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8 January 2017

Ghana's new president, vice president peacefully sworn in

In this Sunday Dec. 4, 2016 file photo, Nana Akufo-Addo, presidential candidate of the opposition New Patriotic Party waves to his supporters during a presidential election rally in Accra, Ghana. Ghana's chief justice swore in the nation's newly elected President Nana Akufo-Addo amid a sea of people dressed in the red, blue and white colors of his party. Akufo-Addo, 72, won the Dec. 7 election on his third run for the office, defeating incumbent John Dramani Mahama.

Ghana's newly elected President Nana Akufo-Addo was sworn into office Saturday in a peaceful handoff of power that stood out in a region facing political crises.

Thousands of people gathered in Accra's Independence Square, dressed in the red, blue and white colors of the New Patriotic Party, to witness the swearing in of Akufo-Addo as president and Mahamudu Bawumia as vice president.