{"id":19995,"date":"2024-11-15T11:20:37","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T16:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/?post_type=cu_event&#038;p=19995"},"modified":"2026-09-08T16:53:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T20:53:42","slug":"ghana-decides-elections-2024","status":"publish","type":"cu_event","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/event\/ghana-decides-elections-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana Decides: Elections 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n        \n    <\/h1>\n    \n        <\/header>\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n            <div class=\"cu-buttongroup cu-component-updated flex flex-wrap md:flex-1 gap-3 md:gap-5 justify-start\">\n                                                                                                        <\/div>\n        \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ghana\u2019s upcoming December 2024 Presidential and Parliamentary elections mark another crucial moment for democracy and governance in Africa. As Ghana prepares for its 9th consecutive general election since the return to democratic rule in 1992, it stands as a beacon of stability in West Africa\u2014a region recently shaken by military coups in neighbouring countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This forum brings together scholars, politicians, activists, journalists, and members of the African diaspora to discuss the significance of Ghana\u2019s 2024 elections on democratic governance and development. It will also examine Ghana\u2019s current political and economic climate, exploring how these dynamics might shape the country\u2019s democratic future and the broader implications for democracy and development in Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Event Details:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Date:<\/strong> December 2, 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Time:<\/strong> 11:00 AM ET<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong>Loeb Building A631 &amp; Zoom Webinar<strong>Website\/Registration:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/cu_event\/ghana-decides-election-2024-public-forum\/#register\">Event Details and Register<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3308\" height=\"4678\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/Ghana-Decides-Poster-new.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19996\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/Ghana-Decides-Poster-new.png 3308w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/Ghana-Decides-Poster-new-160x226.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/Ghana-Decides-Poster-new-240x339.png 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/Ghana-Decides-Poster-new-768x1086.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/Ghana-Decides-Poster-new-400x566.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/Ghana-Decides-Poster-new-1086x1536.png 1086w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/Ghana-Decides-Poster-new-1448x2048.png 1448w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/Ghana-Decides-Poster-new-360x509.png 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/Ghana-Decides-Poster-new-200x283.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3308px) 100vw, 3308px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button \" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/cu_event\/ghana-decides-election-2024-public-forum\/#register\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Register now<\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_event_type":[282],"cu_event_audience":[189,190,191,192,194,197],"class_list":["post-19995","cu_event","type-cu_event","status-publish","hentry","cu_event_type-events","cu_event_audience-alumni","cu_event_audience-anyone","cu_event_audience-carleton-community","cu_event_audience-current-students","cu_event_audience-media","cu_event_audience-staff-faculty"],"acf":{"cu_event_start_date":"2024-12-02T11:00:00","cu_event_end_date":"2024-12-02T13:00:00","cu_event_add_to_calendar":"show","cu_event_location_type":"in-person","cu_event_meeting_address_type":"on-campus","cu_event_virtual_type":"tbd","cu_event_virtual_meeting_link":"","cu_building":false,"cu_event_meeting_room":"","cu_event_meeting_address_full":null,"cu_post_thumbnail":false,"cu_event_cost":"0","cu_event_registration":"","cu_event_secondary_button":"","cu_event_contact_name":"","cu_event_email":" AfricanStudies@cunet.carleton.ca ","cu_event_phone":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/19995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/19995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20016,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/19995\/revisions\/20016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_event_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event_type?post=19995"},{"taxonomy":"cu_event_audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event_audience?post=19995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}