[African Arguments]Accra -This is the last week before Ghana's population exercises its civic right (popularly known as 'krokromoti power') to vote in presidential and legislative elections.

[AEP]Special voting for security personnel and staff of the Electoral Commission of Ghana who will be involved in the management of Friday's elections is currently underway at selected polling stations across the country. In all about 20, 000 people are expected to take part in the exercise.

[AEP]2 days to go for Ghana's 2012 general elections and on the day the special voting is taking place for security personnel and elections officers, elections stories dominate most pages of the Ghanaian newspapers. We lead today's review with the Ghanaian Times front page story Play It Fair which says the president, John Mahama, has thrown a challenge to the other political party leaders to demonstrate to the their followers that they are committed to a free, fair and transparent elections, on Friday.

[FAO]Blue Energy is to build Africa's largest solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant, the company announced today, in a move which could spark a renewable energy revolution in West Africa.

[AEP]African Election Project @Penplusbytes, working with key partners; Georgia Institute of Technology, Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) and EnoughisEnough (EiE) Nigeria, with support from the UK's Department for Intern

[AEP]As per the arrangements stipulated in the Constitutional Instrument (CI) 72, security personnel and election officials will cast their vote tomorrow Tuesday December 4, 2012, to enable them effectively execute their duties on the day of the general elections on 7th December 2012.

[AEP]The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) has raised alarm at the increase in the personality attacks across the media with less than a week to the general election.

[Guardian Network]Accra -For months, every available space on the streets of Ghana's capital city has been plastered with campaign posters as the eight presidential hopefuls in this month's elections jostle for prominence. But amid the slogans, a new theme has emerged: a plethora of concerts, conferences and prayer meetings organised to promote peace at the polls.

[Daily Trust]I was an observer during the impressive December 2008 Ghanaian elections. The Nigerian media closely followed the elections and many were surprised that a ruling party lost so narrowly to the opposition.