Tag Archives: 2020

Calm has been restored in Tamale this morning, Friday, 11 December 2020 after police fired warning shots to disperse some supporters of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) who poured onto the streets to support their flagbearer’s rejection of the 2020 parliamentary and presidential election results last night. The youth, who chanted …

A preliminary report by the European Union Election Observation Mission Ghana 2020 (EU EOM) has said the media – both state-owned and private – were polarised in their coverage of Ghana’s just-ended general elections. “The media reported freely on the elections in a polarised environment”, the findings presented by EU …

The presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama has described the outcome of the December 7 election as a “stolen verdict”. He said the election results announced by the Electoral Commission (EC) is “fictionalized.” “I stand before you tonight unwilling to accept the fictionalized result of a …

The government of Ghana has refuted suggestions that the results declared in their favour for both the presidential and parliamentary elections were an indication of failure considering their performance in 2016. Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah addressing the press on Thursday stated that the two elections are different especially considering the number …

By law, it is the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission that is the Returning Officer for the Presidential elections in Ghana. But it is not out of the ordinary to see the media, per their collated figures “projecting likely” winners. Admittedly, Ghana has historically seen some incredibly tight elections, but it’s …

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has disclosed that he has been up all night following the 2020 presidential and parliamentary results. Ghana went to the polls on Monday, 7 December 2020 to elect Members of Parliament (MPs) and a President, but the Electoral Commission (EC) is yet to declare the …

The Electoral Commission of Ghana has indicated its readiness to declare the results for the presidential polls at 5 pm on Tuesday. The EC has maintained its commitment to announce results within 24 hours after the close of polls on Monday. The announcement of the results will take place at the Accra …

Voting has officially ended across the country as at 0500 GMT on December 7, 2020, as 17 million Ghanaians voted to choose a new president. GhanaWeb Election Desk brings you a livestream of the vote counting as well as updates from across the country where our journalists and correspondents as …

The Director of Elections of the opposition National Democratic Congress Elvis Afriyie Ankrah has called on polling agents of the party to stay alert during the counting of ballots as polls near closure. According to the party, efforts by the ruling NPP to rig the elections are being monitored and …

Today our report is coming from the Bono Region with some issues that is ongoing during this election. On the election eye program on AngleTV and (ABN) Angle Broadcasting Network lead by Captain Smart and the co-team workers, a particular issue reported from the Bono Region which is trending in …