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Ghanaians are set to vote on Dec. 7 for a new president to replace Nana Akufo-Addo, who has served the maximum two terms.

Apart from the Eastern and Western regions, which have been excluded in Monday's Special Voting exercise for Election 2024, voting is underway in all other polling centres in the remaining 14 regions.

I will vote but I don't think it will change anything," said 18-year-old high school graduate Emmanuel Kwaku Jr, who will be casting his ballot for the first time. An October survey by pan-African research group Afrobarometer found 82% of Ghanaians felt the country was headed in the wrong direction and less than half expected change for the better in the next year.