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Starting in January 1993, Ghana has, under the Fourth Republican Constitution of 1992, enjoyed a relatively successful period of multiparty government. Elections have been transparent, keenly contested, and at times have had close outcomes, with the winning political party triumphing by a margin of just 50,000 votes. All this makes the country one of the few bright spots in post-Cold War Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It has had five back-to-back successful presidential and parliamentary elections, some of which have led to the opposition replacing the incumbent government. Not only have presidential election outcomes been determined by only 50,000 votes but, more importantly, on 29 August 2013, when the Supreme Court ruled with a 5–4 majority that the NDC had won the 2012 elections, Ghana chalked up another impressive first. In spite of massive apprehension, the opposition and the entire nation peacefully accepted the court’s verdict.
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Panford, K. (2017). Petroleum Production Challenges in Ghana. In: Africa’s Natural Resources and Underdevelopment. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-54072-0_5
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