She’s been warned by a supporter of Donald Trump not to drag his name through the mud during her visit to the West African country.

Nancy Pelosi commends Ghana for exporting democracy, rule of law and a commitment to international peacekeeping.

She met with Ghana’s President Nana Akufo Addo who repeated his commitment to respecting the  human rights of his compatriots.

Pelosi, who’s accompanied by  a delegation of dozen members of the Congressional Black Caucus, will address Ghana’s Parliament  tomorrow.

The Congresswoman, who is quoted as saying she wants to see President Donald Trump in jail, is advised  by Sony Rocky, a self-declared Ghanaian supporter of the US President, not to denigrate him while in Ghana .

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Ghana’s President Nana Akufo Addo and other former presidents praised the first sub Saharan to become the world’s top diplomat.

It was a mixture of pomp and ceremony and warm family emotion in Accra today as Kofi Annan was finally laid to rest.

The man, who devoted  his career to the United Nations and  gave his life to making peace, was sent on his final journey by his wife Nane who said he was an inspiration to the world.

The Nobel Peace Prize laureate was hailed as a special father and husband and an outstanding human being 

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He has used racist terms to belittle Africans and just last October he referred to Africa as that country.

Boris Johnson is visiting Gambia which made recent headlines when President Yayha Jammeh tried to cling to power have lost an election won by President Adama Barrow.

Johnson says he’s delighted to be the first British foreign secretary to visit Gambia since its independence 51 years ago.

He’ll tell President Barrow, a former supermarket security guard in Britain, that  Gambia will soon be able to rejoin the Commonwealth.

From Gambia, Johnson will move to Ghana for talks with President Nana Akufo Addo.

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He says he’s take politics out of fighting graft and his war on corruption will be aged in accordance with the law.

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President-elect Nana Akufo-Addo  says he has no time to conduct a witch-hunt in the Mahama-led government when he takes over.

Akufo-Addo wrote a letter to President Jerry John Rawlings who had admonished him to pursue an anti-corruption drive.

Rawlings says Akufo Addo’s victory is a manifestation of the people’s desire for new leadership and comes with enormous responsibilities including a commitment to pursue an anti-corruption drive across-the-board.

In his response, Akufo-Addo says in pursuing corruption, he will be guided by due process.

There’e no room for acts of political vendetta or harassment.

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The victory by Nana Akufo-Addo’s centre New Patriotic party, after eight years of rule by the left-leaning National Democratic Congress, triggered wild celebrations across much of the country.

Akufo Addo thanked the incumbent  John Dramani Mahama for conceding defeat and for his  work for Ghana

His win follows the surprise electoral defeat last week of Gambia’s Yahya Jammeh, who had spent 23 years in office after seizing power in a coup.

The two results point to west Africa’s improving record for smooth democratic transitions after recent transfers of power in Nigeria, Cape Verde and Benin. However, Jammeh has  backtracked on his concession.

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The commission says the website is up again after a four-hour outage. An attempt to put up fake results failed.

It urged people to ignore the bogus figures circulating on social media.

President John Mahama is facing a strong challenge from main opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo, who’s confidently claiming an outright win.

Wednesday’s election passed off peacefully, but voting was postponed to Thursday in one constituency after voting material failed to arrive on time.

A run-off will be held later in the month if neither of the two main candidates secures more than 50% of the votes.

The campaign was dominated by Ghana’s faltering economy.

In the previous election in 2012, Mahama defeated Akufo-Addo by less than 300 000 votes.

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Final results in the closely contested race are expected by the weekend.

The New Patriotic Party’s  calling on President John Dramani  Mahama to throw in the towel, claiming they’ve won more than 54% of collated results.

They called a press conference in Accra to trumpet their claim which has been condemned by the National Peace Council.

There are seven presidential candidates, but the most significant contest is between President John Dramani Mahama and former Foreign Minister Nana Akufo Addo whom he beat four years ago.

Candidate of the People’s National Convention Dr Edward Mahama has congratulated Akufo-Addo as the winner of the presidential election and urged other candidates to follow suit..

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Internationally popular Mahama is involved in tight race with veteran opposition leader Nana Akufo Addo planning to make it third time lucky.

All seven Ghanaian candidates pledged to keep the electoral process peaceful.

However,  an opposition supporter died and six people were critically  injured when a rally turned violent on Monday.

The campaign has been dominated by the faltering state of Ghana’s economy and the issue of corruption.

Results are expected within three days.

A run-off will be held later in the month if neither of the two main candidates secures more than 50% of the votes.

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