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Ghana elections: Polls to open after peace pact Ghana elections: Polls open with tight race predicted
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Polls are due to open in Ghana's presidential election, after all seven candidates aligned behind a pledge to keep the process peaceful. Voting is under way in Ghana's presidential election in what analysts say is a tight race between President John Mahama and veteran opposition leader Nana Akufo Addo.
An opposition supporter died after a campaign rally turned violent, police confirmed on Tuesday. All seven candidates have pledged to keep the process peaceful but an opposition supporter died when a rally tuned violent on Monday.
The leading candidates are incumbent President John Mahama and former foreign minister Nana Akufo-Addo.
After polls close on Wednesday evening, official results are expected within three days.
The candidates signed a pact last week vowing to follow electoral rules and keep the peace.
But clashes broke out on Monday in Chereponi, a small northern town on the border with Togo.
Six people are said to be in a critical condition as a result.
The campaign has been dominated by the faltering state of Ghana's economy and the issue of corruption.The campaign has been dominated by the faltering state of Ghana's economy and the issue of corruption.
Mr Akufo-Addo is hoping it will be third time lucky for him and the centre-right New Patriotic Party, after two failed attempts in running for the country's top job. Results are expected within three days.
President Mahama of the National Democratic Congress won in 2012, but he had already been sitting president for several months following the death of his predecessor, John Atta Mills. A run-off will be held later in the month if neither of the two main candidates secures more than 50% of the votes.
President Mahama has been nicknamed "Mr Dumsor", a local word that refers to the power cuts that have blighted the country during his term. The candidates signed a pact last week vowing to follow electoral rules and keep the peace.
Mr Akufo-Addo has promise free high-school education and more factories, but his critics have questioned the viability of his ambitions. But clashes broke out on Monday in Chereponi, a small northern town on the border with Togo. In addition to the reported death, six people are said to be in a critical condition as a result.
Defeat for Mr Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) would make him the only single-term president since Ghana returned to multi-party democracy.
He won in 2012, but he had already been sitting president for several months following the death of his predecessor, John Atta Mills.
However he has been nicknamed "Mr Dumsor", a local word that refers to the power cuts that have blighted the country during his term.
Mr Akufo-Addo meanwhile is hoping it will be third time lucky for him and the centre-right New Patriotic Party (NPP), after two failed attempts in running for the country's top job.
He has promised free high-school education and more factories, but his critics have questioned the viability of his ambitions.