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Ghana also is now one of the few countries in Africa to successfully transfer power twice from one legitimately elected leader to another.
Though buoyed by the recent discovery of oil, the 00000-old tax expert who takes charge Wednesday of the world's No. 2 cocoa producer will have to struggle with the effects of an economic downturn that could strain a nation whose anxious poor already complain wealth is not trickling down.
After the Dec. 7 election proved indecisive, Atta Mills won Sunday's second round ballot by capturing a razor-thin victory with 50.23 percent of the vote — or 4,521,032 ballots. Ruling party candidate Nana Akufo-Addo garnered 49.77 percent — or 4,480,446 votes, Electoral Commission chairman Kwadwo Afari-Gyan said