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Call for referendum on Africa Union Government

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08-14 08:03
 
 
 
who is going to finance it? who is going to finance that referendum? yum yum loves the people of awiabo, kikam, essiama, anyinase & axim, western region

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evangelist yum yum
08-14 08:03
 
 
 
 
who finances EU and USA? hey ask cogent and thought provoking questions.who finances usa and EU?

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koezumi
08-14 08:42
 
 
 
 
Good Idea Who finance the meetings of the 53 African head of states? Do not think in that direction. What we must do now is accept the idea and then think about how to raise money for it. All the African states already have some of the

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Godwin
08-14 08:54
 
 
 
 
 
THESE GUY ARE JOKERS.... THESE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT,WHERE SO MANY GHANAIANS WERE MURDERED IN GAMBIA AND A LOT MORE BEING MURDERED EVERYDAY IN LIBYA,WE NEED TO ASK OURSELVES WHERE IS THE UNITY?AND NOT TO TALK ABOUT CONSTITUTION

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ASAMPANA ROBERT
08-14 16:54
 
 
 
 
 
 
THESE GUYS ARE JOKERS correction

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ASAMPANA ROBERT
08-14 16:55
 
 
 
 
AMERICANS SEE AFRICA AS ...... MOST AMERICANS SEE AFRICA AS ONE COUNTRY LIKE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA COMPOSED OF 50 STATES.AFRICA HAS 52 COUNTRIES WE CAN ALSO BECOME UNITED STATES OF AFRICA WITHOUT THE WARS THE AMERICANS WENT THROUGH BEFORE BECOMING

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LONDON BOY
08-14 19:02
 
 
 
 
 
AU SABOTEURS IRRESPONSIBLE!! I support the writers view points of the urgency for Africa's economic integration.It seems pan- Africanists have failed rest of Africa with inaction; mobilize the masses on the necessity for unity and build mass political

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Guy Mmoasem
08-15 03:15
 
 
 
LETS BE REAL. There is no need for any referendum on a union government in Africa because this is a mirage and a myth that is not going to become reality. We don't even get along in our little fiefdoms with tribal polarization in ascend

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REAL SARPONG
08-14 08:11
 
 
 
 
Re:let's be real he he he....I really enjoyed reading your piece...'O Boy' some stupid guys hate to see your name just because you know exactly what it is...Just like Obenewaa...Union Africa?It's good but just can't happen!!

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Onslopogas
08-14 08:20
 
 
 
 
LETS BE REAL Good! some peole just talk. who want united states of africa? whoever mooted this idea is not serious. this will just not happen today, tomorrow and forever. what africans have to do is to concentrate on areas they can cooper

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08-14 09:08
 
 
 
 
Stop these comments... "Do you think the Africa Arab countries like Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and others will welcome a Black President?" Soemtimes I cannot believe how defranchised and brainwashed BLACK people can be. What are we, Animals? Folks li

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Kpapko Ghana
08-14 10:00
 
 
 
 
 
YES KPAKPO Reality is that the blackman is synonymous with drugs, violence, prosmicuity, thievery and a complete hatred of himself! That is why we cannot unite! We are so engrossed in our tribal fiefdoms and morally bankrupt ideals a

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Kwabena
08-14 11:49
 
 
 
 
 
 
Re: YES KPAKPO You can call me idiot or whatever suits you, but the reality is that, this feel good ideas that don't have any chance of ever happening is just a Quixotic expeditions Africans have been embarking on without results. I am

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REAL SARPONG
08-14 13:42
 
 
 
 
 
Re: Stop these comments... Thank you, Kpakpo. Ours is a race that does not want to face the truth. That is why we shall continue to blame others till we are no more. I thought African-Americans would be different, but they are worse. To them, if yo

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folly
08-14 12:06
 
 
 
 
Re: LETS BE REAL. Real Sarpong, I like to read your postings because you are always right. You are right because you face the issue squarely--not NPP side nor NDC side. You are very salient. May God bless and empower you even more.

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bex
08-14 10:36
 
 
 
 
 
Re: LETS BE REAL. Thank you, that is the only way to lift Ghanaians out of our squalor. This feel good attitude about African Union as the Messiah Eureka is just plain stupid only people who want to daydream about Utopia will tie their destiny

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REAL SARPONG
08-14 13:48
 
 
 
 
African Union Oh! My brother, your comments are so refreshing' congratulations and many many kudos to you. I feel so uplifted. I will add this, You don't even have to go that far, just look to your left and right of Ghana and see the havoc

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Kwabena Asante VA USA
08-17 07:47
 
 
 
Re: Call for referendum on Africa Union Government Marshal "all efforts as a historical responsibility to safeguard the future of Africa and free the people from poverty, hunger, diseases and possible social extermination." Prof Lungu supports the values above and fully su

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Prof Lungu
08-14 08:22
 
 
 
 
Re: Call for referendum on Africa Union Government Professor, that will be a waste of our meagre resources because nothing good will come out of it. There are some countries on this continent that believe they will do better on their own and even if this referendum passes, a

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REAL SARPONG
08-14 08:31
 
 
 
 
 
Re: Call for referendum on Africa Union Government I hear you, REAL SARPONG!! It will not be easy because of the existing balkanization and the multitudes of parochial interests, as we all know. But if the next meeting can identify and support values such as those ref

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Prof Lungu
08-14 09:06
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pan-African Mass Movement It was wrong for only 53 Heads of State to decide on the future government for Africa for the over 830 million people on the Continent. A referendum would end 50 years of wilderness and debate on Union Government of Africa

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Conventional youth
08-14 09:19
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Re: Pan-African Mass Movement Move On!!

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Prof Lungu
08-14 09:23
 
 
 
 
 
 
Re: Call for referendum on Africa Union Government If my memory serves me right, this meeting in Accra cost the government of Ghana nothing since it was a meeting under the auspices of the African Union and I guess the union dues was used to host this meeting. I might be wron

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REAL SARPONG
08-14 13:53
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Re: Call for referendum on Africa Union Government Nice try, REAL SARPONG!! Hard to imagine that the cost of the meeting was zero cedis to Ghana tax payers. Did the AU pick up the tab for the security requirements? And what about government employees who worked the p

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Prof Lungu
08-15 11:48
 
 
 
 
Re: Call for referendum on Africa Union Government Who will be the President? How many real democracies do we have in Africa? Most countries cannot even organise proper elections in their small countries! Look at Nigeria. For all their oil wealth they cannot even conduct

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kofi
08-14 08:38
 
 
 
 
 
Re: Call for referendum on Africa Union Government Kofi, those are important question, however, I do not think that those types of question require answers before development-centered values such as those cited above are identified and articulated as goals. I am not an exper

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Prof Lungu
08-14 09:23
 
 
 
Mbeki of SA a danger to africa Mbeki must be dynamited,he is an idiot and the most hopeless and greedy president in africa who did his foolish and dirty tricks to thwart the effort of creating the continental unity.He is a dangerous man to future citizens

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koezumi
08-14 08:40
 
 
 
 
WITH MUSLIMS,IT CAN'T HAPPEN THERE IS NO NEED TO WASTE OUR PRECIOUS TIME DEBATING THIS STUPID IDEA BY A MUSLIM MAN GADDAFY.With these muslims fighting everywhere on the african continent and beyond,this idea can't work. the muslims themselves will turn t

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OMAN BOATENG
08-14 09:32
 
 
 
 
 
WHAT A PITY CHANGE YOUR NAME THEN, YOU FOOL. IT SHOULD BE SOMEBODY ELSE SAYING THAT, NOT SOMEBODY WHO LOVES ARABS AND MUSLIMS SO MUCH THAT HE HAS CALLED HIMSELF THE "BEAUTIFUL" NAME OMAN. HAS YOUR WHITE CHRISTIAN MASTERS IN ROME UN

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MR ZUUT, NEW YORK
08-14 13:21
 
 
 
 
 
Active citizenship in Africa? I taught you would be worried about the huge language barriers? The muslims etc are your brothers and sisters what we need is good communication tool and skills.

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Conventional Youth
08-14 15:05
 
 
 
 
 
 
Re: Active citizenship in Africa? ..under sharia, eh?

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M'sah
08-14 19:41
 
 
 
 
Re: Mbeki of SA a danger to africa You are wrong; Mbeki is for South Africans first, his region second, and the entire Africa third. That is what it ought to be. Self preservation first. Koezumi, you just want to pack your valise and go there. Stay where yo

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bex
08-14 10:42
 
 
 
 
 
Re: Mbeki of SA a danger to africa You are a very smart person. These no do gooders and lazies want to tie their trailer trash to somebody's Winnebago Luxury Cruiser without tioling for it, that is Blackmans way of thinking. let somebody work for the capital a

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REAL SARPONG
08-14 14:03
 
 
 
 
Mbeki I just do not understand how South Africa went from Nelson Mandela to Mbeki, maybe when you vote for personalities instead of ideas that is what you get.

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Kwabena Asante VA USA
08-17 07:54
 
 
 
Re: Call for referendum on Africa Union Government Who are these idiots proposing referendum to impose African union government which was rejected by a good number of leaders already. How do they plan to conduct it? And validate and implement the result? Nkrumah knew it wa

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bex
08-14 10:24
 
 
 
DOOMSDAY FOR VAMPIRE ELITES Formation of an African Union government would condemn the vampire elites to poliical Siberia. Their influence and overbearing power would be no more! They would no longer stash the taxes of the poor man in Swish and ot

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Kwabena
08-14 11:28
 
 
 
 
Re: DOOMSDAY FOR VAMPIRE ELITES How can African Union stop all the problems you've enumerated? Don't forget, you will still need Governors to be heads of these fifty three African countries and you might not call them Presidents or Prime Minsters but they w

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REAL SARPONG
08-14 14:08
 
 
 
Suspend Referendum The AU and Aficans should rather work out a proper mechanism that will enhance cohesion, tested in individual countries and community blocks on the continent before thinking about intergration.

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Agyemang
08-14 11:52
 
 
 
Re: Call for referendum on Africa Union Government We do not need to waste time on that useless proposal. Are they going to fund it? If they have excess money they should give it to charity.

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Adwoa Konadu
08-14 19:37
 
 
 
Stop murderous leaders first I'm a firm believer of one union Government for Mother Africa.If Iam not mistaken this is a resurgence of the ideals of the Greats in the likes of Marcus Garvey ,Dr Kwame Nkrumah DuBoise Nassar,Hailey Sellasie just to name a

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Kwabena Asante VA USA
08-17 07:27