Ghana Elections: Polls To Open After Peace Pact

Ghanaian citizens are going to the polls on December 7, 2016, to elect a new president, after all seven candidates in the election pledged to keep the process peaceful.

The leading candidates are incumbent President John Mahama and former Foreign Minister Nana Akufo-Addo.

The polls are expected to close later on Wednesday, while official results are to be announced within three days.

The candidates had signed a peace pact last week vowing to follow electoral rules.

However, clashes broke out on Monday in Chereponi, a small northern town on the border with Togo, leaving six people in a critical condition as a result.