Some members of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) have reminded Ghana to be guided by her previous peaceful elections and, as such, cannot disappoint Africa in the December 7 polls.

A total of 172 military personnel at the Sunyani Liberation Barrack in the Brong Ahafo Region are threatening to boycott deployment for electoral duties on Wednesday as their names have been excluded from the voters\' list for the second round of special voting.

The Electoral Commission (EC) says despite the challenges faced by electorates during the Thursday\'s Special Voting exercise, it is impressed with the process.

Selling your vote for goats, chicken, money, T-shirts and other enticements amounts to selling the part you own in Ghana\'s sovereignty as a citizen, pastor Mensa Otabil has said.

The economy is at the forefront of Ghanaians\' minds as they prepare to go to the polls for presidential and parliamentary elections on 7 December.

The second phase of the special voting exercise is currently underway in designated polling stations in all 275 constituencies in Ghana.

Day 2 of the Electoral Commission\'s special voting exercise has, like the first, been fraught with complaints from several participants who accuse the EC of failing to rectify anomalies identified during the first phase of the exercise last Thursday.

Ghana goes to the polls for presidential and parliamentary elections on 7 December for its seventh multi-party ballot since the end of military rule in 1992. The presidential race is expected to be a closely fought contest between incumbent President John Dramani Mahama and opposition challenger Nana Akufo-Addo. Ghana is frequently described as one of the most stable democracies in West Africa and has witnessed several peaceful transfers of power.

Failure to convert chances once again came back to haunt the national women\'s football side in Cameroon on Friday as they crashed out of the CAF African Women\'s Cup of Nations tournament in Yaounde.