{"id":91936,"date":"2024-12-10T18:11:09","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T18:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/kagame-congratulates-ghanas-president-elect-on-election-win"},"modified":"2024-12-11T11:18:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T11:18:04","slug":"kagame-congratulates-ghanas-president-elect-on-election-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/kagame-congratulates-ghanas-president-elect-on-election-win","title":{"rendered":"Kagame congratulates Ghana\u2019s president-elect on election win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>President Paul Kagame has sent his congratulations to Ghana\u2019s President-elect John Dramani Mahama, who claimed victory in the December 7 election making a comeback as the West African country\u2019s top leader.<\/p>\n<p>Mahama, who hails from the National Democratic Congress (NDC), won with 56.6 per cent of the votes against 41.6 per cent for Mahamudu Bawumia of the ruling New Patriotic Party. Bawumia, who is the current Vice President, conceded defeat on Sunday at a press conference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongratulations to my friend President-elect John Mahama on your election victory,\u201d Kagame wrote in a Tuesday post on X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRwanda and Ghana share a strong commitment to progress and we look forward to working together to strengthen our bilateral ties and advance the vision of a prosperous Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mahama, 65, previously led Ghana from 2012 until 2017, when he was replaced by incumbent President Nana Akufo-Addo. Mahama had lost the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Rwanda<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. President Paul Kagame has sent his congratulations to Ghana\u2019s President-elect John Dramani Mahama, who claimed victory in the December 7 election making a comeback as the West African country\u2019s top leader. Mahama, who hails from the National Democratic Congress (NDC), won with 56.6 per cent of the votes against 41.6 per cent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":91935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[770,711,6890,1471,758],"class_list":["post-91936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa","tag-ghana","tag-john-mahama","tag-paul-kagame","tag-rwanda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kagame congratulates Ghana\u2019s president-elect on election win - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"President Paul Kagame has sent his congratulations to Ghana\u2019s President-elect John Dramani Mahama, who claimed victory i ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/kagame-congratulates-ghanas-president-elect-on-election-win\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kagame congratulates Ghana\u2019s president-elect on election win\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Paul Kagame has sent his congratulations to Ghana\u2019s President-elect John Dramani Mahama, who claimed victory i ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/kagame-congratulates-ghanas-president-elect-on-election-win\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-12-10T18:11:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-11T11:18:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/12\/sm_1733842647.496531.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"989\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"408\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/kagame-congratulates-ghanas-president-elect-on-election-win#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/kagame-congratulates-ghanas-president-elect-on-election-win\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Kagame congratulates Ghana\u2019s president-elect on election win\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-12-10T18:11:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-11T11:18:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/kagame-congratulates-ghanas-president-elect-on-election-win\"},\"wordCount\":163,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/kagame-congratulates-ghanas-president-elect-on-election-win#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/12\/sm_1733842647.496531.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa\",\"Ghana\",\"JOHN MAHAMA\",\"Paul Kagame\",\"Rwanda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/kagame-congratulates-ghanas-president-elect-on-election-win#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/kagame-congratulates-ghanas-president-elect-on-election-win\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/kagame-congratulates-ghanas-president-elect-on-election-win\",\"name\":\"Kagame congratulates Ghana\u2019s president-elect on election win - 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