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Jun 27

THE ICC AND INTRA-AFRICAN DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS By CAMERON DUODU

THE ICC AND INTRA-AFRICAN DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS By CAMERON DUODU   A lot of abuse has been heaped on the head of the South African Government for allowing President Omar Al-Bashir of Sudan to leave South Africa on 15 June 2015, whilst a South African court was still considering a complaint from a South African NGO …

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Mar 03

WHY CRICKET IS SUCH A WONDERFUL GAME (2)

WHAT A WONDERFUL GAME CRICKET IS (2) By CAMERON DUODU     T he Ghanaian Times 03.03.2015 The reason why I am returning to the subject of cricket today is that the matches that have been played, so far, in the ICC World Cup tournament of 2015 taking place in Australia and New Zealand, have …

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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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Mar 10

OH WHAT JOY A PLUNGER CAN BRING!!

OH WHAT JOY A PLUNGER CAN BRING! By Cameron Duodu The Ghanaian Times 28th February, 2012 Related Stories HOW JOURNALISM WAS IN MY DAY (6) SUNDAY evening. Really exciting football on the telly. Now, I don’t support any one club myself — I mean how would you feel if you supported Real Madrid and Lionel Messi …

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Jul 08

EDWARD WILMOT BLYDEN, GRANDFATHER OF AFRICAN EMANCIPATION

A lesser-known fact about George Padmore is that his lifelong devotion to the cause of African liberation was ignited in him by another African who was also born abroad – Edward Wilmot Blyden, who was born in the Virgin Islands (then under Danish rule) but spent most of his life in West Africa, especially in Liberia and Sierra Leone, but also in the then British colony of Lagos.

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Nov 19

GAGGING THE MEDIA IS DANGEROUS TO A GOVERNMENT’S OWN HEALTH

Gagging the press is dangerous to a government’s own health By Cameron Duodu 2010-11-18, Issue 505 http://pambazuka.org/en/category/features/68879 Printer friendly version cc DRB62‘The road to controlling the press, however attractive to rulers it may be, must be trodden with extreme wariness. For it is luxuriantly strewn with signposts that read: “Expect unintended consequences!”’, writes Cameron Duodu.The …

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