ACCRA (Reuters) - Ghana's former President John Dramani Mahama has staged a political comeback by winning the West African nation's presidential election after his rival Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia conceded defeat on Sunday. The result of Ghana's general election is another blow to a ruling...
Former Ghana, Brazil presidents awarded food prizeMICHAEL J. CRUMB
In setting a modern standard for former presidents, Mr. Carter visited more than 120 countries, on a variety of missions, often with a common denominator. “The problem I’ve long addressed is the relationship between the rich and the poor world,” he said in a 1990 interview. This interes...
Ex-Presidents--Cases Crimes against Humanity--Cases Article excerpt On 29 November, THE INTERNATIONAL Criminal Court (ICC) caused yet another affront to Africa's sense of justice by bundling the former Ivorian president, Laurent Gbagbo, to stand trial at The Hague while his Western-backed rival...
That was why Taylor was accompanied to Nigeria by Presidents Thabo Mbeki of South Africa, John Kufuor of Ghana, Joaquinn Chissano of Mozambique (who doubles as the current chairman of the African Union), and of course President Obasanjo. Taylor's departure was one of the key conditions put...
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U.S. Presidents and Foreign Policy Mistakes Stephen G. Walker; Akan Malici. Stanford University Press, 2011 Read preview Routes of Remembrance: Refashioning the Slave Trade in Ghana Bayo Holsey. University of Chicago Press, 2008 Read preview The Deepest South: The United States, Brazil...
Perhaps the biggest source of contention was the fact that Wade intended to stand in the 2012 election, as the 2001 constitution limited presidents to two terms. Wade argued that the two-term limit should not be applied retroactively to include his first term, which began in 2000. The ...
Upon achieving home rule and then independence, the new African states born of the old British colonies were inheritors of an educational system that, though better than that of the other African states, was still a cause for concern. In most states (Ghana, Kenya, and Malaŵi being the onl...