Ghana party bids to halt key vote

Ghana's ruling party is seeking to delay voting in a remote district that could decide the outcome of the knife-edge presidential run-off election.

Ruling party officials say a fair vote can not be held and they will boycott the poll in Tain if it goes ahead.

Tain constituency did not vote with the rest of the country on Sunday because of a problem distributing the ballots.

Opposition candidate John Atta Mills has a narrow lead over the ruling party's Nana Akufo-Addo.

"We are trying to stop the election because we think the security situation on the ground is not conducive for a free and fair election," Arthur Kennedy, a spokesman for the ruling New Patriotic Front (NPP), told AFP news agency.