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Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
NAIROBI (Reuters) - The United States hopes President Barack Obama's decision to visit Ghana this month will spur other African governments to try and emulate the West African country's democratic record.Ghana won independence from colonial rule in 1957. A bloody chapter of military coups followed, but since Jerry Rawlings introduced multi-party democracy in the 1990s, opposition parties...
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Ghana won independence from colonial rule in 1957. A bloody chapter of military coups followed, but since Jerry Rawlings introduced multi-party democracy in the 1990s, opposition parties have twice won power through successful elections.
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Ethiopian Review (Free subscription) | 06/27/2009
... dictators who got transformed from a military dictatorship into a statesmanship ranging from Lt. Jerry Rawlings of Ghana to General Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria. Others currently in power in most African nations too, manifest this positive signs of transforming themselves into statesmanship whenever their respective country requires it. They show the wisdom on how to blow with the...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/22/2009
... been ailing for the past 10 years under PDP governance.In 1979 when the former president of Ghana, Jerry Rawlings executed three of the country's former heads of state, questions were raised and most of African countries condemned Rawlings for the killing of the former leaders. When Rawlings was asked why he carried out the action, he said: "If an armed robber steals...
