US warns of visa restrictions for those undermining Ghana’s democracy, ahead of December polls

Last month, Ghana’s largest opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), led nationwide protests, calling for a comprehensive audit of the voter roll. The NDC claimed that thousands of unauthorized transfers and deletions of voter names were discovered, as reported by AP.

Incumbent President Nana Akufo-Addo, after two terms, is set to step down. The upcoming election will see former President John Dramani Mahama of the NDC facing Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia of the New Patriotic Party.

This follows a similar policy issued by the US State Department last year before Nigeria’s general election, where visa restrictions were imposed on individuals “believed to be responsible for, or complicit in, undermining democracy in Nigeria.”

(with inputs from AP)