Mahama leaves South Africa for Ghana

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AME 10 years ago

MANDELA WAS RELEASED IN FEB 1990 BUT GHANAWEB HAS POSTED A PHOTO REPORT STATING RAWLINGS VISITED HIM IN 1988 HOW POSSIBLE PLEASE CHECK YOU HISTORICAL FACTS

MANDELA WAS RELEASED IN FEB 1990 BUT GHANAWEB HAS POSTED A PHOTO REPORT STATING RAWLINGS VISITED HIM IN 1988 HOW POSSIBLE PLEASE CHECK YOU HISTORICAL FACTS
insight to the bone 10 years ago

jj and all these foolish criminal ndc politicians again are trying to create a diversion and throw smoke screens in our eyes on the issue of corruption . our corruption is a different kind especially when is rooted in some mi ...
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jj and all these foolish criminal ndc politicians again are trying to create a diversion and throw smoke screens in our eyes on the issue of corruption . our corruption is a different kind especially when is rooted in some minority group or tribe making war against the Akans so undermine the economy to push the Akans further into poverty and make them again massively pick up the passports and leave . Starting from the days of Nkrumah every minority ethnic group comes to power with the mentality of my time has come '' we go chop Ghana money some '' and do everything to ensure this . nkrumah using the old strategy of divide and rule , pit brother against brother divided the fanti speaking people into 2 regions , rawlings came and used the same methods to pit part of the fantis and ashantis against each other and now pepeni is [laying the same game of northerners against southerners and all non Akans against the Akans . Billions have been approved in parliament in the past few years and the monies disappeared meanwhile they shove down our throats stories of 3,5 million and rumours of CIA basically accusing Akans again of corruption as diversions to the real truth of the looting of those hiding behind the ndc party . our problem in a nutshell is hegemony tribalism and chauvinism and the evil fruits are corruption , destruction of the economy and treacherous enmity between brothers . with out the unification of all the potentials and peoples of the land there can be no progress or development leading to industrialization and real meaning well paying jobs for our children no matter the natural resources . that is also the the problem of the Arab world who will forever remain trapped in a quasi feudal society , we Akans choose a different path and will most surely secede as there is no other alternative , long live the republic of Akan
bensala omar 10 years ago

come back home safe god guide u in moving ghana to the better

come back home safe god guide u in moving ghana to the better
DAN 10 years ago

GOD WILL PUNISH MAHAMA AND COMPANY AND SAVE GHANA FROM SATANS GRIPS!

GOD WILL PUNISH MAHAMA AND COMPANY AND SAVE GHANA FROM SATANS GRIPS!
Alex 10 years ago

He is coming and so what, clueless vision-less, corrupt and thief president. Nonsense. He is really useless.

He is coming and so what, clueless vision-less, corrupt and thief president. Nonsense. He is really useless.
NAKED 10 years ago

Mali at first glance seems a most unlikely place for the NATO powers, led by a neo-colonialist French government of Socialist President Francois Hollande (and quietly backed to the hilt by the Obama Administration), to launch ...
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Mali at first glance seems a most unlikely place for the NATO powers, led by a neo-colonialist French government of Socialist President Francois Hollande (and quietly backed to the hilt by the Obama Administration), to launch what is being called by some a new Thirty Years’ War Against Terrorism.

Mali, with a population of some 12 million, and a landmass three and a half times the size of Germany, is a land-locked largely Saharan Desert country in the center of western Africa, bordered by Algeria to its north, Mauritania to its west, Senegal, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso and Niger to its southern part. People I know who have spent time there before the recent US-led efforts at destabilization called it one of the most peaceful and beautiful places on earth, the home of Timbuktu. Its people are some ninety percent Muslim of varying persuasions. It has a rural subsistence agriculture and adult illiteracy of nearly 50%. Yet this country is suddenly the center of a new global “war on terror.”

On January 20 Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron announced his country’s curious resolve to dedicate itself to deal with “the terrorism threat” in Mali and north Africa. Cameron declared, “It will require a response that is about years, even decades, rather than months, and it requires a response that…has an absolutely iron resolve…” [1] Britain in its colonial heyday never had a stake in Mali. Until it won independence in 1960, Mali was a French colony.

On January 11, after more than a year of behind-the-scenes pressure on the neighboring Algeria to get them entangled in an invasion of its neighbor Mali, Hollande decided to make a direct French military intervention with US backing. His government launched air strikes in the rebel-held north of Mali against a fanatical Salafist band of jihadist cutthroats calling itself Al-Qaeda in the Islamic-Mahgreb (AQIM). The pretext for the seemingly swift French action was a military move by a tiny group of Islamic Jihadists of the Tuareg people, Asnar Dine, affiliated with the larger AQIM. On January 10 Asnar Dine – backed by other Islamist groups – attacked the southern town of Konna. That marked the first time since the Tuareg rebellion in early 2012 that Jihadist rebels moved out of traditional Tuareg territory in the northern desert to spread Islamic law to the south of Mali.

As French journalist Thierry Meyssan noted, French forces were remarkably well prepared: “The transitional President, Dioncounda Traore, declared a state of emergency and called to France for help. Paris intervened within hours to prevent the fall of the capital, Bamako. Far-sightedly, the Elysée had already pre-positioned in Mali troops from the 1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment (“the Colonials”) and the 13th Parachute Dragoon Regiment, helicopters from the COS (Special Operations Command), three Mirage 2000D’s, two Mirage F-1’s, three C135’s, a C130 Hercules and a C160 Transall.” [2] What a convenient coincidence.

By January 21 US Air Force transport planes began delivering hundreds of French elite soldiers and military equipment to Mali, ostensibly to roll back what we were told was an out-of-control terrorist advance south towards the Mali capital. [3] French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told media the number of its ‘boots on the ground’ in Mali had reached 2,000, adding that “around 4,000 troops will be mobilized for this operation,” in Mali and outside bases. [4]

But there are strong indications the French agenda in Mali is anything but humanitarian. In a France 5 TV interview, Le Drian carelessly admitted, “The goal is the total reconquest of Mali. We will not leave any pockets.” And President Francois Hollande said French troops would remain in the region long enough “to defeat terrorism.” The United States, Canada, Britain, Belgium, Germany and Denmark have all said they would support the French operation against Mali. [5]

Mali itself, like much of Africa is rich in raw materials. It has large reserves of gold, uranium and most recently, though western oil companies try to hide it, of oil, lots of oil. The French preferred to ignore Mali’s vast resources, keeping it a poor subsistence agriculture country. Under the deposed democratically-elected President Amadou Toumani Toure, for the first time the government initiated a systematic mapping of the vast wealth under its soil. According to Mamadou Igor Diarra, previous mining minister, Malian soil contains copper, uranium, phosphate, bauxite, gems and in particular, a large percentage of gold in addition to oil and gas. Thus, Mali is one of the countries in the world with the most raw materials. With its gold mining, the country is already one of the leading exploiters directly behind South Africa and Ghana. [6] Two thirds of France’s electricity is from nuclear power and sources of new uranium are essential. Presently, France draws significant uranium imports from neighboring Niger.

Now the picture gets a little complex.

According to usually reliable former US military experts with direct familiarity with the region, speaking on condition of anonymity, US and NATO Special Forces actually trained the same “terrorist” bands now justifying a neo-colonial US-backed invasion of Mali by France. The major question is why would Washington and Paris train the terrorists they are now acting to destroy in a “war on terror?” Were they really surprised at the lack of NATO loyalty from their trainees? And what is behind AFRICOM’s American-backed French takeover of Mali?
DAN 10 years ago

HOMOSEXUAL SECRETARY YOU NO NOTHING BUT COPY AND PASTE..CASTRATE THE MUSLIM MEN,IMPREGNATE THE MUSLIM WOMEN WITH SEMEN OF WHITE MEN.HANG OR SHOOT DEAD ANY MUSLIM CONVICTED OF A CRIME! NO BOKO HAREM IN GHANA

HOMOSEXUAL SECRETARY YOU NO NOTHING BUT COPY AND PASTE..CASTRATE THE MUSLIM MEN,IMPREGNATE THE MUSLIM WOMEN WITH SEMEN OF WHITE MEN.HANG OR SHOOT DEAD ANY MUSLIM CONVICTED OF A CRIME! NO BOKO HAREM IN GHANA
clarence 10 years ago

What lesson have we learnt from south Africa after watching and listening to Jacob Zuma been booed by his own people at such an international funeral? Obviously we must learn lessons and not to allow this to recur. Good luck ...
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What lesson have we learnt from south Africa after watching and listening to Jacob Zuma been booed by his own people at such an international funeral? Obviously we must learn lessons and not to allow this to recur. Good luck Mr President. Keep your house clean. Good policies and good projects can keep you in office.
SHAMO 10 years ago

NDC PREZ TURNED MERCHANT ... FORTIZ BANK MANAGER! GOD PUNISH YOU

NDC PREZ TURNED MERCHANT ... FORTIZ BANK MANAGER! GOD PUNISH YOU
Benny 10 years ago

Check your facts before any publication.Union Buildings is not in eastern Cape province.Union Buildings is in Pretoria , 1000km away from Eastern Cape.Propaganda everywhere ,even at madiba funeral shame NDC

Check your facts before any publication.Union Buildings is not in eastern Cape province.Union Buildings is in Pretoria , 1000km away from Eastern Cape.Propaganda everywhere ,even at madiba funeral shame NDC
AKASI MARTHA NZEMA 10 years ago

RAWLINGS YOU SAID YOU ARE FOUNDER OF NDC, SO THE FOLLOWERS MUST WORSHIP YOU' BULLING GHANAIANS TO CALL YOU EVEN FATHER OF THE NATION. JJ RAWLINGS REMEMBER WHAT OBED ASAMOAH TOLD YOU IN 1992 THAT IF 'YOU' JJ; BE FOUNDER OF THE ...
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RAWLINGS YOU SAID YOU ARE FOUNDER OF NDC, SO THE FOLLOWERS MUST WORSHIP YOU' BULLING GHANAIANS TO CALL YOU EVEN FATHER OF THE NATION. JJ RAWLINGS REMEMBER WHAT OBED ASAMOAH TOLD YOU IN 1992 THAT IF 'YOU' JJ; BE FOUNDER OF THE NDC IT WILL BE A PROBLEM. SEEEEEE OOOOOOOOO TAKE YOUR EVIL SPIRIT OUT OF THE NDC AND LET NZEMA SPIRIT TAKE CONTROL OF THE PARTY. GHANA WILL MOVE FORWARD. "HOLY SPIRIT" MAA PRESIDENT MAHAMA NZEMA SUMSUM EWOLO YE NU, KEMOO EVANLE 3 MAANLE NKRUMAH LA. AAAA AMEN.

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