Togo at the polls

Togolese went to the polls yesterday to vote for a president. Leading candidates include Faure Gnassingbe, incumbent and Jean Pierre Fabre of the opposition UFC.

Togo will turn 50 this year alongside 16 other African countries including Nigeria that got her independence in 1960 (Africa's magic year).

I am covering the elections and it has been peaceful so far and one hopes it remains that way.

Change comes to Ghana

After several months of electioneering campaigns, Ghana finally declared presidential election results a couple of hours ago and I was on the streets to see the people jubiliate because the party which promised change to the country has won the polls. Professor John Evans Atta-Mills is the new leader. Here people rejoice at Oxford Street, Osu in the heart of Accra drinking and dancing.