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The country’s historically disadvantaged north is set to decide the tight race for the first time.

Eighteen million people in Ghana will choose their next president and 275 parliamentarians on Saturday amid the country's worst economic crisis in decades.

The outcome and aftermath of Ghana’s 2024 elections will be a key test whether the West African nation can find a balance between the dual objectives of living within its means and achieving economic growth that creates sustainable jobs for its teeming youth.

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Election is being contested between vice-president Mahamudu Bawumia and former president John Mahama, under whom corruption ballooned

As Ghana prepares for its presidential election on 7 December, over 18 million registered voters are poised to make their voices heard amid significant economic challenges. Citizens from all 16 regions of the West African nation wide range of views to RFI on the pressing issues that will shape their…

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For the first time in seven years, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will end the year without Ghana’s presidency weighing on his shoulders. Ghana goes to the polls on 7 December. Whatever the outcome, Akufo-Addo has served two terms as president and will be retiring from a long political life.

Global lender says it will release about $333m to crisis-hit nation as signs of economic recovery emerge.

Since independence in 1956, Ghana’s leaders have followed a variety of global ideologies, from centre-right to socialist. But the country has also blended these with local priorities, like anti-colonialism and economic independence, while balancing the pressures from the IMF and World Bank.