FILE PHOTO: Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo gestures at a polling station during presidential and parliamentary elections in Kyebi, Ghana December 7, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko
ACCRA (Reuters) - Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo has won a second four-year term in office, the election commission said on Wednesday, following a tightly contested vote that was tainted by violence in which five people died.
Akufo-Addo fended off a hard-fought challenge from his predecessor winning 51.59% of the vote against old rival John Mahama with 47.37%. Mahama's party said it rejected the results, calling the election "flawed" and "discredited."
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