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Melissa Chemam with RFI

Ghana’s president faces tough start as economic crisis drives people to leave

John Mahama (left), with outgoing President Nana Akufo-Addo on 11 December, 2024. © Bineta Diagne / RFI

Ghana's president-elect John Mahama, due to be inaugurated on 7 January, will have his work cut out, as the country suffers its worst economic crisis in a generation and a study finds more than 60 percent of Ghanaians want to emigrate.

Mahama has been Ghana's main opposition figure for several years, having previously served as president from July 2012 to January 2017. He failed in his bid to be re-elected in 2016's elections, and then again in 2020.

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