Ghana politics and election news

Former Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Ken Dzirasah, says former President Mahama is unmarketable candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the 2020 elections.

According to him, the massive defeat Mahama suffered in the 2016 election has informed his decision to rather support Prof Joshua Alabi for the contest in the 2020 election.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has won Zimbabwe's presidential election, according to the Zimbabwe electoral commission.

The General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia has declared his intention to seek re-election in the upcoming NDC's National Executive Election.

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has given the go ahead for the campaigning for flagbearer hopefuls of the party ahead of the 2020 elections.

Various contenders in the yet to be opened flagbearership of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) have designed various means of attracting attention ahead of the opening of the nominations and the main event in November.

President Akufo-Addo has today August 1, 2018, sworn into office the newly appointed Electoral commission Chairperson Jean-Mensa Adukwei alongside Samuel Tettey and Dr Eric Asare Bossman as deputies 

Chairman of the committee that investigated the cause of the opposition NDC's defeat in the 2016 general elections, Prof Kwesi Botchwey has disclosed that a potpourri of bitterness, manipulations and lack of integrity in the dealings of the NDC, caused the party’s defeat in the 2016 elections

Zimbabweans will today go the polls to elect a new President amongst 23 presidential candidates  and will be the first election to be held in the country since the resignation of Robert Mugabe in November last year who ruled for thirty-seven years

Zimbabwe Elections: Zimbabweans will have a ‘tall list’ literally to pick from when they head to the polls on July 30 to elect a new president.

The  NDC in Brong-Ahafo is set to vet 45 aspirants who at the close of nominations on Tuesday, July 24 had successfully submitted their forms to contest for the different positions of the Party in the region.

Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has said that the position of Electoral Commission Chairperson is too rough for women.

The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party, Mr. John Boadu has urged individuals kicking against President Akufo-Addo's nomination of Jean Mensa as new EC Chairperson to prove her incompetence for the job.

The National Democratic Congress, NDC has described as “senseless” the nomination of Jean Mensa the Executive Director of the Institute for Economic Affairs (IEA) as the chair of the Electoral Commission.

President Akufo-Addo has nominated Jean Adukwei Mensah as the next Chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana.

Seventy prospective candidates picked their nominations forms to contest the Ashanti Regional Executive positions in the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC).