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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor Do you recall what happened when rumours circulated that Akufo-Addo had pissed on a mosque in the Tamale area when he visited the palace of the local chief to seek his blessing for his bid … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Ghana, Michael Bokor, West Africa
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Tagged Akufo-Addo, Christianity, Ghana, God, IndepthAfrica, John Atta Mill, Mahamudu Bawumia, Mills, NPP
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Badu, K “To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the citizens”(Taft). In practice, … read more »
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Ghana, Ghana 2012 election, Ghana Armed Forces, Ghanaian, IndepthAfrica, John Atta Mill, John Dramani Mahama, Mahama, Martin Amidu
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor If Ghanaians make the mistake to elect the NPP’s Akufo-Addo into office next Friday, they will be sealing their own doom and confirming long-held opinions that they are the architects of their own plight. Take … read more »
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Tagged Akufo-Addo, Aliu Mahama, Facebook, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, John Atta Mill, John Kufuor, Kumasi Airport, SHS
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With Their Ill-gotten Booty kept intact To serve as a deterrent from corruption and amassing of ill-gotten wealth through abuse of office, public office holders who fall foul to corruption and abuse of office must not only voted out as … read more »
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Tagged Barack Obama, George Eliot, Ghana, Ghanaian, IndepthAfrica, John Atta Mill, John Dramani Mahama, Mill, Whig
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Sarpong, Justice Answer YES Or No, Mr Temporary President Did President Mills set up an investigative committee to investigate you for inflating prices on the contracts you signed in the name of Ghana? YES or NO? Sarpong, Justice President Mahama … read more »
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Tagged Armed Forces Council, Ghana, Ghana Armed Forces, IEA, IndepthAfrica, John Atta Mill, John Dramani Mahama, Mahama, Martin Amidu, Mills
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By Appiah, Kofo Nineteen fifty-eight born youthful John Dramani Mahama luckily happens to be the No. 1 man and chief executive officer of the Republic of Ghana in the West African sub-region, a developing nation in the Third World Africa. … read more »
Posted in Article, Election, Ghana, West Africa
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Tagged Ghana, God, IndepthAfrica, John Atta Mill, John Dramani Mahama, Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, Mahama, Nana Akufo-Addo, NDC
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While the Ghana Election 2012 is slowly coming to a close, I ‘m tempted to ask how much has been said about the 1992 Constitution? This question has become necessary because the constitution is an albatross hanging on our neck. … read more »
Posted in Article, Election, Ghana
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Tagged Electoral Commission, Ghana, ghanaian news, IndepthAfrica, John Atta Mill, National Democratic Congress, NDC, New Patriotic Party, President, United States
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BY Jacey Fortin | ibtimes The presidential election in Ghana bears an intriguing resemblance to the just-completed U.S. contest for the White House. There are several parties on the ballot, but only two stand a chance of winning. The incumbent … read more »
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Tagged Barack Obama, Ghana, ghana's election, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, John Atta Mill, John Dramani Mahama, Mahama, Nana Akufo-Addo, New Patriotic Party
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor We can now say with all certainty—and be brazen about it too—that the NPP’s Akufo-Addo is on an electioneering campaign of sorts to outrun himself. Or to outdo his running mate. The promises are flying … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, Michael Bokor
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Tagged Akufo-Addo, Ghana, Ghanaian, High school, IndepthAfrica, John Atta Mill, Mahamudu Bawumia, NPP, World Bank
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor The ugly noise that Rawlings continues to make about his so-called principles of “probity and accountability”—which is the motivation for his persistent undermining of his successors—is more than annoying. According to him, everybody in Ghana … read more »
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Tagged Ghana, IndepthAfrica, indepthafrica africa news, John Atta Mill, John Dramani Mahama, Kufuor government, Nana Konadu, National Democratic Congress, NDC, Rawlings
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Ghana’s former first lady Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings has been nominated as a candidate for the December presidential poll. She cut ties with the ruling party, founded by her husband, in order to run. Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, the wife of Ghana’s ex-president, Jerry … read more »
By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor The NPP’s Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is daring the devil in Ghanaian voters. He is, indeed, fast working himself into a frenzy at every turn as he ratchets up his political campaign efforts and has now … read more »
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Tagged Akufo-Addo, Ghana, Ghanaian Chronicle, Ghanaians, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica world news, Jacob Otanka Obetsebi-Lamptey, Jerry Rawlings, John Atta Mill, John Kufuor
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We are indeed in an interesting time, where interesting things are happening, with an interesting personality as President. Unfortunate for us Ghanaians, we have a President who on the surface of it appears to be a fine gentleman, but, within, … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana
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Tagged Ghana, Ghana Armed Forces, Hosni Mubarak, IndepthAfrica, indepthafrica africa news, John Atta Mill, John Dramani Mahama, Mahama, National Democratic Congress, Sani Abacha
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By: Kingsley Nyarko, Psychologist, Accra It is very difficult to strike a difference between our late President Mills and his successor—President Mahama. It appears, per their leadership, they have more parallels than differences. Critically observing them within the last one … read more »
Kwesi Bosumtwe “Divine intervention” created a great deal of goodwill for President Mahama on his (late President Mills) demise and also public sympathy also served a fine purpose in helping to ignite the hope within the party.” These were the … read more »
President John Dramani Mahama on Saturday stated that God has already blessed the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to win the December 7 polls. “The election is going to be one touch and I know that the way you have all … read more »
A divided house will certainly fall. And the current NDC represents the import of this statement. They have been at the crossroads for the past three and half years, a situation that clearly bespeaks that the harm is already done. … read more »
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Tagged Ghana, IndepthAfrica, John Atta Mill, John Dramani Mahama, John Mahama, National Health Insurance Scheme, NDC, New Patriotic Party, New York
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By Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph.D. He is dead on target, when Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom admonishes residents of the Central Region not to vote for Transitional-President John “Paradigm-Shift” Dramani Mahama, merely because the latter is the accidental successor of the … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, Cape Coast, Central Region, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, John Atta Mill, Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abirem, Kwame Nkrumah, Nduom, New Patriotic Party
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor Those criticizing President Mahama’s “Thank Your Tours” to the regions as “abuse of incumbency” seem to have too much time and too little to do. I see nothing wrong with the regional tours nor do … read more »
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Tagged Ashanti Region, Ghana, Greater-Accra Region, IndepthAfrica, John Atta Mill, John Dramani Mahama, John Kufuor, Mahama, New Patriotic Party
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By Kwadwo Poku Out of respect for the dead, I have been silent for the past month concerning the political happenings across the fruited plains of our dear nation but there comes a time when one can’t take it anymore … read more »
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Tagged December, Ghana, Ghanaians, IndepthAfrica, John Atta Mill, John Dramani Mahama, Mahama, Mill, President of the United States
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Today, we can all see clearly that Nana Akufo Addo has turned or is turning himself into a magician, all because he wants to become the president at all cost, something I know for sure can never and will not … read more »
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Tagged Ghana, IndepthAfrica, John Atta Mill, John Dramani Mahama, Nana Addo, Nana Akufo-Addo, NDC, New Patriotic Party, NPP
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It is elections year in Ghana. The country goes to the polls on 7th December 2012 to elect a new president, with a run-off, if necessary, scheduled for 28th December 2012; the same day that Parliamentary Elections will also be … read more »
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor The NPP’s Akufo-Addo made an emphatic statement during his encounter at the IEA’s Presidential Debate that he is not corrupt, has never been corrupt, and will never bow to corruption. Let’s hear him: “I am … read more »
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor As the electioneering campaigns for Election 2012 heat up, we don’t expect to see anything remarkably different from the strategies used by the functionaries of the various parties, especially the NPP that is hell-bent on … read more »
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At long last, the mortal remains of the late President Mills have been buried and the funeral duly performed. According to Akan tradition, we will have to wait for one year before we gather again to observe yet another celebration … read more »
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Tagged Africa Countries, africa facts, africa for kids, africa karl wolf, africa lyrics, Africa news, africa news today, africa song, africa toto, african food, African History, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, John Atta Mill, John Dramani Mahama, Mahama, Mill, Nana Akufo-Addo, NDC, New Patriotic Party, reuters africa news
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Unproven allegations that new vice president of Ghana, Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, is gay have been circulating creating a moral panic in the country A political scandal has been rocking Ghana in the last two weeks with allegations circulating in the … read more »
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Tagged Amissah Arthur, Ghana, John Atta Mill, LGBT, Mill, Monday, National Patriotic Party, United States
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Have African leaders ever sat down to write down their visions (not just their parties’) for the countries they govern, asks Percy Zvomuya. Judging by the number of books Africa’s founding nationalists wrote, one might think that to stake their … read more »
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The Committee organizing the funeral of late president John Evans Atta Mills has agreed to hand over his body to his family after an initial burial by the State. The agreement was reached following a meeting with the late president’s … read more »
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ulaimon Olanrewaju writes that since Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings took over power in Ghana in a coup d’état on December 31, 1981, the country has been governed by one John after another. IT is said that different folks have … read more »
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By Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph.D. Mr. John Agyekum-Kufuor cannot be more accurate, and even statesmanlike, when the former president tersely and poignantly observes that his great personal achievements call for a solemn celebration of the passing of President John Evans … read more »
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