Abstract / Description of output
Ghana's 2008 election has been hailed by national and international observers as a model for Africa. The perception of success has prevailed despite persistent concerns about all inflated voters' register and electoral fraud perpetrated by the two Major parties, die NPP and NDC, in their strongholds in the Ashanti and Volta Regions respectively. Electoral malpractice in Ghana's virtual two-party system could acquire a decisive importance as a 'third force', representing all even more important factor than the smaller opposition parties. Unfortunate diplomatic and technocratic biases in election monitoring, combined with a reluctance oil the part of the responsible authorities to investigate what appears to be a long history of fraudulent voting, amounts to a dangerous time bomb of unresolved conflict which could detonate in future elections.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 95-115 |
Number of pages | 21 |
Journal | Journal of Modern African Studies |
Volume | 48 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Mar 2010 |