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AllAfrica News: Ghana
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Region Calls Summit on Guinea Coup
The extra-ordinary meeting of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) summoned by President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua over the coup in Guinea will hold tomorrow in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
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Africa Hails Country's Elections
Ghana's largely peaceful and credible presidential election was a rare example of a functioning democracy in Africa and should be a model for the continent, African leaders, voters and diplomats said on Sunday.
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Call Me Mr. Speaker
It began like a slip of tongue when Majority leader, Alban Bagbin first addressed the newly sworn Speaker of Parliament, Justice Mrs. Joyce Bamford-Addo as Mr. Speaker, but after persistent repetitions from members of the House, it was realized the Standing Orders of Parliament was not gender sensitive enough, to recognize women for the position.
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Is There Even More Oil Offshore?
Ghana's oil find has received another facelift as TULLOW announced it has achieved successful drilling results from the Hyedua_2 appraisal well offshore. The success of this well has substantially increased the proven areal extent of the Jubilee field and is likely to lead to material upgrades of current resource estimates.
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The Prerogative of Mercy
The 1992 Constitution grants to the President such awesome powers as to literally determine whether a person lives or dies. That, without doubt, caps the range of enormous powers granted him by Article 72 (1) to a President.
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Hail to the Chief
Thousands of people from all walks of life yesterday converged at the Independence Square in Accra to witness the swearing in of Professor John Evans Atta Mills as the third President of the Fourth Republic of Ghana.
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50-50 Mandate Dawns as - Mills' Era Begins
Election 2008 was decided by a razor thin margin, but enough to have a winner.
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AC in Ghana, Hail Polls
The Action Congress (AC) has said Ghana's just concluded parliamentary and presidential polls have shown that a ruling party can be defeated in a free and fair election, devoid of the type of do-or-die politics introduced by Nigeria's ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
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We May Need Ghana's Electoral Assistance - Pat Utomi
Following the swearing-in of President Atta-Mills of Ghana on Wednesday, presidential candidate in the 2007 elections and opposition leader, Prof Pat Utomi while congratulating the people of Ghana and her electoral institution, suggests Nigeria may need technical assistance from the Ghanaian electoral commission. Excerpts:
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Ogbulafor - Citizens Can Learn From Ghanaian Election
People's Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman, Chief Vincent Ogbulafor, has said that there are lessons that Nigerians could learn from Ghanaian elections.
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Fayemi Lauds Ghana Poll, Blames Iwu for Electoral Woes
As Ghana's new President, John Atta Mills was sworn-in on Wednesday, Action Congress (AC) governorship candidate in the 2007 general elections in Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, has expressed his delight over the peaceful conduct of the poll and transition.
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Nigeria Has a Lot to Learn From Ghana - Ogbulafor
Vincent Ogbulafor has aligned himself with the popular view that Nigeria needs to learn lessons from Ghana, a country with one-seventh of Nigeria's population, where a Presidential election produced a winner from the opposition party without meddling from the sitting President.
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World Gasps As Mills Falters
The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Professor J. E. A. Mills yesterday took the oath of office, which was administered by the Chief Justice, Justice Georgina Wood, to become the third President under the fourth Republican constitution.
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A Sign of True Democracy
After all is said and done, the election for another president has come to pass. The people have decided who to rule, and who not to. The people acknowledged the fact that it is democracy that has enabled them take such an important decision.
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Tough Times Ahead in Parliament
The fifth Parliament of the fourth Republic promises to be interesting, and with a lot in stock for Ghanaians, considering the nature and scope of its current composition.
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