The 2024 Elections: Dr. Bawumia’s Upcoming Speech
Wednesday, February 7, Vice-President and NPP Presidential Candidate will be delivering a major speech to the general voting public. The theme for the speech is Ghana’s Next Chapter: Selfless Leadership And Bold Solutions For the Future. Political observers will recall his public lectures in the lead-up to the 2016 presidential elections and agree that he […]
The 2024 Elections: Choosing A Running Mate
It is 2024. This means it is officially election season. We know who the flagbearers are for the two main political parties. The question now is, who will partner them as running mates? Does it matter? How critical is the role of the running mate to a presidential candidate’s electoral fortunes? The Influence of The […]
Democracy In West Africa: Worrying signs, hopeful signals
On September 29, 2023, Ghana’s President Akufo-Addo said this “As all of us know, despite the considerable progress made by the community, in the areas of democracy, good governance and the rule of law since the early 1990s, which meant that, four (4) years ago, all fifteen (15) leaders of ECOWAS States were democratically elected, […]
The Rising Cost of Politics in Ghana: Are the Revelations from the NPP Flagbearer Race Worth Reflecting on, or It’s Politicking as Usual?
On Saturday, November 4, 2023, New Patriotic Party (NPP) delegates will be going to the polls to elect a flagbearer for the 2024 general elections. Many have analyzed the NPP candidates’ dynamics and chances. This blog, however, focuses on the interesting and sometimes wild revelations about vote buying and monetization of the process that have […]
Liberia at Crossroads, October 2023 General Elections: A Test of Institutional Maturity
There are three main challenges that have the potential to disturb the peace in Liberia in the upcoming elections: First, there is a high level of mistrust of state institutions including the National Elections Commission (NEC), the Liberia National Police (LNP) and the Courts, including the Magisterial Courts. There are real operational challenges in Liberia, […]
The IMF Bailout
On July 1, 2022, the Government of Ghana announced it was heading to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to seek an Enhanced Credit Facility (ECF) or what is commonly known as an “IMF Bailout”. In the official communication from the Ministry of Information that day, the government’s decision was stated as follows “The engagement with […]
The Democratic Quality of Primaries in Ghana: A Look at the 2020 NPP Internal Party Elections
In Ghana, political party primaries are not only a democratic imperative but also a constitutional requirement. However, no laws regulate the conduct of political party primaries in Ghana. Even the involvement of the national election management body, the Electoral Commission (EC), is limited to the counting and declaration of votes. This paper shares insights on […]
2020 Annual Report
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The NDC-NPP Duopoly In Ghana’s Multiparty Democracy
The results of our elections – both presidential and parliamentary, reflects sentiments Ghanaians have expressed about political party preference and voting intentions in the Afrobarometer survey. When asked “which particular political party do you feel close to?”, an overwhelming majority (over 90%) of those who indicate a preference consistently choose the NDC and the NPP. […]
Nigeria 2023 Elections: WAEON Exchange Learning with Yiaga Africa
The West Africa Election Observers Network (WAEON) has deployed a four-member technical team from WAEON’s secretariat, CDD-Ghana, to Nigeria for an election exchange learning mission with the Abuja-based Yiaga Africa ahead of the country’s upcoming presidential and national assembly elections scheduled for February 25, 2023. This forms part of the project titled, “Strengthening Election Observation […]
