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How the foreign press is covering Ghana's elections

Pulse.com.gh has been combing through some international news websites to see how the foreign press is covering Ghana's elections.

Ghana’s 2016 elections are nearly at a climax with the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) winning an emphatic mandate to lead the country in the executive and legislature according to Pulse.com.gh independent projections ending the eight year rule of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).

The major international media has not been left out in the massive media coverage of Ghana’s elections.

Pulse.com.gh has been combing through some international news websites to see how the foreign press is covering the elections.

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BBC

"Ghana's President John Mahama has said that he will respect the outcome of Wednesday's tightly contested election. He also said in a tweet that the Electoral Commission should be allowed to carry out its mandate. Local media are reporting that opposition candidate Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, 72, has an unassailable lead but official results have not been released."

Deutsche-Welle

"Ghanaian opposition candidate Nana Akufo-Addo has said he was «quietly confident» he won his country's election. The electoral commission has yet to release most results from Wednesday's vote. The candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo-Addo, spoke of an impending victory on Thursday in the tense Ghanaian presidential election."

Africa News

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"Former United Nations Secretary-General, Ghanaian Kofi Annan has called on his country’s presidential candidates to remain calm as they wait for the results from the Electoral Commission but concede quickly to defuse tensions. He applauded the five presidential candidates who had conceded on Thursday by congratulating main opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo."

Reuters

"Ghana's President John Mahama said on Friday he would respect the results of an election that private radio stations said he had lost to main opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo.

I want to assure the nation that we will respect the outcome of the election, positive or negative, and so let us just be calm,» he told supporters gathered outside his house as he urged them to remain calm.Mahama fought Wednesday's election against the backdrop of an economy that has slowed since he took power in 2013, in part because of lower global prices for the West African country's exports of gold, oil and cocoa."

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Daily Mail

"Opposition challenger Nana Akufo-Addo has a clear lead in Ghana's hotly contested presidential election, local media reported Friday, although official results have yet to be released two days after the vote.

And supporters of incumbent President John Mahama insisted he had emerged triumphant again, despite acknowledging losses in the parliamentary contest."

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