Ghana's election was largely a referendum on President Akufo-Addo's economic vision
Ghana’s election was largely a referendum on President Akufo-Addo’s economic vision Richard Aidoo © Cristina Aldehuela/AFP/Getty Images A child holds a flag of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) after Nana Akufo-Addo was declared president of Ghana by the Electoral Commission in Accra on Dec. 9. On Dec. 7, almost 13.2 million Ghanaians voted to reelect incumbent President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). Akufo-Addo received 51.3 percent of the vote, mainly defeating his predecessor John Dramani Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), ...