Public Agenda articles from March 2007

Public Agenda archives from March 2007

African Press Condemns Country.
March 23, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) African papers condemn President Robert Mugabe and the Zimbabwe government over the beating of opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, hoping this might signal the beginning of the end for the government....

ADB Offers New Credit Package.
March 23, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Ama Achiaa Amankwah The Agricultural Development Bank, (ADB) has introduced a new credit package for farmers to enhance their operations. Effective last month, all farmers began...

IMF's Role on Continent Not Too Good.
March 23, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Emad Mekay An independent review of the International Monetary Fund's operations in Africa says the lender's work is confused, vague, lacks transparency and suffers from a large gap between...

National Water Policy Paper Before Cabinet.
March 23, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Members of Parliament on Wednesday called for the proper management of water resources and a policy on harvesting rain to address the issue of water scarcity and make provision for the future. They...

IMF is Hot, But Not Yet Uhuru for Campaigners.
March 23, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Jonathan Adabre The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is currently cash-trapped and will not be able to fully fund its own administrative and operational expenses for this and subsequent...

Should the Brazil Game Be Cancelled?
March 23, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Godwin Yaw Agboka Mr. Speaker, Honorable majority members, Honorable members of the minority, ladies and gentlemen. I crave your indulgence to allow me to defer the third part of my...

Study Finds That IMF's Assistance is Partly Ambiguous and Confusing.
March 23, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Isabella Gyau Orhin The policies, practices and aid of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) towards Africa contains "ambiguity and confusion" A release by the IMF's Independent...

Will Nigeria Emerge? Why We Must Care!
March 23, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Etse Sikanku Africa's most populous nation Nigeria is near mayhem. Once a gargantuan symbol of African potential, one of the continent's roaring giants is in danger of being hypnotized...

Child Tour Guides in Ghana: Disguised Paedophilia?
March 23, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Jean Yaw Twum Lukaz The trend of international student educational tourists' influx to Ghana has been marked by their association with children and adolescent 'any-work boys' who act as...

Anti-Corruption Measures Hit Snag at MPASS.
March 23, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Frederick Asiamah Information reaching Public Agenda indicates that certain persons within the administrative set up of the Mpraeso Secondary School (MPASS) in the Eastern Region are...

Liberian in The Dock for Defiling Pupil.
March 23, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Selorm Amevor A Liberian National by name Abraham Blemo-Welters, 33 and a teacher has been arraigned before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old schoolgirl of Jesus...

Preident Kufuor Can Now Be Called Doctor Kufuor.
March 23, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Kwaku Osei Bonsu John Moores University in Liverpool has conferred an Honorary Fellowship, an honour reserved for individuals of outstanding achievement, on President John Agyekum Kufuor....

Rains Save the Day for People of Abetifi.
March 23, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Frederick Asiamah For residents of the capital city, Accra and many other urban areas who enjoy pipe borne water, the recent rain showers were a blessing as they helped to ease the hot...

Police Advocate for Laws to Combat Cyber Fraud.
March 23, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Ama Achiaa Amankwah The absence of a cyber law in Ghana is frustrating the efforts of the Vetting Crime Intelligence Analysis, (VCIA) unit of the Ghana Police Service to fighting computer...

Ex-Convict Returns to Jail for 18 Months.
March 23, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) The Twifo Praso Magistrate's Court on Monday sentenced Isaac Yarteh an ex-convict from Diaso in the Western Region to 18 months' imprisonment for causing unlawful damage, harm and resisting arrest. ...

CEPS donates to Korle-Bu, 37 Military Hospitals.
March 23, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) The Customs, Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS) on Wednesday donated 74 million cedis to two leading health institutions in Accra. The Ghana Heart Foundation, an affiliate of the Cardiothoracic...

Economic Policies Have Been Incoherent and Contradictory.
March 23, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Frederick Asiamah The Coordinator of the Third World Network (TWN) - Africa, Dr. Yao Graham has observed that Ghana's economic policies pursued by successive governments have been...

Poverty Breeds Terrorism, Kufor Tells Western Leaders.
March 23, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Amos Safo President John Agyekum Kufuor told leaders of rich countries during his three-day state visit to the UK that their fight against corruption will backfire unless they help poor...

@50 and the Future of the Youth.
March 23, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) The celebration of Ghana@50, we were told, is a year programme. For this reason we can continue to hope that issues of national interest that were not included in the official programme will be...

Forest Guards Shoot to Kill.
March 23, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Selorm Amevor In the first week of March, a horrible incident happened at Agavekordzi, a settlement at the disputed Digya Island, where wardens of the Forestry Commission allegedly opened...

A Political Gem and Philanthropist is Gone.
March 23, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) We the staff of Public Agenda cannot help, but join many Ghanaians across the country and other parts of the world to pay tribute to the late Madam Hawa Yakubu. The announcement of the sudden death of...

Stakeholders Brainstorm on How to make Public Procurement Act User Friendly.
March 23, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Ebenezer Hanson Stakeholders last Thursday met at a workshop to brainstorm the Public Procurement Act, raising concerns on how to make the law more effective, relevant and responsive to the...

Global Report Cites Progress in Slowing Forest lLosses.
March 23, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) A number of regions of the world are reversing centuries of deforestation and are now showing an increase in forest area, according to FAO's State of the World's Forests report, released last week. ...

Procurement Act is Gender Sensitive - CEO.
March 23, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Isabella Gyau Orhin The Chief Executive of the Public Procurement Board (PPB) Mr. Agyenim Boateng Adjei says the Public Procurement Act is gender sensitive and therefore in harmony with...

Drug Barons Pose as Investors.
March 23, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) The 2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR)) has pointed out that Ghana's enthusiasm in attracting foreign investment has provided a good cover for drug barons, mostly from South...

Public Agenda Beat Metro TV.
March 23, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Frederick Asiamah The Advocacy Stars of Public Agenda last Saturday put up a splendid performance to beat Metro TV 1:0 to progress to the next stage of the ongoing 2007 Media Earmark Cup...

Freedom of Information - Only If We Can Get the Information.
March 23, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Two years or more after the Freedom of Information Bill was drafted, it is yet to be laid before Parliament. At this stage one can safely say the bill is still with cabinet, perhaps, for fine tuning...

Government Lauds Barclays Leasing Initiative.
March 23, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Government has lauded Barclays Bank's for being responsive to the needs of corporate bodies by taking the lead in the industry to finance leasing in the country. Nana Juaben-Boateng Siriboe, the...

African Press Condemns Zimbabwe.
March 19, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) African papers condemn President Robert Mugabe and the Zimbabwe government over the beating of opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, hoping this might signal the beginning of the end for the government....

Government Lauds Barclays Leasing Initiative.
March 19, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Government has lauded Barclays Bank's for being responsive to the needs of corporate bodies by taking the lead in the industry to finance leasing in the country. Nana Juaben-Boateng Siriboe, the...

Preident Kufuor Can Now Be Called Doctor Kufuor.
March 19, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Kwaku Osei Bonsu John Moores University in Liverpool has conferred an Honorary Fellowship, an honour reserved for individuals of outstanding achievement, on President John Agyekum Kufuor....

Country's Economic Policies Have Been Incoherent And Contradictory.
March 19, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Frederick Asiamah The Coordinator of the Third World Network (TWN) - Africa, Dr. Yao Graham has observed that Ghana's economic policies pursued by successive governments have been...

Poverty Breeds Terrorism - Prez Kufuor Tells Western Leaders.
March 19, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Amos Safo President John Agyekum Kufuor told leaders of rich countries during his three-day state visit to the UK that their fight against corruption will backfire unless they help poor...

Ghana@50 And the Future of the Youth.
March 19, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) The celebration of Ghana@50, we were told, is a year programme. For this reason we can continue to hope that issues of national interest that were not included in the official programme will be...

Rains Save the Day for People of Abetifi.
March 19, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Frederick Asiamah For residents of the capital city, Accra and many other urban areas who enjoy pipe borne water, the recent rain showers were a blessing as they helped to ease the hot...

Stakeholders Brainstorm On How to Make Public Procurement Act User Friendly.
March 19, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Ebenezer Hanson Stakeholders last Thursday met at a workshop to brainstorm the Public Procurement Act, raising concerns on how to make the law more effective, relevant and responsive to the...

Assembly Members Heckle DCEs for Contracts.
March 19, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Frederick Asiamah Some Assembly Members continue to heckle District Chief Executives (DCEs) in a bid to secure contracts for party faithfuls and friends, contrary to clear-cut procedures...

Is the World Ready for Obama?
March 19, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Etse Sikanku Much has been written and said about whether America is ready for a Black President or not. The topic has generated multiple, diverse and sometimes strong sentiments from...

Procurement Act is Gender Sensitive -CEO.
March 19, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Isabella Gyau Orhin The Chief Executive of the Public Procurement Board (PPB) Mr. Agyenim Boateng Adjei says the Public Procurement Act is gender sensitive and therefore in harmony with...

Nkrumah And Ghana@50, the Evil Plot.
March 19, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) It is very strange the way Mr. Kwasi Pratt, CJA, NDC, and the CPP because of politics are trying to portray themselves as more Nkrumah than Kwame Nkrumah himself. Nkrumah was a man who saw himself...

Freedom of Information - Only If We Can Get the Information.
March 19, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Two years or more after the Freedom of Information Bill was drafted, it is yet to be laid before Parliament. At this stage one can safely say the bill is still with cabinet, perhaps, for fine tuning...

Public Agenda 'Warns' Graphic Group Ahead of Cup Match.
March 16, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Frederick Asiamah Public Agenda will take on the Graphic Communications Group in an uncompromising football encounter on Saturday March 17 at the Carl Randolph Park, home grounds of...

Paul Boateng Cautions CSOs Against Over Reliance On Foreign Donations.
March 16, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Selorm Amevor The British High Commissioner to South Africa, Hon. Paul Boateng has called on civil society groups in the country not to over rely on foreign donations for their activities....

Lead Compliance Kicks Paint Manufactures Out of Business.
March 16, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Frederick Asiamah & Patricia Ofori Atta A sizeable number of locally based paint manufacturing industries are said to have folded up in the recent past, probably due to their inability to...

Dr. Anane to Bounce Back As Road Transport Minister.
March 16, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Amos Safo When the dust of the tussle between Dr. Richard Anane and the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) finally settles, President Kufuor, using his...

The Country Could Pay a Heavy Price for Tribal Politics-Researcher Warns.
March 16, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Jonathan Adabre A renowned Ghanaian political scientist, Professor Kwame Ninsin has warned that if efforts are not made to stem the tide of tribal politics in Ghana, the country would in...

Human Rights Bodies Accuse City Authorities of Abusing the Rights of the Vulnerable.
March 16, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Moved by what they see as an outright abuse of peoples' rights in the form of forced evictions, assault and the confiscation and destructions of private properties, human rights groups- the...

TUC Urges Government to Open EPA Negotiation to Public Debate.
March 16, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Selorm Amevor The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has said that the efforts by the government to enter into Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU) will have serious...

NHIC Says It is Not to Blame for Delay in Processing ID Cards.
March 16, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Ama Achiaa Amankwah The Executive Secretary of the Health Insurance Council (NHIC), Mr. Ras Boateng says his outfit cannot be blamed alone for the delay in issuing ID cards to members of...

Ghana & World Bank @50 Lessons From the Past and Hope for the Future.
March 16, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Isabella Gyau Orhin It was an evening of exchanging pleasantries, with handshakes and hugs, and meeting of old friends on March 3, 2007. The venue was the House of the Country Director of...

Minister and NDC MP Disagree On The Country's Vision.
March 16, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Ebenezer Hanson A Deputy Minister for Finance and Economic Planning, Prof George Yaw Gyan-Baffour has intimated that the repeated calls for a National Vision is misplaced because one...

Is Western Culture to Blame for Mini-Skirt Syndrome?
March 16, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Patricia Ofori Atta Apostles Paul and Peter, both in their writings, emphasized the need for women to especially dress "in modest apparel," and that their primary concern should be how to...

Forex Bureau Look On Helplessly As Black Marketing Makes Inroads.
March 16, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Ishmael Akaribo Ayine The illegal trade in foreign currencies in the country popularly known as black marketing is seeing no end in the major cities of the country, attracting all classes...

Anna Bossman in a Battle of Her Life.
March 16, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Amos Safo Miss Anna Bossman, one of the few Ghanaian females heading state institutions is in a battle of her life as she tries to assert the authority and the relevance of the Commission...

CHRAJ Must Test the Law on Its Relevance.
March 16, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Last Tuesday, an Accra Fast Track High Court gave a landmark ruling exonerating Dr. Richard Anane, the ex-Road Transport Minister, from any infractions of the law and thereby quashing CRHAJ's judgement...

Companies in the News.
March 16, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Ama Achiaa Amankwah BoG adopts new Foreign Exchange Act The Bank of Ghana, (BoG) has announced the adoption of a new Foreign Exchange Act 2006 (Act 723) to provide new framework for...

Director Refuses to Go on Retirement.
March 16, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Ebenezer Hanson When the Kufuor administration assumed office in January 2001, one progressive policy it introduced was a directive to the effect that any public servant in an executive...

Fake Medical Doctor Sentenced to 10 Years Imprisonment.
March 12, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) A 35-year-old man, who claimed to be a medical officer at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in hard labour for impersonation by the Kumawu...

Labour Consultant Challenges NDPC to Produce National Vision.
March 12, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Ebenezer Hanson In reaction to President John Agyekum Kufuor's call for a clear national vision for the next 50 years, Mr. Austin Gamey, a reputable Labour Consultant has challenged the...

Youth Group Urges Citizens to Reflect On Inequities in Society.
March 12, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) A non-partisan, political youth pressure group, based in the Upper East, Upper West and Northern Region, has called on Ghanaians to soberly reflect on the country's south-north socio-economic divide and...

Women @ 50.
March 12, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Ama Achiaa Amankwah In pre-colonial time Ghanaian women were primarily responsible for child bearing, cooking, washing, and collecting fuel wood and water. Their ability to give birth...

Country Celebrates International Women's Day in Jubilee Year.
March 12, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Isabella Gyau Orhin Last Thursday marked yet another milestone in the lives of women all over the world as the UN International Women's Day was celebrated across the whole world. For...

Translating India Relations Into Reality.
March 12, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Isabella Gyau Orhin A Lecturer at Department of Political Science Dr. Amos Anyimadu has said the independence of India in 1947 directly shaped the Ghanaian independence of 1957. ...

Paul Wolfowitz Greeted With Blackouts At the Airport.
March 12, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Jonathan Adabre When the World bank President, Paul D. Wolfowitz breezed into town on the evening of March 2, 2007, four days before Ghana celebrated her 50th Anniversary, he was greeted...

Your Widow's Mite Could Mend a Bleeding Heart.
March 12, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) The Chief Executive of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital and the Head of the Cardiothoracic Centre, Dr. Frimpong Boateng has started sending SOS letters to institutions, including churches appealing to...

Boateng Says Leaders Too Lax on Cultural Artifacts.
March 12, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Selorm Amevor The British High Commissioner to South Africa, Hon. Paul Boateng has accused African leaders of failing to retrieve the cultural objects and artifacts that have been stolen...

Let's Prove That Ghana is Star of Africa: Educationist.
March 9, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Frederick Asiamah A colourful parade held in the Ga East District of the Greater Accra Region to commemorate Ghana's 50th Independence anniversary ended with a call on all Ghanaians to bury...

OATUU Congratulates Women.
March 9, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) The Organisation of Africa Trade Union Unity (OATUU) on Wednesday congratulated women all over the world and acknowledged their courage, determination and steadfastness in the world's socio-economic...

J.H. Mensah Wants More Powers for Parliament.
March 9, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Selorm Amevor Mr. Joseph Henry Mensah, Member of Parliament for Sunyani East is pushing for an amendment to the 1992 constitution to give Parliament more powers to control government...

Ghana Commended for Promoting Human Rights.
March 9, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Patricia Ofori Atta A Chairperson of the American Bar Association (ABA) Miss Deborah Enix-Ross has commended Ghana for its dedication to the cause of human rights by enacting numerous...

Celebrating 50 Years of Stability and the Way Forward.
March 9, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) When Ghanaians started preparations towards the celebration of Ghana@50, the atmosphere was charged with both pessimism and optimism. While the pessimists wonder whether Ghana's 50 years of...

Kufuor Pays Homage to Dynamic Youth.
March 9, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Amos Safo President John Agyekum Kufuor used the platform of Ghana's 50th independence anniversary celebration to pay homage to the youth of Ghana and Africa, who in diverse ways are...

50 Years of Military Excellence On Display.
March 9, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Amos Safo Ghana's 50th independence anniversary celebration could be aptly described as an Armed Forces festival as the Ghana Armed Forces displayed rare military excellence and prowess...

Underdeveloping and Modernising Ghana's Tourism - Part II.
March 9, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Jean Yaw Twum Lukaz Modernization In assessing tourism as a development tool in developing countries two paradigms are essential for consideration in such development in less developed...

Jubilee 6 March Anniversary.
March 9, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Ebenezer Hanson As almost every Ghanaian was caught up in ecstasy and euphoria of the jubilee anniversary parade of the military and school children at the Independence Square, the same...

Time Out? Chocolate Tourism in Ghana.
March 9, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Jean Yaw Twum Lukaz Since Tetteh Quarshie smuggled into Ghana the cocoa bean, he has only gained recognition through the naming of a road after him. Cocoa has since become Ghana's economic...

U.S. Congressional Black Caucus Visits Castles.
March 9, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) A Twenty-two-member delegation from the United States of America (USA) comprising Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) and their families on Sunday visited the Cape Coast and Elmina Castles to learn, at...

High-Powered U.S. Delegation Arrives for Ghana@50.
March 5, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) President George has appointed a high-powered delegation to participate in Ghana's Jubilee festival. Incidentally, Ghana is also mourning the 41st anniversary of the 1966 coup, which the CIA sponsored....

Lack of Bold Leadership is the Bane of Country's Development- Rev. Kojo Amoo.
March 5, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Selorm Amevor The General Secretary of the Ghana Baptist Convention (GBC), Rev Kojo Amoo has attributed the underdevelopment of the country to leaders who are not courageous and faithful in...

AMA and Ghana@50 Want to Dump the Mentally Retarded at Psychiatric Hospital for Free.
March 5, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Selorm Amevor Dr Akwesi Osei, Acting Chief Psychiatrist of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital has warned that until the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) fulfills the conditions given to it by...

Cars Importation Inimical to Private Sector, Says NPP MP.
March 5, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Ebenezer Hanson The use of $5.9 million by the Ghana@50 Secretariat for the importation of about 199 cars for activities marking Ghana's Golden Jubilee has been roundly condemned by people...

Presidential Amnesty.
March 5, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Frederick Asiamah Fate of jailed nursing mothers in the balance The fate of some female prisoners and their babies hangs in the balance as President John Agyekum Kufuor plans to free...

Addai-Sebo "Nkrumah Created the Conditions for Me to Be What I Am Today".
March 5, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Akyaaba Addai-Sebo The Ghanaian founder of Black History Month UK, Akyaaba Addai-Sebo, tells how the 1966 coup brought his own young life, and the future of Ghana and Africa crashing down....

Kaunda - 'I Don't Think We Will Ever Recover From the 1966 Coup'.
March 5, 2007... (From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM) Byline: Kenneth Kaunda Kenneth Kaunda, former president of Zambia, writes about the impact on Africa of the 1966 coup in Ghana. "I was a great admirer of Nkrumah. One of the most shocking...