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Akufo-Addo's maternal grandfather was Nana Sir Ofori Atta, King of Akyem Abuakwa, who was a member of the executive council of the governor of the Gold Coast before Ghana's independence. [20] He is a nephew of Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta and William Ofori Atta. His granduncle was J. B. Danquah, another member of The Big Six. [21]
The West African nation is guaranteed a new leader as Nana Akufo-Addo steps down after serving two terms.
She is a lawyer and was from January 2005 to January 2009 Minister for the affairs of women and children in Ghana under President John Kufuor. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] She was also the Ghanaian Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, appointed to the office by President Nana Akuffo-Addo on 10 January 2017 to 7 January 2021. [ 5 ]
CNA (an initialism of Channel NewsAsia) is a Singapore-based multinational news channel owned by Mediacorp, the country's state-owned media conglomerate.The network is broadcast in Singapore on free-to-air terrestrial television and Mediacorp's streaming service meWatch, and is distributed internationally via television providers in the Asia–Pacific, as well as streaming and free ad ...
Mahama, 66, who was previously Ghana's president between July 2012 and January 2017, will replace current President Nana Akufo-Addo. Mahama was first sworn in as president when President John ...
ACCRA (Reuters) -Ghana's electoral commission on Friday published a list of 13 candidates approved to run in the presidential election, which analysts say will be a two-man race between Vice ...
John Dramani Mahama (/ m ə ˈ h ɑː m ə / ⓘ; born 29 November 1958) [1] is a Ghanaian politician who has been the 14th president of Ghana since 7 January 2025. [2] [3] A member of the National Democratic Congress, he previously served as the 12th president from 2012 to 2017 and as the fifth vice president from 2009 to 2012. [4]
Notable African-American intellectuals and activists such as W. E. B. Du Bois and Malcolm X used Ghana as a symbol of black achievement. Most of the early immigrants from Ghana to the United States were students who came to get a better education and planned on using the education acquired in the United States to better Ghana. [7]