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Ghana's opposition candidate John Mahama rejects the results of the country's presidential and parliamentary elections in which president Nana Akufo-Addo won a second term. "A closer look and detailed examination of the constituencies' specific facts casts very dark clouds on our democracy," says Mahama. SOUNDBITE
"We are unable to accept the outcome of the election," says the presidential candidate of the NDC John Mahama, adding, "These results are flawed and discredited. When it comes to the parliamentary election, the NDC won a working majority of 140 seats." Mahama was addressing the nation after President Nana Akufo-Addo won a second term with 51.59 percent of the vote. SOUNDBITE
The General Secretary of Ghana's opposition party the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Asiedu Nketiah, announces that his party is maintaining its "original position to reject the Presidential results as declared by the electoral commission." President Nana Akufo-Addo won a second term with 51.59 percent of the vote, beating longtime NDC rival John Mahama who garnered 47.36 percent, according to official results announced on Wednesday. SOUNDBITE
Accra, Dec 9 (EFE/EPA).- People in the capital of Ghana celebrated Wednesday the victory of the incumbent president Nana Akufo Addo while police reported five deaths due to acts of violence linked to the general elections that were held Monday in the West African country.The security forces registered 61 incidents throughout the country since the polling stations were opened Monday. (Camera: KIM LUDBROOK).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE CELEBRATE THE SECOND WINNING OF THE INCUMBENT PRESIDENT NANA AKUFO ADDO OUTSIDE THE NEW PATRIOTIC PARTY HEADQUARTER IN ACCRA, GHANA.
Supporters of Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo gather outside his residence to celebrate his re-election for a second term, after a tightly contested presidential election. Akufo-Addo of the centre-right New Patriotic Party (NPP) received 6,730,413 or 51.59 percent of votes while Mahama of the centre-left National Democratic Congress (NDC) received 6,214,889 or 47.36 percent, the electoral commission's chairperson Jean Adukwei Mensa said. IMAGES
Opposition MDC spokesman Morgan Komichi denounces Zimbabwe election results showing President Emmerson Mnangagwa on track to victory, saying they "totally reject the results". SOUNDBITE
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