Former National Organizer of the Democratic Congress (NDC), Joshua Hamidu Akamba has urged Ghanaians and supporters of the umbrella fraternity to halt any attempt by anyone who tries to disrupt the polls on Election Day by being present at the various polling Stations during counting of the Presidential Votes. …
Read More »LIVESTREAMING: Counting of votes at NDC National Congress
After more than four hours, the casting of votes at the National Congress of the National Democratic Congress is over. The 9000 delegates have cast their votes for the nine positions up for grabs and are being contested by 62 candidates. The Electoral Commission staff who are under the supervision …
Read More »NPP polls: One arrested for impeding ballot counting
One person has been arrested by the Police for impeding the election process at the ongoing national executives elections of the New Patriotic Party in Accra. The suspect reportedly embarked on his activity during the counting of the polls at the Accra Sports Stadium. “The Police have arrested one person …
Read More »LIVESTREAMING: Voting ends across the country, counting begins
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 …
Read More »Meet the scientist who’s been counting California butterflies for 47 years
Art Shapiro stands on the edge of a Chevron gas station in the north-central Sierra, sipping a large Pepsi and scanning the landscape for butterflies. So far he’s spotted six species — a loping Western tiger swallowtail, two fluttering California tortoiseshells, a copper-colored common checkered-skipper, a powdery echo blue, a …
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