Managing Election- Relation Violence for Democratic Stability in Ghana organisations is in order to pursue certain political agendas. Others have also just been formed because of the prospects of obtaining funding. The EC needs to revise its accreditation procedure because if care is not taken, some of these emerging CSOs can ruin the work of genuine observers in the country because they are often partisan in nature and do not conform to domestic and international standards for election observation. Lastly, while foreign observer missions from the EU, United States, Canada and Britain especially have been involved in Ghanaian and African elections since the early 1990s, African observer groups have not participated in elections in these Western countries. Although it is true that election observation is used as a means to enhance the democratization process in Africa, it would be beneficial if African observer groups are also given the opportunity to observe Western countries' elections rather than it being a one-way affair. By this, local observers can learn certain best practices and lessons that they could bring to bear on their observation activities at home. Conclusion and Way Forward Certainly, the process of democratization in Ghana has improved considerably since the transition to multiparty democracy in 1992. Ghana has contributed extensively in enhancing and keeping the image of Africa afloat by holding five consecutive presidential and parliamentary elections under the Fourth Republic. The peaceful and largely transparent outcome of these elections could not have been possible without the strong commitment and vigorous engagement of foreign and domestic observer missions, which monitored and exposed some weakness in election 265
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