Ghana’s President Vows to Restore Growth After Election Win
- Incumbent got 6.73 million votes, or 51.6% of valid ballots
- Prominent lawmaker says the main opposition rejects results
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Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo won re-election, securing another four-year mandate to lead Africa’s biggest gold producer.
Akufo-Addo got 6.73 million votes, or 51.6% of valid ballots, while his closest rival John Mahama, of the main opposition National Democratic Congress, got 47.4%, the head of the country’s electoral commission, Jean Mensa, told journalists Wednesday in the capital, Accra. The front-runners were separated by just over 500,000 votes.