Ghana is often regarded as a favorable nation within the West African region due to its successful transition to a democratic multi-party system in 1992. Ghana, situated in West Africa, was once recognized as the Gold Coast nation. Following its attainment of independence from Britain in 1957, Ghana emerged as the inaugural Sub-Saharan nation to liberate itself from the shackles of slavery and colonialism within the West African region. Nevertheless, Ghana has gained recognition as one of the...
The paper generally seeks to unravel the elements that are conducive for the prevailing peaceful conditions in a state. Therefore, democracy has been put at the epicenter of this paper on whether it promotes peace or not.... Democracy originated more than 2,400 years ago in ancient Greece. The word “democracy” means “ruleby the people.” While this definition tells us that the citizens of a democracy govern their nation, it omits essential parts of the idea of democracy as practiced...