Thousands of supporters of Ghana’s main opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), have been protesting nationwide to demand an independent forensic audit of the country’s voter register.

Party officials say they have identified errors in the electoral roll for December’s nationwide poll that require correction.

The election authority says errors that were previously identified have been corrected.

Ghana, which has held a series of peaceful but hotly contested votes over the past three decades, is heading for another knife-edge presidential election.

In capital city Accra, demonstrators clad in red and white T-shirts, carried placards with inscriptions such as “we need justice in this election”.

The NDC alleges discrepancies, including illegal name transfers, missing voters and the inclusion of the names of over 50,000 dead people.

Source:BBC