 1 December ahead of the main December 7 presidential and parliamentary election has ended with many voters not getting the chance to vote.

A former Northern Regional minister in the erstwhile John Evans Atta Mills administration, Steven Sumani Nayina has been caught campaigning for the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP).

The Electoral Commission (EC) has urged security personnel who are facing with some challenges during the special voting process to remain calm as they work to solve the issues.

The much-anticipated presidential debate organised by the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) and the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) came off on Wednesday with five out of the seven presidential candidates contesting the December 7 polls participating.

Electoral Commission officials supervising the special voting exercise at the Tema community 2 police station have been verbally assaulted by three police officers who were not able to find their names on the voting register.

The special voting exercise began at 0700 hours but despite the many assurances from the Electoral Commission (EC) of their preparedness, a lot of discrepancies are being reported.

The 2016 Elections kick off today with the special voting set to take off today, December 1, in the 275 constituencies across the country.