Compaore’s exit refocuses spotlight on African leadership

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JM 9 years ago

It came to me as a surprise that President Mahama as ECOWAS chairman condemned the coup but was very silent when Campoare was manipulating the parliamentarians and the country's constitution in order to entrench his rule.
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It came to me as a surprise that President Mahama as ECOWAS chairman condemned the coup but was very silent when Campoare was manipulating the parliamentarians and the country's constitution in order to entrench his rule.
JM's silence betrays his connivance of campoare's diabolical intentions.
Mahmoud 9 years ago

Any Tunisian or Burkinabee-syle revolution in this country will have to start from the parliament as it happened in Burkina Faso. Our parliamentarians are so hopeless that the Executive can easily manipulate them to deplete o ...
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Any Tunisian or Burkinabee-syle revolution in this country will have to start from the parliament as it happened in Burkina Faso. Our parliamentarians are so hopeless that the Executive can easily manipulate them to deplete our coffers. If someone hadn't blown the whistle about the GNPC's $700mln dubious loan, the booty could have been shared and squandered without our notice. And Parliament should have been at the forefront calling for the CEO to resign.

Obviously, Ghanaians are still not hearing the whole story, and we may never know exactly what the money was going to be used for. We believe GNPC would have hurriedly approached parliament for approval, if the recent massaged justification given by the CEO was really true and the company had nothing to hide.

This whole thing smells like a stinking rot, and the so-called representatives of the people, hired and over paid to examine and authorize spending, must live up to the expectation and do their work properly. They have a duty to make sure that the dubious loan is either cancelled or used for the intended purpose, and not allow the money to go down the drain into the pockets of politicians and their cronies as usual.
DAVI 9 years ago

Kwesi Pratt's men.

Kwesi Pratt's men.
JAMES Y 9 years ago

Two terms of 5-year each are enough for any one leader and, if possible, three terms of it for any one party to rule a country in Africa. Each leader or a party should be democratically elected for them to have chance to rule ...
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Two terms of 5-year each are enough for any one leader and, if possible, three terms of it for any one party to rule a country in Africa. Each leader or a party should be democratically elected for them to have chance to rule a country. Efforts should be made to introduce one constitution for all African countries. In other words, African countries need to unite to bring prosperity to the continent and avoid violent upheavals.
Kk3 9 years ago

If you stand up with sticks and stones, the oppressors flee like the rats they really are.

If you stand up with sticks and stones, the oppressors flee like the rats they really are.
Victor A. Young 9 years ago

That examply is exactly what John Mahama wants to follow. He won't quit the Presidency because "Honey Sweet" proper, even when things continue to fall apart for Ghanaians for the mess that he's caused. He recently declared th ...
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That examply is exactly what John Mahama wants to follow. He won't quit the Presidency because "Honey Sweet" proper, even when things continue to fall apart for Ghanaians for the mess that he's caused. He recently declared that he's looking beyond 2016. In other words; he's not quitting today or tomorrow. I believe Mahama is hopeful the can turn things around with the IMF bailout, after causing such a mess. Ex-Prez. Kuffour did his best by setting records in just 8yrs; the NDC headed by Rawlings ruled for 19 long years without any significant economic achievement. Now they're back again through election fraud, coupled with deafening corruption in gov't and party circles but finds it expedient to tell Ghanaians that he wants to continue sitting on he throne for more years. God forbid; Ghanaians won't allow such dictators in the country to mess with their lives. The suffering is too unbearable! But as has already been said, Africa has leadership crisis. Most of our leaders want to die on the throne. Mahama should open his ears and listen to what Ghanaians are saying; enough is enough!
Yaw Ghana 9 years ago

While Ghana is being praised worldwide, the NPP nation wreckers keep badmouthing Ghana , all for political gain. They will never succeed.

While Ghana is being praised worldwide, the NPP nation wreckers keep badmouthing Ghana , all for political gain. They will never succeed.
NON-ALIGNED 9 years ago

YOUR QUOTE:
“African leaders such as Presidents Guelleh in Djibouti, Museveni in Uganda and Biya in Cameroon should no longer expect Western support if people’s power is activated in these countries, especially if those ...
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YOUR QUOTE:
“African leaders such as Presidents Guelleh in Djibouti, Museveni in Uganda and Biya in Cameroon should no longer expect Western support if people’s power is activated in these countries, especially if those leaders are no longer seen as stable and trusted allies.”

These African leaders you are referring to, either come in as stooges working on behalf of the West or take over power and then lean towards the West....out of fear of being forced out!

The West always have a role to play with the choice of African leaders, to protect their own interests on the continent. Hence, to siphon away on the cheap, the continent's rich natural resources. So, therefore, with an AFROPEAN in place, the West always will have a field day.

The people can rise up and do whatever but, who ever they get rid of....will certainly be replaced by the West. They always support what the people wants and install 'their own' puppet, in the long run.......

The cycle continues and Africans have fallen for it for decades, without learning anything at all.

We need to wake up! Look how the Arab Spring had been hijacked by the West with 'terrorism' as the keyword. They create the chaos and come in with the solution and decide how it has to be worked out.

When are we ever going to learn?????

NKRUMAH NEVER DIES!!!
GOD BLESS GHANA!
AFRICAN FOREVER!
soso 9 years ago

the problem in africa is: the west or east has allowed us for decades to use our own rich natural resources but what have we done out of them? we still go to them to beg them to buy else they are nothing of use to us.we shoul ...
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the problem in africa is: the west or east has allowed us for decades to use our own rich natural resources but what have we done out of them? we still go to them to beg them to buy else they are nothing of use to us.we should learn to produce ourselves with our resources. that is the only way out from these people.
Kofi Nyarko 9 years ago

A fool shall be a fool whether he goes to school or not. Instead of pointing the incompetent John Mahama's faults to him people rather have interest in talking about NPP - Foooools

A fool shall be a fool whether he goes to school or not. Instead of pointing the incompetent John Mahama's faults to him people rather have interest in talking about NPP - Foooools
OLD SOLDIER 9 years ago

BBC NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHERE DID GHANAIANS GO WRONG TO SUFFER LIKE THIS? YOU MAHAMA BUILDING YOUR HOTELS ABROAD, AFRIYIE ANKRA BUYING MANSIONS AT EAST LEGON, OKUDJETO ACQUIRING FILLING STATIONS ALL OVER, TOGBUI AF ...
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BBC NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHERE DID GHANAIANS GO WRONG TO SUFFER LIKE THIS? YOU MAHAMA BUILDING YOUR HOTELS ABROAD, AFRIYIE ANKRA BUYING MANSIONS AT EAST LEGON, OKUDJETO ACQUIRING FILLING STATIONS ALL OVER, TOGBUI AFEDE FILLING HIS BANK ACCOUNTS ABROAD< ASIEDU NKETIA SPREADING FILLING STATIONS ALL OVER BRONG AHAFO AND BUYING MANSION IN CALGARY CANADA, HANNA BISSIW ,OYI LITHUR ANITA DISOSO SPREADING MONEY AS IF GHANA HAS NO PROBLEM

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