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| Ghana's vice-president accepts defeat in presidential election | |
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| John Mahama's supporters have taken to the streets to celebrate around the country | |
| Ghana's Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia has accepted defeat in Saturday's election and congratulated former President John Mahama on his victory. | Ghana's Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia has accepted defeat in Saturday's election and congratulated former President John Mahama on his victory. |
| "The people have voted for change," said Bawumia. | "The people have voted for change," said Bawumia. |
| The elections come amid the country's worst economic crisis in a generation, which saw the country default on its debt. | |
| Despite Bawumia's concession, no official results have been declared. | Despite Bawumia's concession, no official results have been declared. |
| The Electoral Commission (EC) said results had been delayed because supporters of the two main parties were impeding the process and it had asked the police to clear the collation centres. | The Electoral Commission (EC) said results had been delayed because supporters of the two main parties were impeding the process and it had asked the police to clear the collation centres. |
| Mahama's supporters have taken to the streets to celebrate around the country. | |
| Who is John Mahama? | |
| Bawumia said he was basing his statement on the results according to internal tallies from the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP). | Bawumia said he was basing his statement on the results according to internal tallies from the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP). |
| He said these showed Mahama had won "decisively", while the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) had also won the parliamentary election. | He said these showed Mahama had won "decisively", while the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) had also won the parliamentary election. |
| President Nana Akufo-Addo is stepping down after reaching the official limit of two terms in office. | President Nana Akufo-Addo is stepping down after reaching the official limit of two terms in office. |
| Mahama, 65, previously led Ghana from 2012 until 2017, when he was replaced by Akufo-Addo. | Mahama, 65, previously led Ghana from 2012 until 2017, when he was replaced by Akufo-Addo. |
| Since the return of multi-party politics to Ghana in 1992, only candidates from either the NDC or the NPP have won the presidency. | |
| No party has ever won more than two consecutive terms in power - a trend that looks set to continue. | |
| Mahama's previous time in office was marred by an ailing economy, frequent power-cuts and corruption scandals. | |
| However, Ghanaians hope it will be different this time round. | However, Ghanaians hope it will be different this time round. |
| Additional reporting by Natasha Booty | |
| PROFILE: Who is Mahamudu Bawumia? | PROFILE: Who is Mahamudu Bawumia? |
| ON THE GROUND: What an accountant-turned-mechanic says about the election | ON THE GROUND: What an accountant-turned-mechanic says about the election |
| CHARTS: What's on the minds of voters? | CHARTS: What's on the minds of voters? |
| IN BRIEF: Ghana - a basic guide | IN BRIEF: Ghana - a basic guide |