[AEP]The people of the Western Region are waiting anxiously for the Vice-Presidential Candidates debate slated for Takoradi ahead of this year's parliamentary and presidential elections on December 7, 2012.

[AEP]The Chairperson of the African Union Commission has approved the deployment of the African Union Election Observers Mission (AUEOM) to observe elections taking place in Sierra Leone, on 17 November 2012; Burkina Faso, on 2 December 2012 and Ghana, on 7 December 2012.

[This is Africa]Festus Mogae, former president of Botswana, speaks about democracy, governance, institution-building and political finance in Africa.

[AEP]As a test of the newly introduced biometric system of voting, the Electoral commission on Saturday began a two-day pilot biometric verification exercise to enable it have a firsthand experience of what the actual polls will be like on December 7.

[MFWA]The monitoring of electoral campaign language on radio by the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) was launched in January 2012. However, the daily monitoring of electoral campaign language on radio began in April 2012. The project which is being funded by STAR-Ghana seeks to contribute to ensuring issues-based and decent language campaigning in the 2012 elections.

[AEP]The Electoral Commission says it has scheduled a meeting with the Presidential candidates on Tuesday as part of its efforts towards ensuring free and fair elections devoid of rancour.

[ThinkAfricaPress]Chinese loans, China's relationship with the ruling party, and illegal mining have become important issues in Ghana's upcoming election.

[Daily News]FIFA Ambassador and Ghanaian soccer legend, Abeid Ayew 'Pele', has urged Tanzania to sustain grassroots soccer development programme should the country dream of qualifying for the African Nations Cup (AFCON) and the World Cup finals in future.