Photo: President-elect John Atta-Mills addresses party supporters shortly after being declared winner of the runoff presidential election in Accra, 03 Jan 2009From Voice of America:
Tax law professor John Atta-Mills is Ghana's next president. The opposition candidate won a hard-fought, much-delayed election that was ultimately decided by fewer than 50,000 votes.
With results in from Ghana's final electoral constituency, Atta-Mills won with 50.23 percent of the vote, narrowly beating ruling-party candidate Nana Akufo-Addo's 49.77 percent.
Electoral Commission Chairman Kwado Afari-Gyan named Atta-Mills the winner.
Read more ....