Ghana is arguably Africa’s strongest democracy but political crisis stems from latest elections

Ghana opposition challenges presidential vote results

AFP

Ghana’s main opposition, alleging electoral fraud, filed a court challenge Friday to results from this month’s presidential polls handing victory to incumbent John Dramani Mahama. Opposition candidate Nana Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party told journalists after the party filed the challenge.

From Wikipedia:

John Dramani Mahama About this sound pronunciation is the current President of Ghana. Mahama served as the Vice President of Ghana from 2009 to 2012, and took office as President on 24 July 2012 following the death of his predecessor, John Atta Mills. He was elected to serve his first term as President in the December 2012 election. A communication expert, historian, and writer, Mahama was a Member of Parliament from 1997 to 2009 and Minister of Communications from 1998 to 2001.