Ghana's president, John Dramani Mahama, has won a new term in a vote praised by the head of the Economic Community of West African States as "encouraging" for the country.
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![People wait to vote at a polling station in Kibi, eastern Ghana, December 7, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/eaa157dd-c17e-4fdc-8ee9-0bd59bc4deaf_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People wait to vote at a polling station in Kibi, eastern Ghana, December 7, 2012.
![Ghanaian presidential candidate Nana Akufo-Addo (L) of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) waves during his last rally at Sutherland Addy Children's Park in Accra, Ghana, December 5, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/12f77c01-2faf-4a1f-84e0-609acdf36617_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ghanaian presidential candidate Nana Akufo-Addo (L) of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) waves during his last rally at Sutherland Addy Children's Park in Accra, Ghana, December 5, 2012.
![John Dramani Mahama (R), Ghana's interim president and National Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, waves during his last electoral rally, Accra, Ghana, December 5, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2e1deba0-d958-4a01-99cb-9f89d260df66_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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John Dramani Mahama (R), Ghana's interim president and National Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, waves during his last electoral rally, Accra, Ghana, December 5, 2012.