The presidential election in Ghana, for most, may not be the most remarkable political event in 2016 and though most of the attention has been on the two candidates who are in the lead in the presidential race, there is ONE candidate who has rewritten Ghana’s political history as the first woman to run in... Read More

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December 7, 2016

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[The Dummies’ Guide to]: The Ghanaian elections

It is 2016 and if you think it is acceptable for you to be unaware of what is happening anywhere from Idi-araba to Mars, you must be joking. And we are here to set you right. Glad we got that out of the way! Now, today, the 7th of December 2016 is the day #GhanaDecides... Read More

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March 25, 2014

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Femi Aribisala: A Jerry Rawlings solution for Nigeria

by Femi Aribisala In the same manner that we have elections every four years, we can have these Bar Beach “send-off parties” every five or six years. This process would ensure that the fear of Bar Beach would quickly become the beginning of wisdom for our teeming misleaders. AS the crème de la crème of... Read More

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July 6, 2013

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Dele Momodu: A coup by the River Nile

by Dele Momodu The major lesson to learn from Egypt is that stubbornness of leaders can easily derail democracy. Fellow Africans, this is a very tense moment for all of us, from Pretoria to Cairo. First, our greatest statesman, Madiba Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, the first Black President of South Africa, is lying critically ill in... Read More

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March 9, 2013

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Tackle corruption or face a bloody revolution: Jerry Rawlings warns President Jonathan

Nigerian president, Mr Goodluck Jonathan has been told that his government is under the threat of a bloody revolution like those that sacked the governments of Egypt and Tunisia if he continues to pamper the scourge of corruption in the country. The warning came from none other than former president of Ghana, Mr Jerry Rawlings... Read More

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February 8, 2013

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Opinion: Tunde Bakare’s political sermons and the Rawlings option

by Akin Olutokun It is clear, therefore, that scepticism about the prospects for reforming Nigeria and of smoking out entrenched corrupt interests has turned into cynicism and cynicism has in turn bred despair. Reforming the unreformable, as Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala puts it, has suffered a comprehensive mission creep and a definitive setback. Have you considered... Read More

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October 19, 2012

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TICKER: Nana, wife of Ghana’s ex-leader, Jerry Rawlings, shocked after being barred from contesting election

The wife of Ghana’s ex-leader Jerry Rawlings is shocked after being barred from contesting the December election, her spokesman has told the BBC. Nana Konadu Rawlings was chosen last weekend as the presidential candidate of the National Democratic Party (NDP). She defected from the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) party, although Mr Rawlings has not... Read More

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BackStory: Ghana’s Hillary Clinton, the former first lady and first woman to run for president

[The Dummies’ Guide to]: The Ghanaian elections

Femi Aribisala: A Jerry Rawlings solution for Nigeria

Dele Momodu: A coup by the River Nile

Tackle corruption or face a bloody revolution: Jerry Rawlings warns President Jonathan

Opinion: Tunde Bakare’s political sermons and the Rawlings option

TICKER: Nana, wife of Ghana’s ex-leader, Jerry Rawlings, shocked after being barred from contesting election

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