A Peaceful Turnover in Ghana

Issue Date April 2001
Volume 12
Issue 2
Page Numbers 103-117
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With longtime ruler Jerry Rawlings obeying constitutional term limits, the opposition won a narrow electoral victory, bringing Ghana its first peaceful transfer of power since independence.

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