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Re: Ghana expresses concern over Burundi crisis
This is the legacy President Kwame Nkrumah left Africans but we as Ghanaians cannot call a spade by its real name.
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SARPONG
Date:
2015-06-02 04:52:53
Comment to:
Re: Ghana expresses concern over Burundi crisis
This is the legacy President Kwame Nkrumah left Africans but we as Ghanaians cannot call a spade by its real name.
This is an issue you will not see Professor Lungu, Francis Kwarteng, Kojo T and other Nkrumahists commenting on. They are trapped. If they condemn the Burundi President whose term has come to the end but is trying to stay in power, that will expose their tin god who did worse than this Burundi President. At least this guy is willing to go through elections to be decided by the people, something Nkrumah denied the citizens of Ghana of by declaring himself President for life and one Party state.
If they support this Burundi government, that will also expose them as people who support autocratic and despotic leaders.
The Nkrumahists are trapped between the rock and the deep blue ocean.
GHANA GOVERNMENT POSITION
The following is the full report
The Government of Ghana has noted the developments in the Republic of Burundi, in particular, the recent political events including the protests that greeted President Pierre Nkurunziza’s bid for a third term, the attempted coup d’état and its casualties, the flight of thousands of refugees from the country, violent clashes in the capital Bujumbura and the murder of an opposition leader Zedi Feruzi.
We are of the considered opinion that all persons, especially Africans and our continental bodies, who wish this beautiful country well, should be concerned and disturbed by the current trajectory of events and the risks that the situation presents not only to Burundi but the East African Region as a whole.
Author:
SARPONG
Date:
2015-05-31 02:03:56
Comment to:
Jerry Rawlings for Dummies: Ghana's 2nd Biggest Lo
Lungu, I want your opinion about the attempted coup against the Burundi President who wants to run for a third term against his country's constitution.
Do you think the "Coupists" are justified in their attempt to remove him by force or he should be allowed to run? Waiting for your response, Professor.
Prof Lungu
Date:
2015-05-31 03:09:57
Comment to:
Re: One party state etc., caused it.
Burundi what?
Long time, we must say!
Note, please!
This essay is about Jerry Rawlings and Nkrumah's Ghana!
Greetings!!!!!!!!!
JIGGERY-POKERY-Trickery, hocus-pocus
A wealth of impure jiggery-pokery
Kojo T
Date:
2015-05-31 04:08:25
Comment to:
Re: One party state etc., caused it.
To me JJ served a purpose.He has stopped to coups.Seriously we made mistakes .Now the debate should be on application of Nkrumaism or its modification to modern day development JB,Busia,JJ,K4 are irrelevant as they propose no solutions to our problems .So far 2015 4600 people have perished in the Mediterranean sea getting to Europe.Africa has a lot of natural resources, we should concentrate the debate on how best to use these for the benefit of our youth The past is a guide as it shows what worked and what did not .My salutations and Aluta continua
Author:
Military Man
Date:
2015-05-31 16:09:23
Comment to:
Prof let go emotions
I wonder how fakes like you and your murderous star JJ see when you take a look at yourselves in the mirror?
What reflections do the mirrors give back to you?
Aren't you ashamed of yourselves of the lies you ethnocentrics live?
You talk about Nkumaism like you know what that stands for.
Did you really understand Nkrumah of blessed memory and what he stood for?
I don't think so.
You are just a "mimicker". Nothing more!
Nkrumah was neither an ethnocentric bigot nor a fake "Pan Africanist". He was the real deal and I'll bet he weeps and turns in his grave every time copycats like you and the blood-thirsty vampire like JJ profess to be what the two of you are DEFINITELY NOT... and that is PAN AFRICANISTS.
You two are just lip-service Nkrumaists... just using that moniker to hide your hardcore ethnocentric tendencies. You can't even tolerate your own Ghanaian brothers and sisters of different tribal leanings and you have the audacity to talk about a continental platform where more than two thousand different tribes might be encompassed.
Just blowing hot air to make yourself look good on paper is downright deceitful if not ungodly.
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General News of Wednesday, 13 May 2015
Source: Reuters
Senior Burundi army officer: President dismissed
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General News of Wednesday, 13 May 2015
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Senior Burundi army officer: President dismissed
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Burundi Unrest
A prominent Burundi army officer said on Wednesday he was dismissing President Pierre Nkurunziza, whose bid for a third term in office sparked more than two weeks of demonstrations by protesters who said he was violating the constitution.
The statement was immediately dismissed as "a joke" by the president's media adviser.
Major General Godefroid Niyombare, who was fired by Nkurunziza as intelligence chief in February, was speaking at a military barracks to reporters. He was surrounded by several other senior officers in the army and police.
"Regarding President Nkurunziza's arrogance and defiance of the international community which advised him to respect the constitution and Arusha peace agreement, the committee for the establishment of the national concord decide: President Nkurunziza is dismissed, his government is dismissed too," he said.
Comment: Why Can't African Politicians Relinquish
Author:
G. K. Berko
Date:
2015-05-13 12:08:20
Comment to:
Senior Burundi army officer says dismisses Preside
Why can't African Politicians relinquish Power peacefully? Are we so selfish and ego-driven that we cannot allow others to rise up to fill our shoes?
Is it because of how we have always viewed political leadership in Africa imperially, dating back to the Colonial times? Or, we simply cannot distinguish contemporary political leadership from the domineering control of our Old monarchies, making us think our Presidents are our new Kings that all must worship, and whom we must allow to reign and lord over us for as long as they wish?
It is about time we began amending our Constitutions to strip our Presidencies of much of their Powers and privileges, so that Presidents would not consider themselves irreplaceable.
This brings back into focus our own (Ghana's) exorbitant, ultra-luxurious ex-gratia afforded to our Politicians, especially the President. So long as we make their Offices so self-serving and allow them to command easy access to our State Assets for manipulation to enrich themselves, we would, forever, be dodged by such recalcitrance of our Presidents to cling on to Power against our Constitution, and the will of the People.
Long Live Ghana!!!
Author:
SARPONG
Date:
2015-05-13 13:54:16
Comment to:
Why Can't African Politicians Relinquish
"Why can't African Politicians relinquish Power peacefully"?
G.K, maybe the Burundi President should have declared himself President for life following Nkrumah template and I think you would have supported him.
Why are you against the coup that ousted Nkrumah but you seem to support this coup? Both Nkrumah and the President of Burundi were trying to cling to power by abusing the constitution they came into power with.
I am really surprised somebody like you who have always spoke against Nkrumah removal is now supporting this coup, this is is paradoxical on your part.
It was not good on Ghana to remove Nkrumah for perpetuating his rule through one party and President for life system but you think this guy from Burundi should be removed for trying to stay in power.
Think about it, it least this guy from Burundi has not stripped the citizens of Burundi the choice of voting for somebody else compared to Nkrumah.
General News of Thursday, 21 May 2015
Source: Reuters
Two killed in Burundi's capital
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Police Burundi Protest3
Street battles and gunfire erupted again in the capital on Thursday as protesters against President Pierre Nkurunziza rejected his calls for calm in Burundi, an ethnic tinderbox with a history of civil war and genocide.
The Burundi Red Cross said two protesters were killed as soldiers and police fired tear gas and shots in the air in confrontations with scores of young men throwing rocks and burning makeshift barricades in the roads.
That brings to 20 the number of deaths witnessed by the aid group, spokesman Alexis Manirakiza said, during almost a month of marches and a failed coup by Burundians trying to stop Nkurunziza securing what they say is an unconstitutional third term in office.
Another emergency official said the overall toll in the violence, which many fear might re-open old wounds between Burundi's Hutu and Tutsi ethnic groups, could be double that.
Nkurunziza, 51, a former sports lecturer, appears unfazed by the crisis, playing in a soccer match with friends on Wednesday shortly before making a televised address to the nation.
In the speech, he stressed the need for national unity, saying Burundi's bloody past, including a civil war that ended in 2005 after the deaths of 300,000 people, could not be ignored.
"No Burundian wants to revive the tensions of ethnic division or any other nature," Nkurunziza, who has mixed Hutu-Tutsi parentage, said. "The blood that was spilt in the past has taught us a lesson."
Protesters rejected his words.
"We don't consider this a speech for the nation," 42-year-old Jean-Claude Gakiza told Reuters. "Someone who violates the constitution is against Burundians. All we want now is that he gives up his third term."
In another area, there were chaotic scenes as soldiers and police tried to restore order.
"You cannot throw stones at police," one soldier told the protesters. "We are near them. You will hurt us."
NIGHT OF SHOOTING
Thursday's violence followed a night of heavy gunfire in the restive neighbourhood of Musaga, where residents spoke of hours of running battles between police and gangs of youths.
"There was shooting through the night," said Musaga resident Bosco, 28, who did not want to give his last name.
Pascal Nyabenda, chairman of the ruling CNDD-FDD party, dismissed the marchers as paid thugs.
"Those are youth who are paid," he said. "It's like a job." He did not say where the purported funding came from.
With more than 110,000 refugees in neighbouring Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania, where at least 33 have died of cholera, regional leaders have been calling for calm and restraint on all sides but to little effect.
South Africa, which played a central role in brokering the 2005 peace, said this week the June 26 presidential election at the heart of the crisis should be postponed indefinitely.
So far, Nkurunziza's only concession has been to postpone next week's local and parliamentary elections to June 5.
He argues that his ambitions do not break a two-term limit in the constitution as his first term, in which he was appointed by parliament rather than directly elected, does not count.
Kwame Nkrumah started this evil of President for life and one-party state and this evil is still spreading in Africa. See what is happeng in Gambia, Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe and many parts in Africa. CPP was the first party in Africa to rig elections claiming they won 99.97%
SARPONG
Date:
2015-06-02 04:52:53
Comment to:
Re: Ghana expresses concern over Burundi crisis
This is the legacy President Kwame Nkrumah left Africans but we as Ghanaians cannot call a spade by its real name.
This is an issue you will not see Professor Lungu, Francis Kwarteng, Kojo T and other Nkrumahists commenting on. They are trapped. If they condemn the Burundi President whose term has come to the end but is trying to stay in power, that will expose their tin god who did worse than this Burundi President. At least this guy is willing to go through elections to be decided by the people, something Nkrumah denied the citizens of Ghana of by declaring himself President for life and one Party state.
If they support this Burundi government, that will also expose them as people who support autocratic and despotic leaders.
The Nkrumahists are trapped between the rock and the deep blue ocean.
GHANA GOVERNMENT POSITION
The following is the full report
The Government of Ghana has noted the developments in the Republic of Burundi, in particular, the recent political events including the protests that greeted President Pierre Nkurunziza’s bid for a third term, the attempted coup d’état and its casualties, the flight of thousands of refugees from the country, violent clashes in the capital Bujumbura and the murder of an opposition leader Zedi Feruzi.
We are of the considered opinion that all persons, especially Africans and our continental bodies, who wish this beautiful country well, should be concerned and disturbed by the current trajectory of events and the risks that the situation presents not only to Burundi but the East African Region as a whole.
Author:
SARPONG
Date:
2015-05-31 02:03:56
Comment to:
Jerry Rawlings for Dummies: Ghana's 2nd Biggest Lo
Lungu, I want your opinion about the attempted coup against the Burundi President who wants to run for a third term against his country's constitution.
Do you think the "Coupists" are justified in their attempt to remove him by force or he should be allowed to run? Waiting for your response, Professor.
Prof Lungu
Date:
2015-05-31 03:09:57
Comment to:
Re: One party state etc., caused it.
Burundi what?
Long time, we must say!
Note, please!
This essay is about Jerry Rawlings and Nkrumah's Ghana!
Greetings!!!!!!!!!
JIGGERY-POKERY-Trickery, hocus-pocus
A wealth of impure jiggery-pokery
Kojo T
Date:
2015-05-31 04:08:25
Comment to:
Re: One party state etc., caused it.
To me JJ served a purpose.He has stopped to coups.Seriously we made mistakes .Now the debate should be on application of Nkrumaism or its modification to modern day development JB,Busia,JJ,K4 are irrelevant as they propose no solutions to our problems .So far 2015 4600 people have perished in the Mediterranean sea getting to Europe.Africa has a lot of natural resources, we should concentrate the debate on how best to use these for the benefit of our youth The past is a guide as it shows what worked and what did not .My salutations and Aluta continua
Author:
Military Man
Date:
2015-05-31 16:09:23
Comment to:
Prof let go emotions
I wonder how fakes like you and your murderous star JJ see when you take a look at yourselves in the mirror?
What reflections do the mirrors give back to you?
Aren't you ashamed of yourselves of the lies you ethnocentrics live?
You talk about Nkumaism like you know what that stands for.
Did you really understand Nkrumah of blessed memory and what he stood for?
I don't think so.
You are just a "mimicker". Nothing more!
Nkrumah was neither an ethnocentric bigot nor a fake "Pan Africanist". He was the real deal and I'll bet he weeps and turns in his grave every time copycats like you and the blood-thirsty vampire like JJ profess to be what the two of you are DEFINITELY NOT... and that is PAN AFRICANISTS.
You two are just lip-service Nkrumaists... just using that moniker to hide your hardcore ethnocentric tendencies. You can't even tolerate your own Ghanaian brothers and sisters of different tribal leanings and you have the audacity to talk about a continental platform where more than two thousand different tribes might be encompassed.
Just blowing hot air to make yourself look good on paper is downright deceitful if not ungodly.
SARPONG
Date:
2015-06-02 04:52:53
Comment to:
Re: Ghana expresses concern over Burundi crisis
This is the legacy President Kwame Nkrumah left Africans but we as Ghanaians cannot call a spade by its real name.
...
read full comment
ghanna
General News of Wednesday, 13 May 2015
Source: Reuters
Senior Burundi army officer: President dismissed
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