African Studies
Utafiti: Journal of African Perspectives
Call for Papers: Utafiti is inviting you to submit your manuscript – any topic in the humanities - for consideration in the next issues.
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The campaign for the 7 December presidential and parliamentary elections was the key event of the year. Although the elections were generally peaceful and both local and international election observers deemed the process to be free, fair and transparent, the campaign activities leading to polling day were marred by derogatory statements and speeches laced with ethnocentric epithets. This eventually led to several violent clashes between the two major political parties, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP). The sudden death of President John Evans Atta-Mills, however, contributed to a period of national unity, sorrow and calm, albeit short-lived. While election campaigns were the primary focus of activities, the country further consolidated its diplomatic and bilateral relations at sub-regional, regional and international levels.