Unit 3 Summative Glad by Owen Glad

What Started The Independence - Ghana 1957

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Kwame Nkrumah Broke Away From A Campaign named UGCC and fled to another campaign named CPP Which promoted "Self Government Now"

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Demanding Independence - Ghana 1958

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Kwame Nkrumah formed the Convention People's Party in 1949. The CPP called for the immediate Independence of Ghana, From Britain.

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Finally An Inch Closer Ghana - 1992

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In 1992, in the first presidential voting held in Ghana since 1979, Rawlings representing a new party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) was elected president. He was reelected to a second term in 1996 with almost three-fifths of the vote. Despite the economic progress that had been made during Rawlings’s rule, much of the Ghanaian press and many Ghanaian professionals remained highly critical of his economic policies and authoritarian political style.

Source: Britannica

Ruling, With Problems - 2016

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The economy and corruption were two of the main themes during the campaign for the 2016 presidential election. The December 7 poll saw a rematch between Mahama, representing the NDC, and Akufo-Addo, representing the NPP; they were the leading candidates of a field of seven that also included former first lady Nana Konadu

Source: Britannica

To This Day...... Ghana - 2012

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Mills died in office on July 24, 2012, near the end of his term. Vice Pres. John Dramani Mahama was sworn in as interim president later that day. He later was selected to be the NDC’s presidential candidate in the December 7, 2012, election. Mahama faced seven other candidates, including Akufo-Addo, who again represented the NPP. The electoral commission declared that Mahama was the winner with 50.7 percent of the vote—just enough to avoid having a runoff election with Akufo-Addo,

Source: Britannica