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Ghana counts votes in tight presidential race, hopes for better times

Officials from Electoral Commission Ghana count ballots at a polling station in Accra on December 7, 2024 during the Ghana presidential and parliamentary elections.[AFP]

Ghana voted in a presidential and parliamentary election Saturday amid hopes for an economic revival after the worst financial crisis in a generation that led to a major debt default in the West African nation.

President Nana Akufo-Addo is stepping down next month after serving the two terms allowed by the constitution in Ghana, the world's second-largest cocoa producer and a significant gold miner.

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