The data from our own internal collation of the results indicates that John Mahama has won the presidential election decisively, he said at a press conference after calling his rival to concede.
The former president's comeback on his third attempt makes him the first person in the west African state to win two non-consecutive terms.
Economic hardship was a major factor: at one point, inflation was as high as 50% and the cedi plummeted to historic lows while the number of taxes increased.
Since Ghana's independence in 1957, it has received bailouts from the International Monetary Fund 17 times, according to Theophilus Acheampong, an economist and associate lecturer at the University of Aberdeen.
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