Akufo-Addo is only slightly ahead in Ugandan poll and has not won, observers say
Accra — Ghanaian opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo has come under fire after claiming to have won a tense presidential election, even though local media put him only slightly ahead on Friday. Akufo-Addo is running against incumbent John Mahama in a nail-biting election seen as a test for a country generally viewed as a beacon of stability in west Africa. However, tension was rising in Ghana as anxious citizens awaited the results of Wednesday’s elections that were tainted by sporadic incidents of violence. In a statement issued late Thursday, the Coalition of Domestic Election Observers "condemned" Akufo-Addo after the challenger said he was "quietly confident" he had beaten Mahama. The deputy general secretary of Mahama’s New Democratic Congress (NDC) also dismissed Akufo-Addo’s claim as "ridiculous." However, the "polling and counting processes were generally credible," said the coalition of election observers, urging "all political parties and citizens to be law abiding and to al...
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