On Africa
Editorial comments:
“I assure Ghanians that I will be President for all”
- John Atta-Mills - Ghana President-elect and Opposition Candidate
As stories of political despair from West Africa (from the military meddlesomeness in Mauritania and Guinea Conakry to complete degeneration of simple local government election into “religious” crisis in Nigeria’s Jos), hit the headlines, it is gratifying that serial news of hope of democractic consolidation and sustainability keep coming from Accra, Ghana. The weekend successful conclusion of Presidential election in Ghana which recorded a narrow win of opposition candidate, Attah Mills (50.23%) over the ruling party candidate, Nana Akuffo Ado (49.77%) in a run-off election points to the fact that Africa and Africans are rich and tested in democratic traditions.
The point cannot be overstated! The political events in Ghana are of profound relevance to Africa and Africans than the events in Washington which remarkably too on January
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