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Africa Hails Ghana Election as Democratic Success
CHRISTIAN AKORLIE | ACCRA, GHANA - Jan 05 2009 07:21
Ghana's largely peaceful and credible presidential election was a rare
example of a functioning democracy in Africa and should be a model for the
continent, African leaders, voters and diplomats said on Sunday.
Much attention in Africa and elsewhere was focused on the Ghanaian vote
after a year of political crises, many of them violent, tarnished Africa's
democratic credentials.
Opposition candidate John Atta Mills was declared the winner on Saturday
after the closely fought election in the gold and cocoa exporter was
settled by a run-off.
"John Atta Mills' victory and the conduct of the people of Ghana provides
a rare example of democracy at work in Africa," Kenya's Prime Minister
Raila Odinga said in a statement.
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