Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama has been sworn in following a controversial election victory in December 2012.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Friday expressed his congratulations to Ghana for peacefully holding its presidential and parliamentary elections, calling for legal processes to resolve any electoral disputes.

The White House on Monday called on all parties in Ghana to accept the result of the presidential election, won by the incumbent but was claimed to be rigged by his rival.

Ghana's incumbent President John Dramani Mahama of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) has won the country's presidential election, Chairman of the Electoral Commission (EC) Kwadwo Afari-Gyan said here late Sunday.

Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has won the country's presidential election with 50.7 percent votes, Ghana Electoral Commission announced late Sunday.

Ghana's main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Sunday asked the Electoral Commission (EC) to suspend the announcement of Friday's presidential election over alleged electoral malpractices.

On the third day of Ghana's general election, Ghanaians are waiting for the official results, with some of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) supporters sounding upbeat about the victory.

The African Union (AU) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Saturday called for a viable backup verification mechanism to ensure smooth election process in Ghana.

Voting officially ended across Ghana Saturday at 17:00 GMT after the country's Electoral Commission (EC) extended Friday's polls by a day as a result of constant breakdown of biometric verification devices (BVDs), while some provisional results showed tight presidential race Ghana's incumbent President Mahama and main opposition leader Akufo-Addo.

Ghana's two leading political parties, the ruling national Democratic Congress (NDC) and main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), said at separate press conferences here Saturday they were on course of winning Friday's presidential and parliamentary elections.

Ghana's main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) announced late Saturday that it has won the presidential election with 51.03 percent of votes.

Ghana's general elections were proceeding steadily without any major hitch except for reports of delays in the arrival of election materials in early hours at some polling centers.

Voters in Ghana lined up as early as 2 a.m. on Friday to select their next president and parliament in a ballot that is expected to mark the sixth transparent election in this West African nation, known as a beacon of democracy in a tumultuous region.

The West African Network for Peace Building (WANEP-Ghana) on Friday urged Ghana's security agencies to closely watch over the country's porous borders to ensure ex- combatants, mercenaries and rebels will not enter to destabilize it ahead of the next month's elections.

Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama on Thursday ordered investigations into the collapse of the six-storey shopping building that has so far confirmed nine deaths.

Ghana's Electoral Commission (EC) will not favor any political party in the upcoming general election, a senior official of the Commission assured on Tuesday.

Twenty thousand security personnel are to be deployed nationwide to provide security and maintain law and order during and after the forthcoming presidential and parliamentary elections.

The dreams of former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings, leader of the newly formed National Democratic Congress to contest this year's presidential elections on the ticket of the newly formed National Democratic Party hit a snag, after she failed to meet the EC's criteria by the close of nominations yesterday.

TEMA, Ghana (AP) — Ghanaian officials on Friday refused to release an Argentine naval ship that was seized in the West African nation due to a complaint by a U.S. hedge fund.

ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Mentally ill patients suffer from severe abuse at psychiatric hospitals and so-called healing centers in Ghana, with many chained to trees and even denied water, a human rights group said Tuesday.