Burkina Coup: General Gilbert Diendéré now leader

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  • Sankara 10 years ago

    I salute you all for a good job well done

  • Azigisnaba 10 years ago

    Look him face be, like that of Sunyani Bob Marley!

  • Paul siaw 10 years ago

    Sunyani Bob Marley! never heard of this term in my life. very funny !!!

  • Daw US 10 years ago

    Kwasia why you didn't say kumasi Bob Marley,idiot

  • GOD SAVE GHANA. 10 years ago

    Why Kumasi,even Azigisnaba name don't sound like Kumasi person.

  • amir zuabi 10 years ago

    TOOK OVER BURKINA FASO SO EASY

  • Sarkodie 10 years ago

    If judges are this corrupt then I don't think Ghana is ready to be a democracy

  • GOODE 10 years ago

    NO!
    THIS IS A PRO-CAMPAORE GROUP.
    THEY THEMSELVES WILL BE OVERTHROWN AND KILLED SOON.

  • HON SHAMO 10 years ago

    NDC HAS SENT GHANA INTO HIPIC, LOOTING FEELI FEELI, JOHN MAHAMA AND HIS BROTHER ARE FINISHING GHANA, DO WE HAVE OIL? NEVER I DONT THINK SO/!! EVEN ACHEAMPONG GOVT WAS FAR BETTER, WHAT DID YAW BOAKYE, FELI, GEN AKUFFO HAD? WHA ...
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  • SAMMY LAPUTA 10 years ago

    I told you so. I however got the spelling of the name of the commander of the elite force wrong.

  • ed 10 years ago

    shame on africa

  • Pelicles 10 years ago

    Coups is what our "pot-bellied soldiers" know best. If they unleashed their guns on defenseless civilians, it is then that they see themselves as "brave and unwavering" men but......

    West African is retrogressing due to co ...
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  • CORNEY 10 years ago

    Coups are not needed today but the same time let us not use democracy to deny a group of people their right to contest elections in the country,that in itself is a coup,the international community should have intervened when ...
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  • TARANTULA 10 years ago

    I really do not like to use the word democracy and its several purported meanings. Usually when our brain-washed academics and their hapless followers use the word democracy, what they mean is the observance and instructions ...
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  • KOFFI 10 years ago

    Mr. Tarantula, thank you for your write up. Africans, particularly our intelligentsia should be honest to themselves to say that the Western democracy which we chose to swallow, hook, line and sinker, is not working for the A ...
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  • Smart Frempah Uk 10 years ago

    We don't really expect this to happen in this 21st century civilised world but African leaders breed it. Mothers of all corruptions disenfranchises the people. It's sad.

  • Kofi Nyarko 10 years ago

    GHANA IS THE NEXT IN LINE. OUR THINKING AND ATTITUDE IS NOT CONDUCIVE FOR DEMOCRACY. THE CORRUPTION IS TOO MUCH. IT'S ABOUT TIME, AND IT'S A MATTER OF TIME...

  • Mawriz 10 years ago

    You are next not Ghana

  • Alex 10 years ago

    You are your family are next not Ghana

  • Alex 10 years ago

    Fool is that Kofi Nyarko

  • kofi Agyako Washington DC 10 years ago

    Well said

  • Tell them 10 years ago

    military regimes in Ghana were some of the most corrupt period. I am not sure how long you have been around. In military regimes, the leaders steal and when you talk about it, you get a beating, thrown in jail, or disappear. ...
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  • Tell them 10 years ago

    i am really not trying to downplay the corruption in the country. All I want to point out is, coups d'tats over the years did nothing productive for Africa

  • B B 10 years ago

    You may be right to say that, if all we are getting from our democracy is what we see today, then military rule and democracy are no different.

  • Kojo Annan 10 years ago

    The difference is
    1) you can't get arrested for stating your opinion. You can speak your mind and demonstrate as much as you want without fear of disappearing.
    2) your property can't be seized by the government just becaus ...
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  • Awuradebasa 10 years ago

    I agree with you, very soon...

  • Alex 10 years ago

    You will be next then your family will follow

  • CORNEY 10 years ago

    Only a fool will say Ghana is next,Ghana is not having the problems that country is having,Ghana did not prevent anybody from taking part in the election,rather the opposition NPP is trying to disenfranchise some Ghanaians c ...
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  • KIM 10 years ago

    When Togolese like you make yourselves Ghanaians while undocumented then we may need a coup as well to clean the system of foreigners voting and choosing thieves and incompetent people to lead our nation. With this coup d'tat ...
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  • HON SHAMO 10 years ago

    YOUR STUPID NDC HAS PASSED A COUP D,ETAT

  • JoEY L0nDoN 10 years ago

    Factions in any government could led to coup!

  • f quentin ex minister ghana 10 years ago

    Kofi Nyarko
    who are the corrupt ones
    Just look around you and your party first waiiii

  • DAGARA PRIDE 10 years ago

    Your mama is next koshea

  • AAT 10 years ago

    Kofi Nyako if u say Ghana is nxt den be ready that u will die first. I can assure u. Big fooooool!!

  • Kofi Atta 10 years ago

    May the peace of God surround Burkina Faso as they go through this tumultuous time. We pray for all the women and children, and men as well. May they be guided to the right path for the nation.
    Amen.

  • IGP 10 years ago

    Mothers fucker policemen. You can't even attack arm rubbers.but the easy is to attack civilian. That why you die early stage for bin Ghana police.

  • JOHSON. 10 years ago

    GHANA IS THE NEXT COUNTRY FOR A COUPS. MAHAMAH MUST GO BEFORE HE DESTROYS GHANA COMPLETELY. TIME WILL TELL.

  • Mr Shortman 10 years ago

    If Mahama goes then Nana is doomed.His of becoming president will end.

  • Ssali 10 years ago

    l wonder why some greedy soldiers can think of coup today. An impoverished country like Burkina Faso's military also want to come and suck the blood of the citizens who cannot afford a meal a day. wonderful.

  • Awuradebasa 10 years ago

    Everyone wants to rule in Africa

  • Abeku Quansah Ativorgbe. 10 years ago

    This is the wrong way to go.

  • BBC News!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 10 years ago

    We need a coup here in Ghana in order to eliminate the weak tribes in the country especially Akans & Akyems.

  • Nana Yaw 10 years ago

    Why do you called your BBC? Coward!! Give out your contact, and if you are a man enough. Why am I even responding to you idiot.

  • kwaku NYU 10 years ago

    May God punish you and your entire household AMEN

  • Konduah 10 years ago

    I humbly invoke the wrath of our ancestors to deal mercelessly with BBC News for attacking the Akans without any provocation. Nananom ye gye mo di yenim mo firi tete.

  • seer 10 years ago

    You always see ndc supporters attacking Akans left right and Centre and yet these same Akans vote for ndc

  • OBENG 10 years ago

    NEXT WEEK IS GHANA

  • JoEY L0nDoN 10 years ago

    Take a sit , do you know the reason there won't be a Coup in Ghana under an NDC government? Asked your demi god and he will tell you,(my hint it's due to their BroadBase ) Ghana could have suffered the same fate if npp were i ...
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  • Alex 10 years ago

    Ghanaians are too wise to make coupe because of one old man called Nana Ado who want to be president at all cost. No way for him, everywhere is blocked in the military.

  • Jean Makote 10 years ago

    Next stop is Ghana

  • Nana Yaw 10 years ago

    Obeng, I think you know better than that. Coup will not solve the problems. We need transformational leaders. Leaders with vision, not for themselves and their immediate families, but for the country and all Ghana people. We ...
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  • Obourba 10 years ago

    What are you guys waiting for. Topple this incompetent dead goat mahama and his team of foolish ministers now. The corruption hitting the Judiciary and the broke economy plus hopelessness in Gh calls for immediate military i ...
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  • Kojo Annan 10 years ago

    A lot of idiots think a coup would solve their problems. Apparently the previous 5 coups was not enough.

  • Kofi 10 years ago

    The entire country is just too poor . We visited in Jan and it was clear that there was no infrastucture re to talk about. The country must learn from Ghana and be developemnt the entire country bottom up. Any one who have se ...
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  • Sarkodie 10 years ago

    Execute all judges and declare a coup

  • Kojo Annan 10 years ago

    We've already had 5 coups and they were all 100x worse than the governments they replaced.
    Learn some sense you stupid man.

  • Kofi 10 years ago

    For hsi country. Instead power drunk people areruled the country and milke dit to death.

  • Asoreba 10 years ago

    Sad day for Africa. We seem to be backward thinkers.

  • P.K 10 years ago

    in fact the point is that when war/evil is near,coming then it is doing, informing you of the signs and dangers ahead.

  • DAGARA PRIDE 10 years ago

    My Dagara brothers please turn to democracy now.

  • P.K 10 years ago

    Ghanaians sh'd ckeck the Military/police/national security and take note of the signs ahead for 2016.EWE/North with fantis sideline should tell you that war is close to the doors of Ghana so all must pray.The was blood alread ...
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  • STEPHEN OSEI,NORWAY 10 years ago

    DO U KNOW HOW MANY GOLDS THAT TOGO KILLER STOLD FROM OBUASI THAT 1979 COUP AND HOW MANY PEOPLE HE KILLED TO BRINGE MORE CORRUP TO GHANA,LOOK AT GHANA NOW

  • salam 10 years ago

    Oh when will Africa learn how to practice true democracy ? Anyway the RSP has a branch in Ghana here called NPP.

  • ANKOBEA-HENE 10 years ago

    Gabby was going to do just that yesterday in Ghana. Thanks to police alertness, vigilance, and preparedness.

  • kwame 10 years ago

    Thieves they want to loot the their share.

  • Harry-Nsawam 10 years ago

    Ghana shd becareful as we are sitting on a time bomb

  • abba 10 years ago

    THIS IS A LESSON TO MAHAMA LED NDC TO HAS TAKEN GHANA A HOSTAGE AND LOOTED ITS COFFERS. MAY THE BLOOD OF GEN.I.K.ACHAMPONG AND THE OTHERS WHO WERE EXECUTED REST IN PEACE.

  • kofi Baah 10 years ago

    I think this is the best way to handle issues under Mahama and his incompetent team. We need a coup now in Ghna

  • sikdo 10 years ago

    Ghana Amy.Stan.up.don't let this.mahama.to.selling.Ghana.well.done.Gilbert.mahama.should.follow

  • massinga 10 years ago

    SUCH THINGS NEED NOT TO BE TOLERATED, WE NEED TO CONDEMN THEM, BECAUSE AT THIS ERA SUCH THINGS ARE UNACCEPTABLE.
    THE ARCHETYPE BEHIND SUCH BARBARIC ACT SHOULD BOW DOWN THEIR HEADS IN SHAME .

  • ktz 10 years ago

    This is waht Ghana needs right now

  • K. Afrifa 10 years ago

    that evil man alhassane Ouattara is involved

  • Joe Turkey 10 years ago

    This is the stupid legacy Jerry Rawlings has left for Africa. It's not even about policies anymore. It's not about the development of the country; it's just about who has the most power and who can overthrow the government. P ...
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  • sir Evans 10 years ago

    My name is inspector general of police i come frm ndc camp but i stay at police heardquarters.l am very fool because my paymasters(john mahama)always fool me .my wife and kids called me stupidfool.

  • Plasma Kote 10 years ago

    The joke must stop.

  • 2016 10 years ago

    We need this type of courage in Ghana

  • JOHNj 10 years ago

    RAWLINGS COUP WAS THE LAST COUP IN GHANA. COUPS NEVER HELPED GHANA. WEVE LEARNED OUR LESSON. COUP PROTTERS ONLY ENRICH THEMSELVES. BUT PEOPLE WHO STEAL STATE MONEY AND ASSETS MUST BE JAILED. THESE JUDGES MUST NOT BE SPARED L ...
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  • Ethiopia 10 years ago

    The state gives u gun to protect it's citizens,and u use that power to seize power by the use of the gun,ooooh africa,this cant happen in Ghana,we shall use the ballot box to exit leaders

  • dela 10 years ago

    There will be a counter

  • David Mensah 10 years ago

    BBC news. Thank you Ewes people should give Thanks to Akans how many Akans. Live in Volta.and do you know how many
    Ewes live in Ashanti and Eastern

  • fiverr crork 10 years ago

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