Democracy backsliding in West Africa, but Ghana will prove it works — Mahama

President John Mahama has warned that democracy is facing serious setbacks in parts of West Africa, with the resurgence of military rule in some countries, but insists Ghana remains determined to demonstrate that constitutional democracy can deliver prosperity and opportunity.


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