Gabrielle Lynch

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Supporters of Ghana’s president-elect, Nana Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party, celebrate victory in Accra, Ghana, on Dec. 10. The longtime opposition leader won the presidency on his third run for office, a race that was largely seen as a referendum on how the incumbent party had managed the economy. (Sunday Alamba/AP)

In the wake of national elections Dec. 7, Ghana’s president, John Mahama, conceded to challenger Nana Akufo-Addo. The election marks the first time an incumbent has stood for reelection and lost since this West African nation became independent in 1957. Power has changed hands between parties before, but only when the sitting president was standing down as a result of term limits and the ruling party was running a first-time candidate. Political scientists see peaceful handoffs of power like this as an important sign of democratic success.

This election had other markers of success as well. For instance, this year, Ghana introduced measures to record and verify the votes at each polling station to protect the process of counting and collating votes from fraud.…  Seguir leyendo »