UK military to support Ghana in airlifting troops to Mali

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Kwaku 11 years ago

Good news

Good news
1bn man 11 years ago

...for stealing armed forces lands and 'chewing' ashaiman girls with soldier money. aboa bi ba kwa !. Gen Smith should sack this dude, a disgrace to military ethics. if all the co's who came to 1bn sold the land could he have ...
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...for stealing armed forces lands and 'chewing' ashaiman girls with soldier money. aboa bi ba kwa !. Gen Smith should sack this dude, a disgrace to military ethics. if all the co's who came to 1bn sold the land could he have come to met some to sell? sack him !
TerriblY Spe cifiC 11 years ago

HE IS A DISGRACE TO THAT PARTY.

HE IS A DISGRACE TO THAT PARTY.
ALHAJI MOHAMMED 11 years ago

NANA ADDO IS REALY A SHAME TO GHANA..I HATE INSULTS PLS DEAR GHANAIANS I KNOW,WE HAVE TO TALK POLITICS NO MATTER WHICH PARTY YOU BELONG TO..YOU CAN CALL THEM SO MANY NAMES BUT PLS NOT ..TRIBAL AND FAMILY INSULTS THAT DOESNT ...
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NANA ADDO IS REALY A SHAME TO GHANA..I HATE INSULTS PLS DEAR GHANAIANS I KNOW,WE HAVE TO TALK POLITICS NO MATTER WHICH PARTY YOU BELONG TO..YOU CAN CALL THEM SO MANY NAMES BUT PLS NOT ..TRIBAL AND FAMILY INSULTS THAT DOESNT BELONGS TO POLITICS....ANY POLITICIANS DESERVE STRAIGHT CRITICS FOR WHAT YOU BELIVE HE IS,BUT INSULTS ARE NO MORE POLICTS RATHER DISRESPECT TO HE/SHE FAMALYS AND TRIBE.....PLS ,,THEREFORE,, IM APPEALING TO ALL OF US,, YOU CAN GIVE WHAT SO EVER CRITICS YOU HAVE BY DISCLUDING,,PERSONAL INSULTS,FAMILYS AND TRIBE...MAY ALLAH BLESS OUR MOTHER LAND GHANA..ALLAHUMMA AMEE...
Pelicles 11 years ago

So, where are the logistics to support this operation? We can rule ourselves was the motto of the so-called "founding fathers" yet, that self rule was nothing more than how reckless and irresponsible we are.

Mali is just a ...
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So, where are the logistics to support this operation? We can rule ourselves was the motto of the so-called "founding fathers" yet, that self rule was nothing more than how reckless and irresponsible we are.

Mali is just a stone throw from Ghana and here we are relying on our colonial masters to airlift our troops to Mali.

By the way, 48 was the military number for Field Engineers and has it been changed to 69?

Can someone tell this Colonel Atintande to change his name which seems to mean something nasty?
Sankofa 11 years ago

Did they agree to airlift the troops to Mali in exchange for the approval of the devils advocate, Nana Oye Lithur as a Minister?

They have specifically stated that they will not give us any assistance if we do not support ...
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Did they agree to airlift the troops to Mali in exchange for the approval of the devils advocate, Nana Oye Lithur as a Minister?

They have specifically stated that they will not give us any assistance if we do not support homosexuals. So what happened before they are now giving us assistance?
Asanteni 11 years ago

... the UK military command had promised to provide an aircraft that would airlift about 120 Ghanaian military men, mostly from the 69 Engineers Regiment on February 15 and 16 this year. What a shame!!!.

... the UK military command had promised to provide an aircraft that would airlift about 120 Ghanaian military men, mostly from the 69 Engineers Regiment on February 15 and 16 this year. What a shame!!!.
Ghanani 11 years ago

One wonders what happened to Mahama's kalabule Brazilian Embraer Jets acquired specifically as Transport planes for the GAF?

On the other hand, it is a good thing we are getting free transportation for our soldiers. Heave ...
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One wonders what happened to Mahama's kalabule Brazilian Embraer Jets acquired specifically as Transport planes for the GAF?

On the other hand, it is a good thing we are getting free transportation for our soldiers. Heaven knows how much JM would have inflated the cost of transporting the troops ourselves!
JATO 11 years ago

THE NDC CAN NEVER DEVELOP THE NATION WITH PROPAGANDA AND LIES.THE EMBRAER JETS ARE FOR THE PRESIDENT AND NDC GURUS.

THE NDC CAN NEVER DEVELOP THE NATION WITH PROPAGANDA AND LIES.THE EMBRAER JETS ARE FOR THE PRESIDENT AND NDC GURUS.
Kofi 11 years ago

I asked myself the same question. Why should UK bring a plane to Ghana to carry 120 soldiers to Mali? Where are Mahama's planes?

I asked myself the same question. Why should UK bring a plane to Ghana to carry 120 soldiers to Mali? Where are Mahama's planes?
Chang 11 years ago

I asked myself the same question when. What happened to the C-295 transport plane acquired and commissioned by JM? Was it a 419 plane or what?

I asked myself the same question when. What happened to the C-295 transport plane acquired and commissioned by JM? Was it a 419 plane or what?
GHANA BA -UK 11 years ago

YOU SEE GHANA JOUNALIST CLASS C CERTIFICATE DOESN'T GO ANYWHERE. HOW COME SOMEBODY WILL COME TO YOUR HOUSE AND SEEK AUTHORITY NOT TO ALLOW YOUR LINGUISTIC TO TALK?
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME WHEN EX-PRESIDENT KUFFOUR WAS INV ...
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YOU SEE GHANA JOUNALIST CLASS C CERTIFICATE DOESN'T GO ANYWHERE. HOW COME SOMEBODY WILL COME TO YOUR HOUSE AND SEEK AUTHORITY NOT TO ALLOW YOUR LINGUISTIC TO TALK?
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME WHEN EX-PRESIDENT KUFFOUR WAS INVITED BY UK QUEEN DURING JUBILEE CELEBRATION, GHANAIAN JOURNALIST WERE BAN FROM COVERING INSIDE THE PROGRAM AND ALL WERE REPORTING OUTSIDE LIKE ANY ORDINARY OBSERVER.
I PERSONALLY DONT BLAME THE UK AUTHORITY BUT OUR OWN PEOPLE THE WAY WE DO THINGS DOESN'T MACTH A CLASS OF PROFESSIONALISM.
IS TIME NOW OUR LOCAL JOUNALIST THINK BEYOUND THE BOX AND BENCHMARK THEIR PROFESSIONISM AGAINS THEIR COMPARTORIST.
LONG LIVE GH LONG LIVE OUR JOURNALIST.
ghanaba 11 years ago

your very stupid..fd they are discussing military strategies then obviously they wont allow journalist in..its termed tactical information..

your very stupid..fd they are discussing military strategies then obviously they wont allow journalist in..its termed tactical information..
okofo 11 years ago

You have no clue what you're insinuating my friend!!

Independent Ghana should be able to transport her own troops for the Mali operation withouth Britain's helping hand. If Africans continue to behave like INFANTS (who are ...
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You have no clue what you're insinuating my friend!!

Independent Ghana should be able to transport her own troops for the Mali operation withouth Britain's helping hand. If Africans continue to behave like INFANTS (who are not capable of helping ourselves), we should not complain when ABROFO treat us as such. Abrofo are claiming "supreiority" over us because of such infantile attitudes in our dealings with them.
ASUBROFO 11 years ago

GAF AND UK ARE PLANNING TO DEAL WITH AKUFFO BRIGADES LIKE AFAG,LET MY VOTE COUNT ETC.

GAF AND UK ARE PLANNING TO DEAL WITH AKUFFO BRIGADES LIKE AFAG,LET MY VOTE COUNT ETC.
Yo man 11 years ago

YOUR VOTE IS IN KOKOASE

YOUR VOTE IS IN KOKOASE
Asanteni 11 years ago

What a stupid fool!!!.

What a stupid fool!!!.
damion 11 years ago

didnt we buy aircraft last year

didnt we buy aircraft last year
MONKWEIKU 11 years ago

The Brits do not want to commit their men on the ground as they are stretched.So they provided logistics.And Ghana provides engineers and not fighting men.

The Brits do not want to commit their men on the ground as they are stretched.So they provided logistics.And Ghana provides engineers and not fighting men.
MONKWEIKU 11 years ago

Negotiate with the UK so that our officers get to study at Military Colleges like Sandhurst.And revert to the British ranks again as we have too many generals(brigadiers and commodores)

Negotiate with the UK so that our officers get to study at Military Colleges like Sandhurst.And revert to the British ranks again as we have too many generals(brigadiers and commodores)
Baby Na Yoka 11 years ago

Shameful. Must we also depend on Britain for this? I thought Gh has the capacity to uplift its own men? We need to if we are to be considered as having really joined the league of peacekeeping nations!

Shameful. Must we also depend on Britain for this? I thought Gh has the capacity to uplift its own men? We need to if we are to be considered as having really joined the league of peacekeeping nations!
Sankofa 11 years ago

Is this the same army that cant even carry troops next door but wants to open a bank?

Common-sense dictates that they should get their military affairs in order before diversifying into other unecessary business which is n ...
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Is this the same army that cant even carry troops next door but wants to open a bank?

Common-sense dictates that they should get their military affairs in order before diversifying into other unecessary business which is not part of their core activities.

There are several banks within and around almost all military barracks in Ghana. What special activity will a military bank undertake?

We should stop pampering the military to think that they are a different and seperate kind of people from the rest of us. They are not and they should not unduly encouraged in any way to think and behave so.

For now our main worry should be about why they are again lending themselves to go and fight neo-colonial wars for our oppressors under the pretext of hitching a ride to Mali from those who still think that we are inferior to them.
Ghanani 11 years ago

Contrey, you're worried about Ghana Armed Forces hitching a ride to Mali? Check it out - all the news about Mali and all other African countries comes to you from BBC, AFP, UP and the rest of the Western corporate propaganda ...
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Contrey, you're worried about Ghana Armed Forces hitching a ride to Mali? Check it out - all the news about Mali and all other African countries comes to you from BBC, AFP, UP and the rest of the Western corporate propaganda machine. There was even a time when a gas station fire in Kumasi was reported on Ghanaweb via these same foreign press services!

Yes, you are truly independent. Hang your flag, sing your anthem and then enjoy British chocolate made from your cocoa while you wait for penny dividend from the gold that is being taken from Obuasi!
KOTI BOTO 11 years ago

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE TRANSPORT PLANES MAHAMA BOUGHT FROM BRAZIL WHEN HE WAS VICE PRESIDENT?

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE TRANSPORT PLANES MAHAMA BOUGHT FROM BRAZIL WHEN HE WAS VICE PRESIDENT?
Jah Glory 11 years ago

It is the 49 enginner Regiment and not the 69 engineer regiment, please.

It is the 49 enginner Regiment and not the 69 engineer regiment, please.
OMPITA [UK] 11 years ago

What possible relevance does the accompanying photograph have to this news story?

If Ghana’s contribution to solving the Mali situation is to be one of Military Engineering Support, what is a picture of supposedly Speci ...
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What possible relevance does the accompanying photograph have to this news story?

If Ghana’s contribution to solving the Mali situation is to be one of Military Engineering Support, what is a picture of supposedly Special Forces performing a line dance routine meant to convey?
Nana Yaw 11 years ago

If the UN will pay, why not train more Ghanaians for peace keeping missions? It is better than being used as foolsoldiers by politicians to cause mischief. The daily demo we see in the country by the "yente gyae" and "all die ...
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If the UN will pay, why not train more Ghanaians for peace keeping missions? It is better than being used as foolsoldiers by politicians to cause mischief. The daily demo we see in the country by the "yente gyae" and "all die de die" morons are all due to lack of jobs for the youth.
mawusi 11 years ago

We should be ashamed of ourselves for needing the help of foreigners to airlift only 120 Soldiers. When shall we be independent?

We should be ashamed of ourselves for needing the help of foreigners to airlift only 120 Soldiers. When shall we be independent?
Amadou 11 years ago

Nigeria, Togo, Benin, Niger and Chad did it on their own. To send 120 soldiers is a joke.
I don’t think Ghanaians know where Mali is located.
Thank you France !

Nigeria, Togo, Benin, Niger and Chad did it on their own. To send 120 soldiers is a joke.
I don’t think Ghanaians know where Mali is located.
Thank you France !
damion 11 years ago

when the melcom building fell down we had to wait for an 8 man israeli team with 3 little dogs. we are useless;

when the melcom building fell down we had to wait for an 8 man israeli team with 3 little dogs. we are useless;
damion 11 years ago

when they have to fly to Turkey with large deligations, they can do it. oh ghana.. note the small g

when they have to fly to Turkey with large deligations, they can do it. oh ghana.. note the small g
DOKORDOKOR 11 years ago

WHY IS THIS GENERAL MEETING KWEKU ANASE PRESIDENT OF GHANA?. BRITAIN YOU GUYS ARE LATE BUT KILLING THOSE ARAB BASTARDS IS A GUD THING TO DO NOW. WAY TO GO BRITAIN,AND YOU ARE WELCOME.

WHY IS THIS GENERAL MEETING KWEKU ANASE PRESIDENT OF GHANA?. BRITAIN YOU GUYS ARE LATE BUT KILLING THOSE ARAB BASTARDS IS A GUD THING TO DO NOW. WAY TO GO BRITAIN,AND YOU ARE WELCOME.
zingalay 11 years ago

plz airlift thief,419mahama as well and drop him into the area where the Ansar Dine still occupy;

plz airlift thief,419mahama as well and drop him into the area where the Ansar Dine still occupy;
Sankofa 11 years ago

This is not good!

What are we doing allowing the British to tell us what to do?

The situation in Mali requires firm, collective action by the African Union.

We do not want foreign interference on African soil under ...
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This is not good!

What are we doing allowing the British to tell us what to do?

The situation in Mali requires firm, collective action by the African Union.

We do not want foreign interference on African soil under any pretext. President Mahama, this is the thin end of a wedge. Yesterday it was Libya and Cote d'Ivoire. Today it is Mali. Where will they intervene next? We must be careful not to set a precedent for the future.
Frank Mensah, Tikobo No. 2 11 years ago

The youth of Mali have the luxury of playing in AFCON and getting big bonuses, while my countrymen will be risking their lives to get rid of Islamic jihadists? I don't get it. So why doesn't the British Military make a direct ...
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The youth of Mali have the luxury of playing in AFCON and getting big bonuses, while my countrymen will be risking their lives to get rid of Islamic jihadists? I don't get it. So why doesn't the British Military make a direct trip to mali instead of providing transport for someone else?
Braha 11 years ago

Do you know where Mali is located. Shame on you selfish Ghanaians for not helping your brother.
The Islamists are already in Ghana and don’t expect any help from any African brothers if needed.

Do you know where Mali is located. Shame on you selfish Ghanaians for not helping your brother.
The Islamists are already in Ghana and don’t expect any help from any African brothers if needed.
Kwamena 11 years ago

So it means the ghana amy which has been in existance for many can not provide aircraft on its own to transport troops and logistics to fight againt a friendly country which has been attacked by rebels yet we spent 70M doll ...
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So it means the ghana amy which has been in existance for many can not provide aircraft on its own to transport troops and logistics to fight againt a friendly country which has been attacked by rebels yet we spent 70M dollars to celebrate ghana at 50 and gave 51M cedis to wayome for no work done.what a shame.
St. Darko 11 years ago

UK military lifting Ghanaian military to Mali is part of United Nations support for the operations in Mali. What is your concern here? You people talk unecessarily without facts. Please do not just write anything on the websi ...
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UK military lifting Ghanaian military to Mali is part of United Nations support for the operations in Mali. What is your concern here? You people talk unecessarily without facts. Please do not just write anything on the website because you have means to write. write constructive and educative critisms that could even convince your opponents to respect you.
Thanks
mawusi 11 years ago

I understand your point; but there is nothing in the article that suggests that the UN is undergoing the operation. Even if it's part of a UN operation, do we need the help of another country to transport 120 soldiers from a ...
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I understand your point; but there is nothing in the article that suggests that the UN is undergoing the operation. Even if it's part of a UN operation, do we need the help of another country to transport 120 soldiers from a West African country to another West African country? I understand we are still a developing country and need help in many areas; but not this one.
Kwamena 11 years ago

When we have guys like not prepared to accept simple fact that the amy should have been equiped with the need logistics to do their job properly you just defend the right of faceless and greedy politicians to chop and misus ...
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When we have guys like not prepared to accept simple fact that the amy should have been equiped with the need logistics to do their job properly you just defend the right of faceless and greedy politicians to chop and misuse our cash as if ghana is for them until we change our mind set for the better we shall all suffer for the worse ,as a nation we cant even boast of a national airline.
EZEKIEL 11 years ago

African Govts AND ARMIES are ALMOST USELESS!! Here you have an Army with ALL the RANKS .....Generals,Brig.Generals,Lt. Col,REAR ADMIRALS and what have you going. Airlifting 120 Soldiers from Ghana to Mali, and WE HAVE NO MEAN ...
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African Govts AND ARMIES are ALMOST USELESS!! Here you have an Army with ALL the RANKS .....Generals,Brig.Generals,Lt. Col,REAR ADMIRALS and what have you going. Airlifting 120 Soldiers from Ghana to Mali, and WE HAVE NO MEANS!!!
What IS THE USE, apart from UN-PEACE KEEPING missions????
Disband the Army.A WASTE of RESOURCES on the national coffers!
We make so much NOISE BUT we are a laughing stock in ALMOST EVERYTHING!!Even the TRAINING too we CANNOT! French and British soldiers to train Mali and Ghana soldiers.....!!!!!!!! Useless
St. Darko 11 years ago

I am glad to hear this rather belated news. I say belated because European countries and America have now realized rather too late that what the late Dr. Kwame Nkrumah proposed many years ago was in fact necessary for Africa ...
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I am glad to hear this rather belated news. I say belated because European countries and America have now realized rather too late that what the late Dr. Kwame Nkrumah proposed many years ago was in fact necessary for Africa. The late Dr. Kwame Nkrumah advocated for the setting up of Africa High Command. This would have made up of selected military from all African countries coming together under one command and stationed in one country-Ghana. In this case the military would be ready to be deployed to deal with any external agression like the one happening in Mali now with ease. But Europeans and America branded Dr. Nkrumah a communist-dictator and plotted for his removal from office. He was subsquently overthrew in a military coup sponsored by Europeans and America in 1966. Now, apart from African military forces dealing a severe blow to the Islamist extremist in Somalia, we need another hastily organized African military forces to go to Mali to assist French Military to stop another Islamic extremist from spreading their useless ideology in Africa. If we had accepted Dr. Kwame Nkrumah's plan of African High Command principle, there would have been African military ready for immediate deployment at short notice to deal with such situations. Dr. Kwame Nkrumah is vindicated and will be laughing in his grave now. He was a hero we threw away.
Africa 11 years ago

It is a long time since Nkrumah died, so for heavens sake it must have been ONE capable leaders steering the country in the right direction. We are just useless people period.

It is a long time since Nkrumah died, so for heavens sake it must have been ONE capable leaders steering the country in the right direction. We are just useless people period.
Detention 11 years ago

He was still a dictator, no matter how history is revised.

He was still a dictator, no matter how history is revised.
Osei Yao 11 years ago

WE ARE SENDING OUR BOYS TO DIE IN NEOCOLONIAL WARS AGAIN. IN 1960 AMERICAN PLANES LIFTED GHANAIAN SOLDIERS TO THE CONGO. THEY WERE USED TO SUPERVISE THE MURDER OF PATRICE LUMUMBA, THE PRIME MINISTER. AL QUAIDA IS AMERICA'S CR ...
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WE ARE SENDING OUR BOYS TO DIE IN NEOCOLONIAL WARS AGAIN. IN 1960 AMERICAN PLANES LIFTED GHANAIAN SOLDIERS TO THE CONGO. THEY WERE USED TO SUPERVISE THE MURDER OF PATRICE LUMUMBA, THE PRIME MINISTER. AL QUAIDA IS AMERICA'S CREATION. THEY STARTED DESTABILISING ARAB GOV'TS, NOW AFRICANS ARE BEING USED TO DIE FOR THE WESTERN INTERESTS. WHY OH WHY?
Nana 11 years ago

The Islamists will bless you ! Do you know where Mali is located ?

The Islamists will bless you ! Do you know where Mali is located ?
Nana Asare 11 years ago

I THINK THE GOVERNMENT OF GHANA MUST TELL GHANAIANS THE TRUETH WHY THE BRITISH AND NOT A DIFFERENT COUNTRY.

I THINK THE GOVERNMENT OF GHANA MUST TELL GHANAIANS THE TRUETH WHY THE BRITISH AND NOT A DIFFERENT COUNTRY.
Kwamebeba 11 years ago

Had African leaders listened to Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah all this disgrace would have been avoided. Now, any thinking African knows that we, as Africans and Africa as a continent has lost her dignity and we are a complete n ...
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Had African leaders listened to Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah all this disgrace would have been avoided. Now, any thinking African knows that we, as Africans and Africa as a continent has lost her dignity and we are a complete neo-colonialist continent. We better go back and read what the great seer said and wrote half a century ago. Where is our African Personality?
Amadou 11 years ago

We don’t need 120 Ghanaians, they should stay home.

We don’t need 120 Ghanaians, they should stay home.
GHANA 11 years ago

If the meeting was faithful why did he not allow the journalists to cover it ?
I don't want to be hasty in concluding that it's about our court case .We want peace not war so stay away .

If the meeting was faithful why did he not allow the journalists to cover it ?
I don't want to be hasty in concluding that it's about our court case .We want peace not war so stay away .
GHANA 11 years ago

Did we tell the wicked British we don't have the facilities to send our troops to Mali ? It's only after death that I will forget the way these people inflicted pain in the souls of our grandfathers. The way they raped our ...
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Did we tell the wicked British we don't have the facilities to send our troops to Mali ? It's only after death that I will forget the way these people inflicted pain in the souls of our grandfathers. The way they raped our troops to grandmothers and even our grandfathers .may almighty jah punish them. The are back for our oil.this time no way.
Nii Adjei 11 years ago

as long as we keep asking and recieving their assistance they will always come with demands of; what to do,how to do it,when to do it, with whom to do it with...???

as long as we keep asking and recieving their assistance they will always come with demands of; what to do,how to do it,when to do it, with whom to do it with...???
Otenbufur 11 years ago

With African governments officials stuffing foreign banks with stolen money from their countries and then asking for help to protect one of their fous is a very dangerous disgrace and will urge the African. governments to go ...
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With African governments officials stuffing foreign banks with stolen money from their countries and then asking for help to protect one of their fous is a very dangerous disgrace and will urge the African. governments to go back to their colonial partners to take them back to enslavement because they can not take care of themselves.
Amadou 11 years ago

Our people in Mali are grateful to France for stopping the Islamists. How dare you talk about colonialisms when our people were subjected to Sharia Law and the country was on its way to be taken over by these stone age monste ...
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Our people in Mali are grateful to France for stopping the Islamists. How dare you talk about colonialisms when our people were subjected to Sharia Law and the country was on its way to be taken over by these stone age monsters.
You are probably just another ignorant Islamist Ghanaian.

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