Ghana
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Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated with the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Ivory Coast to the west, Burki
The Portuguese established the Portuguese Gold Coast with the construction of Elmina Castle (Castelo da Mina) by Diogo de Azambuja in 1482, making it the oldest European building in West Africa.
A Gold Coast postage stamp overprinted for Ghanaian independence in 1957
Traditional chiefs in 2015
Parliament House of Ghana, the Supreme Court of Ghana, and Judiciary of Ghana buildings. Jubilee House is the presidential palace.
John Mahama
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John Dramani Mahama is a Ghanaian politician who has been the president of the Republic of Ghana since January 2025. A member of the National Democratic Congress, he previously served as president fro
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…in the 2008 general election by John Atta Mills of the National Democratic Congress. Mills died of natural causes and was succeeded by Vice President John Mahama on 24 July 2012. Following the 2012 general election, Mahama became president in his own right, and Ghana was described as a "stable democracy". As a…
Mahama in 2025
John Mahama holds a bilateral meeting with the then-United States Secretary of State John Kerry.
Then-U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle greet Mahama and First Lady Lordina Mahama, in the Blue Room during a U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit at the White House, 5 August 2014.
Mahama with Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, 14 February 2016