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Ghana's opposition leader John Mahama officially won the country's election on Monday, easily defeating the ruling party candidate after voters punished the government's economic management and high living costs. Mahama won 56 percent of the votes in Saturday's presidential ballot, compared to the ruling party candidate and Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, who secured 41 percent, the electoral commission said announcing official results. The landslide comeback for former president Mahama ended eight years in power for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) under President Nana Akufo-Addo, whose last term was marked by Ghana's worst economic turmoil in years, an IMF bailout and a debt default. "These eight years have witnessed some of the darkest periods of our governance," Mahama told crowds of supporters blowing horns and whistles in his party office in Accra. "This mandate also serves as a constant reminder of what fate awaits us if we fail to meet the aspirations of our people." Bawumia, a former central banker, had already quickly conceded defeat on Sunday, acknowledging Ghanaians wanted change after the government failed to shake off widespread frustration. Bawumia also said the Mahama's National Democratic Congress (NDC) party had won the parliamentary vote in Saturday's election. Official results for the parliament are still being tallied. Mahama, 66, had previously failed twice to secure the presidency, but in Saturday's election he managed to tap into expectations of change among Ghanaians. He promised to "reset" Ghana, usher in economic revival and renegotiate parts of the country's $3 billion IMF accord. In his acceptance speech, Mahama promised reforms and "severe" measures to bring Ghana back on track. "The journey is not going to be easy... because the outgoing government has plunged our dear nation into the abyss," he said. "I am certain that we shall win the battle." With a history of democratic stability, Ghana's two major parties, the NPP and NDC, have alternated in power equally since the return to multi-party politics in 1992. But Ghana's economic woes dominated the 2024 election, after the continent's top gold producer and world's second cacao exporter went through a debt crisis, the default and currency devaluation. Turnout for Saturday election was 60.9 percent, a slide in participation from 79 percent in the 2020 election, results showed. With a slogan "Break the 8" -- a reference to two, four-year terms in power -- Bawumia had sought to take the NPP to an unprecedented third mandate. But he struggled to break from criticism of Akufo-Addo's economic record. While inflation slowed from more than 50 percent to around 23 percent, and other indicators stabilised, economic concerns were still a clear election issue for most Ghanaians. That frustration opened the way for a comeback from Mahama, who first came to the presidency in 2012 when he was serving as vice president and then President John Atta Mills died in office. During campaigning, the former president also faced criticism from those who remember his government's own financial tribulations and especially the massive power blackouts that marred his time in office. bur/pma/giv
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Baltimore prosecutors are still mulling what to do with the case of Adnan Syed, whose decades-old convictions were reinstated earlier this year. At a status conference in Syed’s case Friday, sprosecutor Clara Salzberg, chief of the Baltimore State’s Attorney’s Office’s Post Conviction Litigation Unit, said her team needed more time to decide what to do with a request to vacate Syed’s convictions filed by the previous administration in the state’s attorney’s office. “We are asking for an additional 90 days ... to allow us to take the time that we need to conduct the review of what was filed and to determine what are the appropriate next steps for our office to take,” Salzberg said. Syed’s lawyer, Assistant Public Defender Erica Suter, did not object to the prosecutor’s request. Also the director of the Innocence Project Clinic at the University of Baltimore School of Law, Suter didn’t say anything else during the brief court hearing. David Sanford, an attorney for Young Lee, the brother of the woman Syed is accused of killing in 1999, Hae Min Lee, said he would object to any further delays in the case. “The office claims it needs an additional three months to review documents it has had for over two years,” Sanford said, adding, “At this point, this is frankly absurd.” That prosecutors are still mulling how to proceed in this case adds intrigue to a legal saga made famous by the hit podcast “Serial,” which chronicled Syed’s prosecutions. The Supreme Court of Maryland reinstated Syed’s convictions in August, capping off an appeals process dating to September 2022and placing Syed’s fate in the hands of a new state’s attorney. Though the state’s attorney’s office successfully moved to vacate Syed’s convictions in September 2022, the office doesn’t have to take the same position now that the Supreme Court has ordered a redo of the hearing that set Syed free. On the campaign trail, Bates said Syed’s convictions should be undone. When his office received the case following the state Supreme Court’s ruling, he said they needed to evaluate the case. “Ninety days is what we’re confident today will at least give us the time that we need to have more clarity about what our next steps will be,” Salzberg told Baltimore Circuit Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer, who is now presiding over the case. Schiffer ordered prosecutors to file anything new in the case by Feb. 28. Syed’s legal saga traces to 2000 when a Baltimore jury found Syed guilty of murder, kidnapping, robbery and related charges in the death of Lee, his high school sweetheart. Prosecutors postulated at the time that Syed couldn’t handle it when Lee broke up with him, so he killed her. Lee, 18, was strangled to death and buried in a clandestine grave in Leakin Park. Syed’s convictions withstood multiple appeals, but he always maintained he was innocent. Years turned to decades behind bars. His break came in 2021 when Suter approached city prosecutors about modifying his sentence under a new law allowing people convicted of crimes before they turned 18 to petition a court to change their penalty. The subsequent review spawned a full-throttled reinvestigation of the case, which, prosecutors said, revealed alternative suspects in Lee’s killing not before disclosed to Syed. The revelation, prosecutors said, led them to doubt the “integrity” of Syed’s decades-old convictions. They moved to vacate the guilty findings. On a Friday afternoon in September 2022, Baltimore Circuit Judge Melissa M. Phinn scheduled a hearing for the following Monday. Prosecutors then informed Young Lee, saying he could watch it by Zoom, but a lawyer for Young Lee insisted his client, who lived in California, wanted to attend in person and wasn’t given enough time to travel. Phinn proceeded with the hearing, ordering Syed freed after 23 years of incarceration. Young Lee raised questions about his role in the hearing, appealing before prosecutors dismissed Syed’s charges in October 2022. He argued that the short notice violated his right as a crime victim and the intermediate Appellate Court of Maryland agreed in March 2023, ordering Syed’s convictions reinstated for a do-over of the hearing to vacate them. Syed swiftly appealed to the state’s highest court, arguing that Young Lee got adequate notice and that the prosecutor’s decision to dismiss his charges nullified the appeal. Young Lee followed up with his own appeal , with his lawyers arguing the appellate court’s ruling didn’t go far enough for crime victims. The state Supreme Court’s decision was split. The three dissenting judges argued, in part, that it was up to the legislature, not the judiciary, to decide whether to clarify a crime victim’s role in such a proceeding. Have a news tip? Contact Alex Mann at amann@baltsun.com, and x.com/@alex_mann10.White scores 19 in North Dakota State's 98-62 win over Western MichiganChattanooga wins 85-63 against Alabama A&M
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Son Heung-min, the South Korean international, has been a standout performer for Tottenham Hotspur since joining the club in 2015. Known for his pace, skill, and prolific goal-scoring abilities, Son has become a fan favorite and a key player for Spurs. His consistently impressive performances have caught the eye of top clubs around Europe, including Barcelona.The college football world is still chiming in on the College Football Playoff committee’s decision to take 11-2 SMU over 9-3 Alabama. Paul Finebaum was front and center Monday, declaring Alabama got “jobbed.” The SEC Network analyst was also quick to point out, however, the Tide didn’t help itself with the loss at Oklahoma. “The biggest problem this committee had is that Warde Manuel, the athletic director at Michigan, got up on Tuesday night and completely blew it,” Finebaum said on Get Up, per On3 . “He said things that committee chairman never say. And by the way, I appreciate him being transparent, but he put a roadblock up, and he essentially said, what you what you alluded to. And the reason why that committee went the direction there are people that represent college football and to make it easy for the audience, the college championship games bring in 10s, if not hundreds of millions of dollars, and they would have in essence, issued a Supreme Court ruling saying they are null and void. “So, Alabama got jobbed. But again, Alabama did it to themselves. So they preserved the conference championship games at least for another year. They’re not going to be around long. You and I both know that.” The selection committee preferred the Mustangs, losers in the ACC title game, who had a far less difficult schedule than Alabama of the SEC but one fewer loss. RECOMMENDED • mlive .com Michigan football to play Rose Bowl rematch vs. Alabama in Florida Dec. 8, 2024, 3:08 p.m. First look at Alabama, Michigan’s ReliaQuest Bowl opponent Dec. 8, 2024, 6:15 p.m. On Sunday, Finebaum said the committee took the easy way out . The Tide had the 16th toughest schedule and went 3-1 against teams in the top 25. SMU’s numbers: 60th in strength of schedule and 0-2 against the top 25. Mark Heim is a reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim . He can be heard on “The Opening Kickoff” on WNSP-FM 105.5 FM in Mobile or on the free Sound of Mobile App from 6 to 9 a.m. daily.
The decision to hold a special speech and press conference is seen as a significant departure from the bank's usual communication practices. While the Bank of Japan regularly issues statements and holds press conferences after its policy meetings, it is rare for it to convene a special event outside of its regular schedule.Liu Yang, a well-respected financial accounting teacher, has recently made the difficult decision to resign from his position. His departure has surprised and saddened both students and colleagues alike, as he was known for his dedication, expertise, and passion for teaching. Many are left wondering about the personal reasons that led to his resignation.