At a ceremony in Ghana's capital, Accra, on Tuesday, John Dramani Mahama received his swearing in for another term as president.
The country's economic problem is said to be his main concern and he promises to address this during his inaugural speech thereby generating job opportunities.
With a landslide victory in the Dec. 7 presidential election, the 66-year-old opposition leader made a political return in the second-largest cocoa producer in the world.
He carries on Ghana's democratic legacy in a region where jihadist insurgencies and military takeovers have struck elsewhere.
In Accra's Independence Square, the site of Ghanaian inaugural ceremonies since Kwame Nkrumah was sworn in more than 60 years ago, more than 20 leaders and heads of state from every corner of the globe attended the ceremony.