Guyanese President Mohamed Irfaan Ali has reportedly been reelected for a second five-year term in office, even as official final results from Monday’s general election are yet to be published. Ali’s People’s Progressive Party (PPP) secured at least 242,000 votes in the poll, claiming majorities in eight of the 10…

New Patriotic Party (NPP) lawmaker Michael Okyere Baafi, has apologised for declaring he would resign if his party lost the Akwatia by-election, saying the outcome was shaped by widespread vote buying. Baafi, who represents New Juaben South, said he made the remark to motivate his campaign team but admitted it…

Bernard Bediako Baidoo of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) has won the Akwatia parliamentary by-election, securing a key victory for the government in one of the country’s most competitive constituencies. Official results from the Electoral Commission (EC) showed Bediako polling 18,199 votes, defeating his closest rival Kwame Asumadu of…

Tension erupted at the Akwatia Lorry Station in the Vawaso Electoral Area today (Tuesday 2 September) during the local by-election when a confrontation occurred between Alhaji Osman Masawudu, third national vice-chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), and the escort of Chief Sofo Azorka, vice-chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC)….

Police in Akwatia have arrested one person for allegedly tearing down a candidate’s posters at a polling station as voting in the constituency’s by-election got underway today (2 September). The swift intervention by security officers ensured that voting continued without disruption. Authorities have since cautioned that any acts of intimidation,…

Professor John Osae-Kwapong, Democracy and Development Fellow at the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), has warned in the run-up to the Akwatia by-election today (2 September) that Ghana risks normalising electoral violence if recurring clashes during elections remain unchecked. Speaking on this morning’s Asaase Breakfast Show, Osae-Kwapong said although incidents…

Voters in the Akwatia constituency of the Eastern Region will head to the polls on today (Tuesday 2 September) in a parliamentary by-election seen as a key test of support for the country’s two main political parties ahead of the 2028 general elections. The vote follows the death of Ernest…

The race for the soul of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has begun, not with votes, but with words. As the nomination forms were filed and the speeches delivered on Tuesday, August 26, Wednesday, August 27, and Thursday, August 28, 2025, at NPP Headquarters, Asylum Down, Accra, it became…