Ghana opens polls for general election

A man washes his hands before voting at a polling station in Accra, Ghana, Dec. 7, 2020. Polls opened in all 16 regions across Ghana early Monday for eligible voters to elect new political leaders for the country. The Ghana Electoral Commission (EC) said 17,029,981 eligible voters are expected to participate in Ghana's eighth general election since the country returned to multi-party democracy in 1992. (Xinhua/Xu Zheng)