Ghana opposition leader John Mahama officially wins election

Ghana's opposition leader John Mahama won the weekend presidential election with 56 percent of the vote, defeating ruling party candidate and Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia who earned 41 percent, the electoral commission said on Monday.

The tallies confirmed victory for the National Democratic Congress party's Mahama, a comeback for the former president that ends eight years in power for the New Patriotic Party.Mahama, who ruled from 2012 to 2017, will replace President Nana Akufo-Addo, whose last term was marked by Ghana's worst economic turmoil in years, a debt default and an IMF bailout deal.