Sentences with phrase «peaceful handover»

With the country on the verge of its first peaceful handover of power from one democratically elected leader to another in 73 years, President Akufo - Addo called on the Supreme Court to help usher in a new era for the West African country.

Togbui Adrakpanya said the unanimous decision to enstool Former President Rawlings who is a son of the land as Nutifafa fia has been informed by the fact that he was a military ruler who relinquished dictatorship and embraced democratic rule by making a peaceful handover after his term.

It would be recalled that Buhari and the immediate past President of Ghana, John Mahama as mediator and co-mediator respectively had also been mandated by the Economic Community of West African States to ensure the safety of Gambian President - elect Adama Barrow and ensure a peaceful handover of power on January 19.

In actuality, those countries are pretty humane, with frequent peaceful handovers of powers, open dissent and strong respect for civil liberties, etc. so conflating them with Soviet - style «People's Republic» kind of undermines the criticism.

Not exact matches

The Ugandan Parliamentary delegation, which was led by Madam Alum Santa Ogwang expressed their admiration for the peaceful nature of Ghana and its politics particularly the seamless handover of political power from one elected leader to another, which was first executed by former President Rawlings.