Ghana's opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo has won Wednesday's tightly contested presidential election. 72-year-old Akufo-Addo, a human rights lawyer from the New Patriotic Party, NPP, won the election on his third attempt to reach the presidency.
Voting is under way in Ghana's presidential election in what analysts say is a tight race between President John Mahama and veteran opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo.