Ghana’s opposition leader John Mahama on Monday officially won the country’s election, easily defeating the ruling party candidate after voters punished the government’s economic management and the high costs of living. Mahama won 56 per cent of the votes in Saturday’s presidential ballot, compared to the ruling party candidate and Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia who secured 41 per cent, the …

With less than a quarter of the votes announced in Saturday’s presidential candidate in Ghana, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has conceded defeat to his National Democratic Congress (NDC) opponent, former President John Mahama. In a public address broadcast from Bawumia’s official residence hours after results started trickling in, the outgoing Vice President acknowledged the …