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Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo

Date of Birth: 29 March 1944
Place of Birth: Swalaba, Ghana


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Obama's akwaaba moment

In last year's national elections Mills won the presidency by a margin of just under 50 000 votes; after some tense moments the incumbent New Patriotic Party and its candidate Nana Akufo-Addo conceded defeat...


The Mills grind slowly

Presidential Spokesman Mahama Ayariga said the target of his boss's anger was the defeated flagbearer of the opposition NPP Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo...


Back to the battleground

Bawumia has a long-term contract with the Bank which ends in June 2010 but it has been made clear to him that the NDC is uncomfortable with his continuing as Deputy Governor because he was running-mate to the defeated NPP presidential candidate Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo...


Two and a half cheers for democracy

The narrowness of the victory (fewer than 50 000 of over 8 000 000 votes cast) by John Evans Atta Mills of the National Democratic Congress over Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) reflects sharp national political divisions...


The winner has to wait

In the presidential elections the governing New Patriotic Party’s Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo emerged just 1...


More pressure on the cedi

Whoever wins the second round of the presidential election – John Atta Mills or Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo – will have to make tough economic decisions as soon as they take power...


A rough beginning

The surprise nomination of Mahamudu Bawumia also a northerner to run for the NPP alongside Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo appears to have provoked panic in the NDC...

The choice of Bawumia was a surprise because Nana Akufo-Addo had fostered the expectation that the NPP would choose a female running mate...


Running mates

Virtually unknown as an active member of the NPP until he was chosen as Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's running-mate Bawumia was presumably active behind the scenes...


Presidents and lawyers

In 2002 Tsikata's defence team including the late Major Roland Setsofia Agbenotor successfully challenged the constitutionality of the Fast Track High Court system introduced by then NPP Attorney General and now presidential candidate Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo...


Paying the price

This does little to help Nana Addo Akufo-Addo the candidate for Kufuor’s New Patriotic Party prompting speculation about rifts in the NPP...


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