2014 archive

Aug 05

I’D NEVER HAVE BELIEVED OBAMA WAS SO INSENSITIVE

I WOULD NEVER HAVE BELIEVED OBAMA WAS SO INSENSITIVE by CAMERON DUODU THIS week, President Barack Obama is meeting with nearly 50 African heads of state in Washington DC, at a summit that is the first of its kind ever held by an American President. Among the issues to be raised are trade relations between …

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Jul 19

THE SENSELESSNESS OF TERRORISM

Home / Columnist / The Senselessness Of Terrorism The Senselessness Of Terrorism By CAMERON DUODU Daily Guide July 19, 2014 You buy a ticket and board a plane to conduct your business somewhere, perhaps other than where you reside. Maybe you’re returning home from abroad. You are full of anticipation. You are going to meet loved …

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Jul 08

THE POST-MORTEM

THE POST-MORTEM by CAMERON DUODU CHAIR: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Board of Enquiry. You all know the reason why this Board of Enquiry became necessary. In short: a bridge that had not been officially opened was used by a heavy motor vehicle. The bridge collapsed. The truck fell into the river,. And 23 …

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Jun 30

THE ENQUIRY INTO GHANA’S FOOTBALL DISASTER IN BRAZIL MUST BE HELD IN PUBLIC!

  Today at 11:38 AM THE ENQUIRY INTO THE GHANA FOOTBALL BRAZIL DISASTER MUST BE HELD IN PUBLIC By CAMERON DUODU So much heart-ache has been inflicted on the Ghanaian public by the failure of the Black Stars to advance from the Group Stage to the Quarter-Finals that nothing less than a public enquiry should …

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Jun 14

BS WILL WIN THE WC!

‘‘BS’ WILL WIN THE WORLD CUP”! By CAMERON DUODU I am not a betting man. I was cured of that vice when one morning, instead of buying myself a delicious breakfast before I went to school (hmm — it was some “breakfast” – kokonte plus cow-tail-and-cow-entrails-soup: the sort whose ‘fragrance’ never leaves your hands, even …

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Jun 09

HE’S ‘RESPONSIBLE’ FOR RONALDO’S INJURY? MY SEVEN QUESTIONS FOR KWAKU BONSAM

MY SEVEN QUESTIONS FOR KWAKU BONSAM  (WHO CLAIMS HE’S RESPONSIBLE FOR CHRISTIANO RONALDO’S INJURY) By CAMERON DUODU I could hardly believe my eyes when I read in the London Guardian on 4 June 2014 that ”Ghana’s most influential witch doctor”, Kwaku Bonsam, had claimed that he was “responsible for the knee injury that was threatening …

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Jun 07

MAYA ANGELOU by CAMERON DUODU (PART 2)

MAYA ANGELOU (2) By CAMERON DUODU   In May 1964, my novelist friend, Julian Mayfield, told me that Malcolm X had come to Ghana! He, Maya Angelou and a few other African-Americans, including a soft-spoken but very serious and hard-working lady called Alice Windome, had formed an organising committee for the visit and were taking …

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Jun 06

IGBO LEADERS OF THOUGHT: JONATHAN MAY BE LAST PRESIDENT OF UNITED NIGERIA

Jonathan may be Nigeria’s last president —Igbo leaders June 5, 2014 by Ihuoma Chiedozie 120 Comments     PUNCH  5 JUNE 2014 President Goodluck Jonathan | credits: File copy Igbo Leaders of Thought, a group of prominent Igbo political leaders, rose from a meeting in Enugu on Wednesday with a warning that President Goodluck Jonathan may …

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Jun 03

LEADERSHIP NEWSPAPER: 10 GENERALS AND OTHER BOKO HARAM COLLABORATORS COURT-MARTIALLED

LEADERSHIP NEWSPAPER ABUJA Home / Cover Stories / News / Aiding Boko Haram: Army Court-martials 10 Generals, 5 Others Aiding Boko Haram: Army Court-martials 10 Generals, 5 Others By Our Correspondents — June 3, 2014 No fewer than 15 senior military officers including 10 generals have been tried before a court-martial and found guilty of giving information and ammunition to Boko …

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Jun 03

MALAWI GOES ‘GHANAIAN’ IN ITS ELECTION

MALAWI GOES ‘GHANAIAN’ IN ITS ELECTION By CAMERON DUODU Malawi is a Commonwealth country in Central/Southern Africa.  But it has chosen a West African country as its model – when it comes to elections. Well, when it comes to how its elections are conducted by its Electoral Commission. The result is that it now has …

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