Tag Archives: Mahama
By Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph.D. At a recent meeting, at his Flagstaff House office, with editors and chief executives of the print and electronic media, President John Dramani Mahama is reported to have counseled these media operatives against the production … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Flagstaff House, Ghana, Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, IndepthAfrica, John Dramani Mahama, Mahama, Nana Akufo-Addo, National Democratic Congress, New Patriotic Party
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By Kofi Thompson There are some political analysts who insist that it was the extraordinary carelessness of certain key individuals in Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo’s inner-circle, which resulted in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) becoming complacent to a degree that … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Ghana, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, John Dramani Mahama, Mahama, National Democratic Congress, NDC, New Patriotic Party, NPP
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Shifting the Goal Posts & Influencing People with Bribes Won’t Save President Mahama The obstinate President who is full of himself but empty on issues is doomed. President Mahama, as hollow on issues and policies as he is, still believes … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged electoral fraud, Ghana, God, IndepthAfrica, John Atta Mills, John Dramani Mahama, Mahama, NDC, Rome
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“What goes around, comes around”, so a popular saying goes. I can hardly understand the wisdom in a recent accusation President Mahama levelled against the Ghana media houses. I am not being disrespectful to him, neither do I seek to … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Breakfast television, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, John Atta Mills, John Dramani Mahama, Mahama, Nana Akufo-Addo, NDC, New Patriotic Party
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By Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph.D. President Mahama pretty much comes off to me as a miniature model of former President George W. Bush, the Younger Bush who launched the self-glorifying war against the Iraqi dictatorship of the late President Saddam … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, West Africa
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Tagged Convention Peoples Party, George W. Bush, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, John Dramani Mahama, Mahama, New Patriotic Party, Nkrumah government, University of Cape Coast
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By Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK I was dumbfounded when I read that President Mahama claims his government was not financing but only facilitating the selected pastors’ “joy ride” to Israel. I considered the claim to be a complete fabrication, laughable … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, West Africa
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Tagged Cambridge, Christianity, Ghana, Holy Land, IndepthAfrica, Israel, John Dramani Mahama, Mahama, President
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It seems to me President Mahama is more interested in running a Travel Agency company than administering a country. How a country like Ghana with its myriad of problems can find time to facilitate the itinerary of fake Pastors sojourn … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, West Africa
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Tagged Catholic Church, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, Israel, John Dramani Mahama, Mahama, NDC, South Africa, United States
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor At long last, President Mahama has confirmed that the government is, indeed, involved in the planning of the pilgrimage to Jerusalem by 200 Ghanaian pastors. Speaking on the issue for the first time, President Mahama … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Ghana, Michael Bokor, West Africa
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Tagged Calvary, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, Israel, Jerusalem, jesus, John Dramani Mahama, Mahama, Mahama Ayariga
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Ghana is on a risky and an uncertain trip down the cliff. The heightened risk we face is due to the erratic spells and flippant nature of the man in charge, disputed president Mahama. Its unimaginable his self-confessed childhood problems … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, West Africa
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Tagged Andrew Solomon, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, John Dramani Mahama, Mahama, National Democratic Congress, NDC, New York Times, Regional minister
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By Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph.D. The decision by the three members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to prevail on a legitimately constituted court of the land to force New Patriotic Party (NPP) members in Ghana’s parliament to officially recognize … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, West Africa
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Tagged Ghana, IndepthAfrica, John Dramani Mahama, Mahama, National Democratic Congress, NDC, New Patriotic Party, NPP, Supreme Court
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By Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph.D. A day, or two, after a member of the Nduom-led Progressive People’s Party (PPP) published a largely pedestrian and vacuous tirade about the urgent need for President John Dramani Mahama to articulate his “vision” for … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, West Africa
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Tagged Accra, Akufo-Addo, Frank Bernasko, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, John Dramani Mahama, Mahama, Nana Akufo-Addo, Supreme Court
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Ghana marks its 56th Independence anniversary today with colourful parades across the country. This year’s event is being held under a broad theme of: “PARTNERSHIP AND INNOVATION FOR BUILDING A NEW AND BEITER GHANA” President John Dramani Mahama will address … read more »
By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor When Kwame Pianim said before the 2008 elections that any idiot can bear/carry the flag of a political party, many didn’t understand him. Is he not right, after all? Of course, he was reacting to … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, Michael Bokor, West Africa
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Tagged Ghana, IndepthAfrica, John Kufuor, Kwame Pianim, Mahama, member of parliament, New Patriotic Party, NPP, State of the Nation Address
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All over the world, Politicians are known for their ceaseless metastasizing, or insatiable cravings for attention. With this in mind, doubtful individuals like me (the author), can be excused for doubting President Mahama on his declaration to bring to a … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, West Africa
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Tagged Artisanal mining, Flagstaff House, Forestry Commission, Ghana, Government, IndepthAfrica, John Dramani Mahama, Mahama, United States Environmental Protection Agency
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By ANDREW SOLOMON WHEN my husband-to-be and I met the Ghanaian politician John Dramani Mahama at a friend’s wedding near Accra eight years ago, I liked him immediately. I kept up with his fortunes mostly through mutual friends, and I … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, West Africa
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Tagged Andrew Solomon, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, Jaipur Literature Festival, John Atta Mills, John Dramani Mahama, Mahama, New York Public Library, United States
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor The Founder and leader of Glorious Word Ministry International, Rev. Isaac Owusu Bempah, is in the news again for the wrong reason. He is reported to have predicted that President Mahama will die this year … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Ghana, Michael Bokor
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Tagged Aliu Mahama, Ghana, God, IndepthAfrica, Mahama, New Patriotic Party, NPP, Owusu Bempah, Supreme Court of the United States
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor With the NPP’s abstention from the two upcoming bye-elections in the Akatsi South and Buem constituencies, the NDC must be laughing all the way to claim an easy electoral victory. Not much money expected to … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Ghana, Michael Bokor, West Africa
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Tagged IndepthAfrica, Kofi Adams, Mahama, Nana Konadu, National Democratic Congress, National Democratic Party, NDC, Obed Asamoah, Volta Region
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor Good friends, more developments keep cropping up for us to engage in our conversation. President Mahama has moved steadily to establish the pillars of his administration. He has just released the names of 15 new … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Ghana, Michael Bokor, West Africa
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Tagged Ahwoi, Alban Bagbin, Cletus Avoka, E. T. Mensah, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, John Atta Mills, Kwesi Ahwoi, Mahama
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor President Mahama has made more appointments. Significantly absent from the list are those variously qualified as “babies with sharp teeth” and “evil dwarfs” (apologies to JJ Rawlings). These elements are best known for fighting the … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Ghana, Michael Bokor, West Africa
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Tagged Ghana, IndepthAfrica, indepthafrica ghana news, Jerry Rawlings, Mahama, National Democratic Congress, NDC, New Patriotic Party, NPP, President of the United States
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor Folks, there is more trouble in Osonokrom. President Mahama’s intention to call about 4,800 witnesses to testify for him in the NPP’s election-related case now before the Supreme Court has sent serious shock waves through … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Ghana, Michael Bokor, West Africa
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Tagged Ghana, Ghana School of Law, lawsuit, Mahama, NDC, New Patriotic Party, NPP, Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the United States
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor Folks, I want to raise something for discussion, which has been bothering me all this while. It has to do with the tons of congratulations given President Mahama vis-à-vis his inauguration in office as Ghana’s … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Ghana, Michael Bokor, West Africa
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Tagged Akufo-Addo, Benjamin Kunbuor, Electoral Commission, Ghana, Ghana news, IndepthAfrica, John Dramani Mahama, Mahama, Osu Castle, Supreme Court
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President John Dramani Mahama has been duly sworn in as the 4th President of the 4th Republic of Ghana. The Chairman of the Electoral Commission declared President Mahama as the winner of the December 7, Presidential elections. The election was … read more »
By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor What we see unfolding from the NPP front is not freakish nor will it abate soon. It won’t because it is the culmination of the party’s grand agenda in response to the unexpected outcome of … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Ghana, Michael Bokor, West Africa
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Tagged Akufo-Addo, Electoral Commission, IndepthAfrica, Mahama, Mahamudu Bawumia, National Democratic Congress, NPP, Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the United States
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor Now that the NPP leaders have submitted their petition to the Supreme Court to demand the declaration of their defeated flagbearer, Akufo-Addo, as winner of Election 2012, they seem to have made good their threat … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Ghana, Michael Bokor, West Africa
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Tagged Electoral Commission, IndepthAfrica, John Dramani Mahama, Mahama, National Democratic Congress, New Patriotic Party, NPP, President, Supreme Court
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor Even though the NPP is yet to file its case at the Supreme Court to fight the EC (the NDC and the media too) over the outcome of the Presidential elections, I am quite certain … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Ghana, Michael Bokor, West Africa
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Tagged Akufo-Addo, Electoral Commission, IndepthAfrica, John Dramani Mahama, Mahama, National Democratic Congress, NDC, NPP, Supreme Court
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor Even though the NPP is yet to file its case at the Supreme Court to fight the EC (the NDC and the media too) over the outcome of the Presidential elections, I am quite certain … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Ghana, Michael Bokor, West Africa
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Tagged Akufo-Addo, Electoral Commission, Ghana news, ghanaian news, IndepthAfrica, John Dramani Mahama, Mahama, National Democratic Congress, NDC, NPP, Supreme Court
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor We have so far been interrogating the NPP’s rejection of the results of the Presidential elections and wondered why the focus is on only that aspect of the general elections. As the party’s leaders continue … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Ghana, Michael Bokor, West Africa
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Tagged Akufo-Addo, Ghana, Ghana news, John Dramani Mahama, Mahama, National Democratic Congress, NDC, NPP, Supreme Court
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor At long last, we now know what the NPP will go to the Supreme Court for. The party’s General Secretary, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, has enumerated three reliefs that the party will seek: The number of … read more »
Posted in Article, Canada, Ghana, Michael Bokor, West Africa
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Tagged Akufo-Addo, Ashanti Region, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, Mahama, Nana Akufo-Addo, New Patriotic Party, NPP, Supreme Court
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor The NPP may continue fretting and protesting (whether legally or through riotous behaviour by its activists), but its leaders seem not to know that their fate had long been decided before the 2012 elections were … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Ghana, Michael Bokor, West Africa
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Tagged Akufo-Addo, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, John Dramani Mahama, Mahama, Nana Konadu, National Democratic Congress, NDC, NPP
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor As the NPP leaders and followers continue to create the impression that the results of the just-ended elections were tampered with by the media, the Electoral Commission, and the NDC to crown President Mahama as … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Ghana, Michael Bokor, West Africa
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Tagged Akufo-Addo, Electoral Commission, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, Mahama, Merchant bank, New Patriotic Party, NPP, United States
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