Monday, December 29, 2008

Presidential Runoff Vote Goes Smoothly In Ghana

From Yahoo News/AP:

ACCRA, Ghana – Ghana's presidential runoff vote appeared to go smoothly Sunday, observers and analysts said, even though the West African nation's ruling party and opposition traded allegations of rigging.

Nana Akufo-Addo of the ruling party faced opposition candidate John Atta Mills, whose campaign maintains that the country's economic growth has not been felt in people's wallets.

"On the whole, the election has been peaceful, with just some queues at some of the polling stations too long and too slow," said Kwesi Jonah, a scholar-in-residence at the Institute of Democratic Governance, an independent thinktank.

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