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10 YEARS OF SERVING THE COMMUNITY (2001 - 2011) VOLUME 11 NO. 6 FREE Africans In The Diaspora Asked To Participate In Upcoming Festival M r S a m u e l S a r p o n g, Ku m a s i Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE), has asked Africans in the Diaspora to endeavour to participate in the upcoming Kumasi International Black Arts and Cultural Festival (KIBAC), scheduled for November 20-27, this year, in the Metropolis. He said the festival would expose them to the rich cultural heritage, beliefs, practices and identity of the African and offer them (those in the Diaspora) the opportunity to invest in economic ventures in Ghana. Mr Sarpong noted that it was about time that Africans in the Diaspora returned home and invested massively in the economy. These were contained in a statement signed by the MCE and copied to GNA in Kumasi, following his recent trip to the United States, where he led a delegation to participate in the National Black Arts Festival in Atlanta. Mr Sarpong said: “By virtue of Cont’d on page 4
Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute’s Trip to Ghana West Africa for 100 Students to Participate in Historical Event
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Mrs. Vannesa Adu-Mensah, Information Attache (2nd from left) with guests Ghana Celebrates Civil Rights Movement Silent Hero, Rosa Parks, by Unveiling a Famous Road After Her. The Embasy of Ghana, Washington DC , hosted a press conference and reception to sponsor 100 students to Ghana, West Africa where they will witness the historical naming of the road to the Cape Coast Castle through the program-Pathways to Freedom. One hundred youths between the ages of 11 to 17 will be chosen to travel
to Ghana West Africa in August to represent the Rosa & Raymond Parks Institute of Self Development. The 22 year old Pathways to Freedom program is an intensive, self development program that teaches life skills, values and selfreliance in many areas including Cultural Diversity, Civil Rights/America History, Financial Literacy, Community, Spiritual Growth, Environmental, Justice and Cont’d on page 4
South African Airways To Facilitate Study Tours Of Knust Students
South African Airways (SAA) has struck a partnership with West African Institute for Supply Chain Leadership (WAISCL) to facilitate study tours of selected post graduate students and lecturers of the Business School of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi. Under the agreement, SAA is positioned as the preferred carrier of annual industrial trips of MBA students of the university to South Africa and other countries in the sub-region, to foster human capital development and institutional growth in supply chain management. WAISCL, which is facilitating the partnership, is a Supply Chain Management (SCM) focused on education, research and training unit within the KNUST Business School. It is an exclusive partnership between KNUST and PanAvest Foundation, a private grant making institution. “This is a unique win-win corporate social responsibility partnership to expose students to world class supply chain management practices on the continent,” said Gloria Akuffo Yirenkyi, Country Manager of SAA at the signing of the agreement in Accra. “SAA is proud to be associated with this initiative to develop Ghana’s and the continent’s supply chain Cont’d on page 28
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Viral hepatitis, including hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C, are distinct diseases that affect the liver. Other causes of hepatitis include drugs and medications. Each type of hepatitis has different hepatitis symptoms and causes. Treatments for hepatitis also depend on the type. Your doctor will run laboratory tests to determine the type of hepatitis. What is hepatitis A? Hepatitis A is a liver infection caused by a virus. It goes away on its own in almost all cases. Hepatitis A does not lead to long-term liver problems. Other forms of the virus (hepatitis B and hepatitis C) also cause hepatitis. Hepatitis A is the most common type. How is hepatitis A spread? The disease is caused by the hepatitis A virus. The virus is found in the stool of an infected person. It is spread when a person eats food or drinks water that has come in contact with infected stool. Sometimes a group of people who eat at the same restaurant can get hepatitis A. This can happen when an employee with hepatitis A doesn't wash his or her hands well after using the bathroom and then prepares food. The disease can also spread in day care centers. Workers can spread the virus if they don't wash their hands well after changing a diaper. Some things can raise your risk of getting hepatitis A, such as eating raw oysters or undercooked clams. If you're traveling in a country where hepatitis A is common, you can lower your chances of getting the disease by avoiding uncooked foods and untreated tap water. What are the symptoms? After you have been exposed to the virus, it can take from 2 to 7 weeks before you see any signs of it. Symptoms usually last for about 2 months. Common symptoms are: Feeling very tired. Feeling sick to your stomach. Not feeling hungry. Losing weight without trying. Pain on the right side of the belly, under the rib cage (where your liver is). A fever. Sore muscles. Older people with hepatitis A may get yellow skin (jaundice), along with dark urine and clay-colored stools. All forms of hepatitis have similar symptoms. Only a blood test can tell if you have hepatitis A or another form of the disease. Call your doctor right away if:
You have any signs of hepatitis A. Someone you live with has hepatitis A. You have eaten in a restaurant that has had an outbreak of the virus. Your child goes to a day care center where hepatitis A has been reported. How is hepatitis A diagnosed? Your doctor will ask questions about your symptoms and where you have eaten or traveled. You may have blood tests if your doctor thinks you have the virus. These tests can tell if your liver is inflamed and whether you have antibodies to the hepatitis A virus. These antibodies prove that you have been exposed to the virus. Take steps to avoid passing hepatitis A on to others. Tell people you live with or have sex with that you have hepatitis A. Wash your hands with soap and clean, running water right after you use the bathroom or change a diaper and before you prepare food. How is it treated? Hepatitis A goes away on its own in most cases. You can help yourself get better faster by drinking lots of water and eating a healthy mix of foods. Unlike other forms of hepatitis, the hepatitis A virus does not lead to longterm illness or serious liver damage. Most people get well within a few months. While you have hepatitis A, cut back on daily activities until all of your energy returns. As you start to feel better, take your time in getting back to your regular activities. If you try to meet your regular pace too soon, you may get sick again. You can only get the hepatitis A virus once. After that, your body builds up a defense against it. Can hepatitis A be prevented? You can protect yourself from hepatitis A by getting a vaccine (Havrix or Vaqta). You will get it in a series of two shots. It is usually 100% effective if you get both shots before you are exposed to the virus. A combination vaccine (Twinrix) that protects against hepatitis A and hepatitis B also is available. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises that all children get the hepatitis A vaccine when they are at least 1 year old. If you have been around someone who you know has hepatitis A, the hepatitis A vaccine or an injection of immunoglobulin (IG) may prevent you from getting the disease. It’s important for you to get the shot within 2 weeks of being exposed to the virus.
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29 - August 5 at Grand Valley State University in Michigan and the trip to Ghana takes place August 5th through August 12th. Out of 100, only 24 more spots are available for students who want to participate in this historical excursion. The all-inclusive journey ot ghana is $3,500 with corporate, business or individual sponsorships of $3,000 per student and $500 from each student’s own commitment. The Rosa & Raymond Parks Institute is the only foundation that was personally founded by Rosa Parks. For more information visit www.rosaparks.org or contact Pat McCants at (313) 220-7064
Health Awareness. An annual summer freedom journey takes place wit the youth participants working with 100 peers from Ghana to learn respect for one another, etiquette and team support. The students maintain a daily journal to help improve their writing and communication skills by documenting their experience then sharing their knowledge with their community. Program applicants will write a 150200 word essay on the theme: “Where have we been, where are we going?” A special orientation will take place July
Whenever we b enthusiasts or application gurus come up with an upgraded version of a product they label the revamped model 2.0. This past month has presented us with glimpses a rejuvenated image of our country Ghana; a model whose slow but steady transformation has come full bloom in front of our very own eyes. If you missed it or failed to realize it’s significance we’d like to take a moment to remind you how momentous this month has been for our democracy, country and Republic. In the midst of economic challenges it was indeed refreshing and informative to hear the Vice President, John Dramani Mahama’s deliberate well rehearsed and optimistically honest assessment of the country’s economic progress during his address at the Ghana Embassy a few weeks ago. The VP noted, quite bluntly, that “theoretically, Ghana’s gross domestic product (GDP) has been re-based thus giving the country a ‘middle income country’ status to attract foreign investors and establish a favorable line of credit. Practical indicators such as infant/mother death mortality rates, however, inform us that this is not in sync with reality.” High unemployment among the youth that has led to revolts in Northern African has been prevalent on the continent’s western countries as well. John Mahama, however noted the countries structural problem in dealing with unemployment is akin to the the chicken-egg type problem. Job openings are requesting candidates with years of experience while most candidates looking for jobs are applying out of school hoping to garner such experience to embark on their careers. To help solve this conundrum the government is re-structuring the National Youth Employment program to afford the youth the much needed job opportunity/ experience. The biggest concession, which sounded incredibly optimistic, was the Vice Cont’d from 1
their wealth, experience and expertise, Africans in the Diaspora can contribute meaningfully to improvement of the living conditions of the people if they pool their resources”. He said the Atlanta festival was a successful event showcasing the creative talents and global contributions of people of African descent. Mr Sarpong said highlights of KIBAC would include a grand durbar of the chiefs and people of Asanteman, street carnivals, colloquium to be hosted by the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Women’s Day, Fashion and Awards Night, as well as Theatre Performance. There would also be traditional music and dance, Children’s Day and performers from the London Carnival Arts, with many invitees from all walks of life would be expected to grace the occasion. Story from Ghana News Agency
President’s statement that experts had discovered oil and natural gas deposits around the Jubilee Fields that would, in the next 4-6 years, accord Ghana as the 3rd largest producer of crude oil and gas in sub-Saharan Africa. That coupled with various Agricultural, and power generation initiatives that VP Mahama spelt out, paint a picture of a country poised to become an economic force to reckoned with in the region. Besides this poignant testament, there are other various smaller scale projects undertaken by individuals and non-profit organizations which we cover in this issue (The West African Focus Group for example). The other telling indicator of this 2.0 GH (Ghana for short) or upgrade occurred with as much pomp and pageantry as it dissipated rising tensions of our fledgling democracy’s status on political front. For the first time in the country’s history, the founder of a political party that he had harangued as his own personal pet project, rejected his chosen candidate as the flag-bearer of the party through an almost unanimous decisive vote. The NDC’s national delegates congress proved to be a maturation for the National Democratic Congress as a party, and for the nation as a whole. With opposition party members, and fence-sitters holding their breadth, the vote for President John Evans Attah-Mills to remain the presidential candidate for the NDC versus the famous (infamous in some circles) Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings was a statement in our country’s revamped image. Where the co-founders of the NDC Jerry John Rawlings and his wife, Nana Konadu, the leader of the 31st Cont’d on page 24
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Faith & Community
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Visits To Sunlight Radio Studios
Gospel Singer Sonnie Badu (in the middle, based in UK) at Sunlight Radio Studios after an interview. Posing with Emmanuel A. Gamor the Station Manager and Ms. Mabel Obinim Youth Talk presenter
Gospel Singer and Radio Host in Ghana Danny Nettey (right) and Clarence Roberts, co-owner of Sunlight Radio
Bawku West District Chief Executive, Moro Adam Anabah during his visit to Sunlight Radio
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Rev. Elijah Sarforo
Tribute by Jason & Albert
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West African Community Forum
Panelists, Mr. Boahene and Vivian Boakye.
Attendees at the Forum.
Fairfax county and the West African Collaborative Group hosted a forum for the West African community in the county to come out and have their voices heard about issues in equal housing, education, healthcare, and law enforcement. Africans in the community showed up in numbers, with just over two hundred people in attendance. The audience was entertained by drumming; two local youth dance groups and a traditional dance in the Ashanti region. A vendor exhibit of local community organizations offered information on resources and services available to Africans in the community. Vendors were available to speak one-one
with families who had personal questions and members of the community requested for more forums in the future. The forum panel represented va r i o u s d e p a r t m e n t s a n d community organizations within the county; from the health department to Northern Virginia Community College. Panelists in attendance: Fairfax County human Service Resources and Navigating Fairfax County School system: Mrs. Burnett Scarbourgh, FCPS; Dr. LouEllen Brademan, FCPS; Dr. Mary Howlette, FCPS; Partnership fo r H e a l t h i e r k i d s K a r l a Canizalez, Cristina Schoendorf, Progresso Hispano; Alexandria O b e n g , Fa i r f a x C o u n t y
Health Department, Keisha Dotson, Neighborhood and Community Services; Fairfax County Police Department, Nova Adult education, Alendra Clinic for Adults and children and Janet Asante for Guiding the Journey. The goal of the event was to inform the African community about little-known resources available to them in the county while affording the county an opportunity to learn about the socio-economic challenges citizens in the African community face. T h e We s t A f r i c a n Community Collaborative, an assembly of organizations and individuals in the local African community, was instrumental in planning and leading this event. -The West African Focus Group.
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THE NEW GHANAIAN | 9 | FOCUSING MORE ON THE COMMUNITY American Varsity, Breast Care International Sign MoU THE LOMA Linda University (LLU) in California, USA and Breast Care Inter national (BCI) of Ghana have agreed, in principle, to work in partnership to develop and implement public health-related projects. The basic objective of the partnership is to enhance service delivery to improve public health, healthcare services, programme development, and workforce development. The LLU and BCI would continue collaborating in the joint planning and implementation of educational and research services in the area of public health. The two institutions have since July 6, 2011 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to that effect, under which the ag reement between the LLU and BCI seeks a long term relationship, renewal every three years. Dr. Richard Hart, President of the American University, and Dr. Beatrice Wiafe Addai, Chief Executive officer of BCI, signed the document, which takes effect from July 1, 2011. Under the agreement, the LLU and BCI propose to continue the development of their relationship through collaboration in public health practice, and leverage efforts at capacity building. The proposed areas of joint collaboration between the two organisations include the personnel collaboration of faculty, staff and students on either short-term or longterm basis to benefit both organisations in the development of communitybased public health prog rammes, and health administration through training and resource sharing. The LLU, according to the MoU, will provide technical assistance to the BCI for collaborative grant funding opportunities for projects which shall be jointly coordinated upon agreement in advance. The MoU, however, does not impose any financial obligations on the parties,
meaning each organisation would bear its own costs and expenses incurred in the performance of the agreement. The BCI is also in partnership with the Cancer of Coalition (NCC) of Raleigh in the USA to provide medicines for Ghanaian health facilities in the fight against cancer and other diseases, for which a Memorandum of Understanding was signed in 2009. Following this MoU, the NCC has since supplied US$23 million worth of drugs, including lamotrigine, fliphenazine levetiracetanm, buspirone, fluoxetine, risperidone, lactated ringers and dextrose for distribution to health institutions in Ghana. The beneficiary health institutions in Ghana include the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, in Accra; Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Kumasi, the psychiatric hospitals, Atua Hospital in Somanya in the Eastern Region, Ta m a l e Te a c h i n g H o s p i t a l a n d the Bolgatanga Government Hospital. The BCI and NCC have also secured a grant from US pharmaceuticals manufacturer, Johnson and Johnson to provide oncology training for registered nurses in Ghana, under the N C C ' s w o m e n c a n c e r i n i t i at ive , which seeks to secure modern therapies and technology to address the management and treatment of cervical, breast and ovarian cancers. The BCI, established in 2002, as a subsidiary of Peace and Love Hospitals in Accra and Kumasi, preoccupies itself with the promotion of awareness of breast cancer by engaging Ghanaian women in screening, diagnosis, counseling, treatment and rehabilitation. It is on record that about 150,000 women have since been screened for breast cancer since BCI got involved in the awareness creation on breast pathologies. Story from the Ghanaian Chronicle
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Faith
The problem of evil: A parable of Jesus Je s u s p u t b e fo r e t h e m another parable: ‘The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field; but while everybody was asleep, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and then went away. So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared as well. And the slaves of the householder came and said to him, “Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? Where, then, did these weeds come from?” He answered, “An enemy has done this.” The slaves said to him, “Then do you want us to go and gather them?” But he replied, “No; for in gathering the weeds you would uproot the wheat along with them. Let both of them grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, Collect the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.” [Matthew 13: 24-30] Several years ago, in my previous life as a chaplain for a boarding school in New England, I taught a class called: “The
Problem of Evil”. Many of my students loved to taunt me about my belief in a God who allows so much evil to exist in a world that was supposed to have been created by a good god. Granted, they were right in questioning the problem of evil in our world, but I challenged them about blaming it all on God. Where is the human responsibility?, I asked them. When do human beings take responsibility for acting out some of our evil thoughts and ideas? The above-referenced bible parable of Jesus regarding the kingdom of heaven is Jesus’ way of acknowledging the coexistence of good and evil in our world. I believe that most of us would want to count ourselves in the column of the good seeds. No one would publicly acknowledge that they are just weeds among wheat. What is interesting about the parable is that the weeds got planted while everyone was asleep. That is, we don’t seem to know when and how evil begins to take hold in
our world. We only see the fruits of evil after the fact. A friend of mine once shared a story about a neighbor whose son was so angry with his mother that one day during an argument while driving on a highway, he jumped out of the moving vehicle. He died a day later. When was the evil seed planted in the heart of this young man to think that suicide was better than dealing with life? Another friend shared how drug and alcohol addiction on the part of one family member has turned their family inside out and destroyed the entire family. Somehow, we don’t seem to know when evil is being planted; we only see the results of evil, sometimes too close to home. Notice how the servants in the parable were eager to uproot the weeds? Some of us would like to rid the world of evil. But the caution here is: “Let both of them [wheat and weeds; i.e. good and evil] grow together until the harvest”. And at the harvest time (for
there will be a harvest!), special agents are sent into the field to separate the wheat (good) from the weeds (evil). Notice that it is God’s own designated angels who are assigned with that task of separating the good from the evil. The judgment is done by God and God alone, not you and not me! My friends, within each of us lies a great potential to be good or evil. The choices we make will yield the results of good or evil. On the Day of Judgment, those who have chosen wisely will be gathered into God’s barn. The parable teaches us to be patient and to trust God to know who has been good or evil. Our tendency is to want to do something about evil people (its never us, but always someone else), and when we get ourselves into identifying those who are evil, we ran the risk of playing God, and in the end, we wind up not only judging, but acting in evil and hurtful ways. We may never come to fully understand the existence of evil
Reverend Father C. John Thompson-Quartey in this world. But one thing we can know for sure is that God loves this world so much that he gave his only son to die for the world. Those who believe in Jesus Christ ought to avoid judging others and trust God to do what is right in the world. Loving my neighbor as much as God loves me assures me of eternal life with God. That is some Good News!!!
Are you Born Again? I find it interesting how we translate being born again as religiosity. Being born again should not be an outward show but something from within that will naturally and effortlessly show on the outward part. Now what has this got to do with us as a children of God? It sure does have everything to do with us. Let us pause here and let me take you to John 3: 13, where Jesus said, “Truly, truly unless a man is born again he cannot enter the kingdom of God”. Nicodemus, a Pharisee and a member of the Sanhedrin who was a prominent Jew, asked Jesus, “How can a man enter his mother’s womb and be born again?” He took Jesus’ words literally, but Jesus was talking about spiritual rebirth. When we have not accepted Jesus as
our Lord and Savior, our spirit (which is the supernatural part of our being that carries the ability to communicate with God) lies dormant. John 3: 5 says, “Unless we are born of water and Spirit we cannot enter into the kingdom of God.” That which is born of the flesh is flesh and that which is born of the Spirit is Spirit. We must be born of the Spirit that is our Spirit being has to be revived or awakened to have this flow with God. We first need a Spiritual rebirth to be part of this kingdom. This experience takes place from within, when we confess with our mouth and believe that Jesus is Lord and we accept Him us our Lord and Savior. Then his way of life becomes our way of life. We strive for righteousness. Sadly
enough, there have been some wrongful teachings that have gone around that once you have been saved you are always saved. Being born-again is a lifestyle, not a title that automatically qualifies you to be a part of a special group. Being born-again is not lip service. That reminds me of my alma mater motto: Actions, Not Words. When you become born again, you become a work-in-progress. Our spirits are awakened. Praise God! We become spiritually alive. Our hearts and minds are daily transformed by reading the word of God which becomes live to us. We see things in a different light. We value righteous living, and we are changed from glory to glory till we attain that better image of Christ. As we become truly born again, we are not
intimidated about persecutions or worldly judgments for we know and understand that we are in this world but we are not of this world. Like Nicodemus, we receive the Spirit of boldness, we do not worship or seek God in secret but we boldly proclaim the good news. God has not given us the Spirit of fear but of power, love, and of sound mind. When the tough times came and Jesus was killed on the cross, the time where some of his followers fled and others scattered, Nicodemus boldly stood up with Joseph of Arimathea and demanded the body of Jesus Christ for burial. What a transformation! They shall be known by their fruits. Can you do what Nicodemus did? Can we righteously live for him?
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and credited it with emergency status. Malnourished children For months now, Kenyan media have been highlighting the food crisis, malnourished children and desperate nomadic tribes. Dadaab camp, set on semi-arid plains, was built in 1991 at the outbreak of civil war in Somalia. When the fighting intensified, hundreds of thousands of people fled to the camp, returning home when the
conflict died down. It was meant to house 90,000 people, but it's expected to hold some 400,000 refugees soon. Dadaab is like a gigantic village. At the market, camels are sold at high prices; in shops on the dusty main street, credit is offered for mobile phones; and the mild drug miraa - a plant whose fresh leaves and soft twigs are chewed to release a juice containing cathine, which affects the user's mood - is widely
available. Many refugees live in a kind of tropical igloo, round huts for nomads, just like they do in the bush. A worthy cause Humanitarian workers have managed to galvanise the press into highlighting the full scale of the catastrophe. Ministers feel they have to join in to help the cause. "There's a humanitarian disaster going on right here," said Minister Knapen while in Dadaab.
It's a busy time for the aid workers at Dadaab, as dignitaries and journalists have started flocking to the area to follow events in what the UN has described as "the largest refugee camp in the world and the worst drought in half a century in the Horn of Africa." The World Food Programme and the UN have officially declared a famine in the affected region of Somalia
Muriel Vanderpuye Call of Esther Ministries We need to arise. We need to stand up for Christ; we need to become born again! It should be an attitude. Remember: Actions, not Words!
"One in eight children is under nourished, a real emergency situation. That message has to get through to Dutch people. And the UN and other aid organisations need more capacity, because lots more Somali refugees will continue to arrive in Dadaab." 'Famine pornography' There's a certain cynicism in some circles regarding the lack of respect shown by the media and Cont’d on page 23
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The Vice President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama’s Visit to the Washington Metro Area (Ghana Embassy)
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Ghana’s Ambassador, H. E. Ohene Agyekum
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Vice President receiving a plaque from Adolf Afful, COGA’s Chairman
Question time
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Mrs. Matilda Osei Agyemang, Head of Chancery & Mrs. Vannesa Mensah Adu, Information Attache Ghana Embassy
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Under the Siege of Prophetic Trance
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By Kofi Akosah-Sarpong
Ghanaians appear to be under the clench of prophetic spell. It is as if Ghanaians are hooked on some prophetic drug and find it difficult to rehabilitate themselves. This has put Ghanaians on some sort of permanent prophetic high. It has become a real development threat, making the prophetic genie hard to be put back in the bottle. T he prophets vir tually control the thinking of Ghanaians – from the Prof. John Atta Mills’ presidency to the petty roadside seller. This has raised the concerns of the Asantehene (King of the Asantes), Otumfuo Osei Tutu 11, and veteran journalist and politician, Elizabeth Ohene (of the British Broadcasting C o r p o r at i o n ) , wh o w o u l d nor mally not comment on prophetic issues. Prophets and their religions are private matter, Ghanaian laws say. Today, the private and the public are indistinct. But in the face of hopeless poverty, ignorance, and some aspects of the Ghanaian culture that’s deeply mired in false notions, prophets are having a field day, not only milking Ghanaians heavily but also bewildering them and endangering the growth of their rationality. Recently, people at a spiritual retreat at Asante-Mampong
most of the congregation said their diverse illnesses have been healed. Charity Amenya, 35, a teacher, said she had received divine healing and that the fibroid she had lived with for the past 7 years has vanished, making her registration for surgical operation unnecessary. People testified they have seen visions. Others said they have received inner peace for their souls. But a Dr. Samuel Adjei, Afigya-Sekyere District Director of Health Services, a member of the church, advised that while miracles might have taken place, they should to go for medical check-up to ascertain whether they have actually been healed. A conundrum!!! In country of such disturbing superstitious judgments how do you balance the supernatural with the scientific? How do you balance the truth from the falsehood? In a Ghana where poverty is substantial, the deep believe in prophets and the growing hope for miracles to cure diseases and other existential distresses are high, bordering on the fanatical. The believe in prophets and miracles are legendary. Overnight, most parts of Ghana sound like giant church with loud preaching, screams, deafening music and people speaking-in-tongues. This affects the sleep of most
Ghanaians and the degree of their productivity the next day. Irrationally, the prophets do not think in such terms and Ghana is the looser. In Ghana, some people attend churches 24 hours a day throughout the week with the anticipation of getting visions and miracles to tackle their existential challenges. Aside from the spiritual churches and the old, tied orthodox churches, juju and marabou mediums and witchdoctors abound, attracting miracle and vision seekers. The whole spiritual fields appear bemused by the prophets. M i r a c l e i s i nva r i a bly proportional to the nature of superstitious believes in a society, the more traditional the society is, such as Ghana, the more the believe in miracles and visions. The more modernized the society is, such as Canada, the less the believe in prophets, miracles, witchcraft, evil spirits and demons as the cause of existential problems. Lance Morrow, formerly a journalism professor at Boston U n ive r s i t y a n d t h e N e w York-based Time magazine, explains that, “the realm of the miraculous sometimes lies just across the border from the fanatical or the tacky … the territory of the miraculous” are
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placed drug smugglers on the airline to Britain. Country Manager for British Airways Ghana, Mr. Paul Dhami, last Friday admitted the arrest of his staff, but declined to give details, insisting “the issue is confidential,” and that BA will like to keep it that, “especially so when the police are still investigating.” The Herald’s sources within the British intelligence say the eight suspects who are expected to be extradited to the UK to face trial, are part of a ring of drug barons and couriers operated here in Ghana. Their names were dropped by some drugs couriers who were arrested by the British authorities. The arrest is said to have u n r u ffled so me G ha na ia n politicians and jour nalists believed to be on their payrolls. Some of these politicians, The Herald learnt, have already sent emissaries to these special cells, begging not to have their names mentioned. Meanwhile, surveillance has also been mounted to track down for a certain “Boat” who once worked for CEPS. He is believed to be part of the gang. The Executive Secretary of the Narcotics Control Board
(NACOB), Yaw Akrasi Sarpong, declined to comment when reached on phone by The Herald. But in far way US, officials have released the names of some eight members of an alleged international heroin ring charged and seven have been arrested after an investigation conducted by law enforcement agents in the United States and Ghana, Drug Enforcement Administration officials said last Thursday. T h e n e t w o rk a l l e ge d ly moved $250,000 worth of drugs through Dulles International Airport from September 2010 to February 2011, according to the unsealed indictment. The eight charged represent not only the couriers, but also the “command and control” of the group, said Neil MacBride, the U.S. Attor ney for the Eastern District of Virginia. The indictment lists Edward MaCauley (aka Cudjoe Opoku), 61, of Ghana as the leader of the group. M at i l d a A n t w i , 2 9 , o f Alexandria, Va., attempted to smuggle 1.2 kilograms of heroin through the Northern Virginia airport on September 4, 2010,
Highly placed intelligence gathered by The Herald reveals that an official of British Airways in Ghana and seven others have been arrested over the narcotic drugs trafficking, as part of the Ghana government’s anti-narcotic war, in partnership with the British government and Dr ug Enforcement Administration of the United States of America. The British Airways officer, whose name was given as Eric Manu, and said to be a close relative of a powerful Minister (name withheld) who served at the heart of the Kufuor Administration, was busted with the seven others some two weeks ago. Manu, who until his arrest, operated on behalf of British Airways at the Kotoka Inter national Airpor t and his partners are presently in specialized cells, assisting the Ghanaian law enforcement a ge n c i e s a n d t h e S e r i o u s Organized Crime Agency (SOCA) of Britain, in their investigations. He is said to have
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“approached carefully, by stages, passing from the gaudiest, shabbiest outer display toward what may, occasionally, turn out to be a deeper truth. … A miracle is a wonder, a beam of supernatural power injected into history. Up There descends Down Here for an instant. The world connects to a mystery - a happening that cannot be explained in terms of ordinary life.” Morrow asks whether miracle is “an external event occurring in the real, objective world? Or is it a sort of hallucination, an event of the imagination? Either in Kumasi Central Market or Makola Market, most miracles induced by the prophets can just be a streetside entertainment scene, drawing the unemployed, busybodies or the curious who are too weak to think and explain their daily tribulations in clear rational terms. The booms in spiritual churches have seen the commercialization of prophets and miracles, making them unsacred and undermining their divine nature. Stories of prophets raping women, swindling their congregation, aiding criminals, among others, are daily tabloid diet. Yet, either from educated Ghanaians or illiterate ones, the prophetic grip over Ghanaians is overwhelming. For the past two-and-half-years of his presidency, President Atta Mills, with a PHD in Law and former lecturer at the University of Ghana, has projected the overpowering grasp of the prophets on Ghanaians elites. This threatens
scandalously alleged that President Mills was helped spiritually to win the presidency by a "magic ring" he wore during the 2008 elections. From the traditional to the modern, mixtures of prophets and miracles have been a daily spiritual diet of most Ghanaians. The Ghanaian culture has high in-built supernatural believes that are subjugated by the prophets. In a stage-by-stage preparation towards the commanding of a Golden Stool from the sky to unite the disparaging Asantes, the legendary traditional prophet, Okomfo Anokye observed the deep disunity among the Asantes. He assembled slaves, families, clans and tribes, cut their fingernails, smoulder them, mixed the ashes with some herbs and uttered some incantations. A miracle: a Golden Stool came down from the sky and it was used as a unifier among what is now called the Asantes. The result is the Asante ethnic group, one of the largest in the world. Despite authentic miracles such as Okomfo Anokye’s, experts in divinity and theology caution against miracles or too much believe in prophets, more so in a Ghanaian society where poverty is weakening rationality and some aspects of the culture entrapped in high senselessness. The prophets and jujumarabou mediums that helped the various coup makers topple democratically elected governments in Ghana/Africa will tell you they are miracle makers. To the prophets, there is nothing like law and order. They are part of the disorders in Africa. To curtail such unprogressive prophets on Ghana’s advancement, Otumfuo
Osei Tutu 11, among other high-profile opinion-makers concerned about the menacing prophets, has recommended to Church leaders to develop self-governing devices to contain the activities of the dominant prophets. For Otumfuo Osei Tutu 11, this is to “protect the sanctity and image of priesthood.” Still, for Otumfuo Osei Tutu 11, the prophetic siege on Ghanaians are “deeply worrying,” exploiting the “ignorance and the fear of insecurity” of Ghanaians in order to “dupe them,” and using “false doctrines and spurious prophecies to achieve self-serving agenda.” Otumfuo Osei Tutu 11 warns that “fraudsters parading as priests must be exposed and shamed to restore credibility and public confidence in the Church.”
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the wobbly development process that should be directed by very rational elites against the backdrop of Ghana’s history and culture parts of which are mired in cavernous supernatural believes. The Nigerian prophet T. B. Joshua has immense influence over President Mills. President Mills is talked about in Ghanaian chatting circles as surrounding himself with prophets of all shades. Mills is reported to have organized a “Ghana in prophecy” conference recently. All kinds of perverted prophecies were revealed. One of the prophets, a Emmanuel Kwaku Atta Kakra, prophesied atrociously that God has destined “President Mills to rule, not only Ghana for a second term, but the entire world till eternity.” Some Ghanaian parliamentarians and politicians aren’t different from President Mills’ prophetic thinking. They re dazed in the prophetic smoke. Parliament as the center for high rational debates was caught spinning mid-air recently when the chair of the Minority leader was planted with scary juju ritualistic accoutrements. The idea was to use the spiritual trappings, prepared by some of the prophets, to influence the Minority National Patriotic Party (NPP), in a hung-parliament, to do the bidding of the Majority governing National Democratic Congress without any questions being asked. In 2009, press reports revealed how a Member of Parliament nearly went mad for violating the spiritual instructions of juju prophet. In May this year, Hon. Dominic Nitiwul, LLM, MBA, BED (Science) and the NPP Member of Parliament for the Bimbilla Constituency,
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The Leaders and members of The Rev. Gaddiel Acquaah Memorial Methodist Church recently celebrated the Society’s 10th Milestone to the glory of God. Christ Asomfo as they call themselves, the members joyously marked the occasion under the theme “Arise and let us build” V. Rev Stephen Owusu was the Main Speaker for the Revival night as part of the celebrations .He told the members, Invited Guests and members of other Societies of the Mission present that Christians have to arise and shine in this world for unbelievers to know that Christ is with us. He stressed that holiness and righteousness are the hallmarks for Christians. Adding “we should abide by the greatest commandment of Jesus to love God with all our hearts and soul, to love our neighbour us ourselves.”
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Finally, Jerry Rawlings Gets Democratic Shower By Kofi Akosah-Sarpong
The so-called founder of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), ex-president Jerry Rawlings, is an unhappy man. By nature he is at home with dictatorship, loud noise and being at the center of the stage. Rawlings didn’t get all these at the national delegates’ congress of the NDC in Sunyani, Brong Ahafo on July 9 billed to elect a presidential candidate. When Rawlings stood up to talk, there were no ovations. He was given a very cold reception not fitting a former President and founder of his supposedly own NDC. This should send strong signal to his inexcusable behaviour over the years unbecoming of an exPresident. But when other delegates such as President John Atta Mills got up they were given earsplitting applause. To make matters very, very bitter for the presumptuous Rawlings, his wife was also overwhelmingly defeated by President Mills – 96.9% to 3.1%. At issue is how democracy is teaching the Rawlingses human, moral and political lessons. For her viciously autocratic mind-set, Mrs. Rawlings is nick-named “She Who Must Be Obeyed.” Her defeat by President Mills will certainly humble her in the face of the on-going democratic rigour where the trepidation of yesteryears has been replaced with choices. As Ghanaians master their nascent democracy, it is bringing out all the excesses of the residues of dictatorship that marked Rawlings’ almost 20 years rule of authoritarianism. For long, inherently believing that he-is-God-sent and dreaded, and, therefore, his behest should be carried out automatically without question, Rawlings has had his way, in the association of some manipulable elites. Heavily superstitious, Rawlings had earlier signed the NDC constitution with his blood and claimed he founded the NDC, though the brains behind the real formation of the NDC have dismissed his claims as fallacious. Rawlings came into democracy by accident, and he is in no way a genuine democratic such as ex-President John Kufour. Hotheaded, Rawlings sense of democracy is crude, at best mixed with totalitarianism. This has profoundly affected the NDC, where Rawlings has earlier imposed John Atta Mills as the
party’s presidential candidate without any regards to the internal democratic structures of the party. For his rough attitude, people like his former Minister of Justice, Obed Asamoah, left the NDC and formed his own party – the Democratic Freedom Party in 2006. For the flowering internal democracy within the NDC after defeat of Mrs. Rawlings, Obed Asamoah has returned to the NDC. For failing to command Mills presidency for the last two-and-half years, Rawlings has inhumanly worked to demoralize the Mills government and Ghana. He attacks the NDC regime with the slightest chance. This has made President Mills caught between his development agenda and Rawlings’ ter rorizing NTICS. Rawlings has derogatorily called the Mills presidency Team B, greedy bastards, enemies and traitors, among other invectives. This is despite the fact that it is the same people in the Mills presidency who had worked with Rawlings in his almost 20 years rule. How civilly and rationally weak is Rawlings? How troublesome is Rawlings? The limits of Rawlings’ undemocratic practices were seen when candidate Atta Mills, who was Rawlings’ Vice President, became President Atta Mills. As events revealed, Rawlings’s worked hard to let Atta Mills, whom he sees as weak and controllable, become President of Ghana. Rawlings strategy was to command-andcontrol President Mills and rule Ghana indirectly through him. How power drunk can Rawlings be? Notwithstanding ruling Ghana for almost 20 years, Rawlings want to rule more. Regardless of being semiliterate, an emotional wreck, and moral and intellectual weakling, Rawlings, a heavy dabbler in juju-marabou spiritual mediums who have put in him a false sense of messianic destiny, sees himself irrationally as God sent and the best person to rule Ghana. This situation had come about because some Ghanaian elites, with their hidden political and material agenda, have intensely propped up Rawlings over the years. This has deeply gone into his head. Over the years, Rawlings has become a political albatross on Ghanaians, constantly harassing them and ruffling their fledging democracy. With weak sense of democracy and despite the Mills presidency functioning within the confines of the NDC structures, Rawlings delusionally said, “his wife’s contest was to fight and bring back the power that belongs to the structures of the party.” The fact is the structures of the NDC remain intact and it is this structure Mills is using to govern. The Sunyani congress revealed how democracy is simultaneously catching u p w i t h Raw l i n g s u n d e m o c r at i c mentality and enriching Ghana’s democracy. Rawlings, before the Sunyani congress, had confidently told NDC parliamentarians that his wife, Nana Konadu, would win the NDC flagbearership hands down. After Nana Konadu’s overwhelming defeat and the couples’ shameful treatment at Sunyani,
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according to the U.S. Attorney’s office. Of the eight charged, seven have been apprehended. The DEA declined to acknowledge which of the eight was not in custody. Four are in custody in Ghana, and will be returned to the United States to face charges. The others charged were Nur u (unknown last name); Frank Ehiobe; Fred Oppong Brobbey; William Andoh of the Bronx, N.Y.; Theophilus Akwei, 35, of Germantown, Md.; and Joseph Duodo, 54, of Greenbelt, Md. Edward Macauley, Fred Oppong Brobbey, Frank Ehiobe and Matilda Antwi, The Herald learnt from its US sources, are all presently in custody in Ghana, Matilda, the paper was told, is already on trial over another drug-related offence. Each was charged with conspiracy to import heroin; other charges include distribution for the purpose of unlawful importation of heroin and possession with intent to distribute heroin, according to the indictment. Each of the charges in the indictment carries a mandatory minimum of 10 years and a maximum of life in prison, if convicted. Speaking at a press conference in the District, MacBride said the group smuggled heroin on at least three separate commercial airline flights into Dulles. The indictment says Antwi was a courier for the organization, and she was paid to bring about 1.2 kilograms of heroin into the United States on a United Airlines flight in September 2010. MacBride said the smugglers used special bags hidden in the liner of their suitcases to sneak the drugs past Customs. They distributed heroin along the East Coast, said Ava Cooper-Davis, the DEA’s special agent in charge of the Washington Division. The organization pays couriers up to $15,000 to transport the heroin, MacBride said. MacBride said the investigation into this alleged ring, which he believes to be no older than one year, is ongoing, and that more charges are possible. Arlington County Police assisted in the investigation. DEA officials believe that this is
Rawlings immaturely told some NDC apparatchiks “he has no plans of campaigning for the party’s 2012 Presidential candidate John Evans Mills ever again.” How juvenile can Rawlings be? How undemocratic is Rawlings? “I won’t campaign for President Mills because he defeated my wife … I won’t campaign for President Mills because I was given A chilly reception in Sunyani.” Rawlings wrongly sees the whole democratic competition where issues, policies and programmes are the main ingredients as war. “I will not follow cowards to war because if you do, you will end up fighting alone because they will end up running and leaving you in the middle of the war.” This is not unexpected of Rawlings, who has tormented the same people he wants them to vote for his wife. The NDC members, who have gradually mastered democratic nuances against backdrop
an example of the growing trafficking industry in West Africa. Both MacBride and Cooper-Davis stressed the importance of inter-agency and international cooperation in the takedown of the alleged smuggling ring. “This case highlights the cooperative effor ts of U.S. law enforcement working with our global partners to dismantle international drug trafficking organizations impacting the United States,” Cooper-Davis said. “Let this be a message to others who would engage in trafficking drugs into the United States, you must know that there are no boundaries that can protect you from the long arm of the U.S. justice system. There is no ‘safe haven’ from your crimes,” he warned. A release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office described another case in which Yvonne Ansah Owusu, 26, of Alexandria, Va., was arrested on May 29 after U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers allegedly discovered 3.3 kilograms of heroin hidden within the lining of her luggage as she departed a flight from Accra, Ghana, to Dulles. According to court records, Owusu allegedly told law enforcement that she was promised $15,000 to carry a suitcase with heroin from Ghana to the United States. She is scheduled for a jury trial on August 23, 2011, and also faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years and a maximum of life in prison, if convicted. William Andoh is charged with distributing heroin smuggled from Ghana in Baltimore and in New York, according to court papers. Akwei and Duodo allegedly picked up heroin shipments from couriers in February, court documents said. A man named Nuru, whose last name is unknown and Ehiobe are accused of working with Macauley to find couriers, court documents said. U.S. officials worked with the Ghana police and the Ghanaian Narcotics Control Board during the investigation, said Ava Cooper-Davis, special agent in charge for the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Washington Division Story from The Herald
of Rawlings’ pitiable conduct, and who voted for President Mills to lead them in the upcoming general elections think otherwise. The main import of the icy reception given Rawlings and the shocking defeat of his dear wealthy wife by President Mills is that democracy has eroded the Rawlings juju charms; that people who almost 20 years propped him up despite the huge evidence that he isn’t fit for the complex position of being President of Ghana are now working to use democracy to correct the mistakes of yesteryears; and that democracy is cutting Rawlings to size and subjecting him to the rigours of democratic tenets as any other Ghanaian. In a sense, the maturing NDC is helping the immature Rawlings, 64, to mature democratically, through a fitting egalitarian shower.
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New Hope for Malaria Sarah Boseley
A drug that is regularly given to people in Africa to prevent river blindness appears also to kill the mosquitoes that spread malaria, scientists have discovered. The breakthrough, from teams in Senegal and Colorado State University in the US, provides another useful weapon in the armoury against a disease that kills around 800,000 a year, most of them small children and pregnant women. "There is no silver bullet for malaria control," said Brian Foy, a vector biologist at Colorado State University and senior author of the study published in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, "but this could be an important tool that would also contribute to the fight against other neglected diseases. It's clearly a multi-purpose drug." The drug is called ivermectin and has been around for more than 30 years - originally as a veterinary medicine against worms - which means it is offpatent and cheap. It is used in annual campaigns in Africa to fight the parasitic roundworm, which causes onchocerciasis, or river blindness, and also to treat children in the west with head lice. Foy and his colleagues hit
on the idea of studying the effect of ivermectin on malaria transmission. The researchers went to several Senegalese villages and collected mosquitoes from houses before and after a mass dosing of the drug for river blindness. They found there was a dramatic drop of 79% in the proportion of mosquitoes car r ying the Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasite in the two weeks after ivermectin was given out. The drug in the bloodstream of people who were bitten killed the mosquitoes. By comparison, in villages that had not been treated, the number of malaria-carrying mosquitoes increased by 246%. The effects of the drug on parasite transmission lasted for more than two weeks, said Foy. The task now is to work out how often people would need to take ivermectin to keep malaria at bay in their village. Like vaccination, everybody would need to be dosed for the benefit of all, because the mosquito has to bite for the drug to take effect and kill it. A programme to give regular doses of ivermectin would also better control the intestinal helminths - worm-like parasites - that cause not only river blindness but also elephantiasis and other debilitating diseases.
The study suggests that the drug might be most useful "for reducing malaria parasite transmission during epidemics or delineated malaria transmission seasons that occur throughout large regions of Africa and other continents". All attempts at malaria c o n t r o l u s i n g d r u g s h ave encountered the problem of resistance, but the team hopes there may be less danger that a new breed of drug-resistant mosquito will start to breed, because, unlike insecticides, only those mosquitoes biting humans will be affected. Ivermectin was developed by the pharmaceutical company Merck from the fermentation products of bacteria discovered in soil next to a Japanese golf course in 1975. It was licensed as a veterinary drug in 1981. It works by paralysing insect and nematode muscles, which slows their ability to move and feed, causing them to weaken and die. Merck has donated millions of doses since 1987 to treat river blindness, a disease affecting about 18 million people, which is spread by black flies that transmit worms that invade the skin and eyes. "Guardian Global Development Network (London)
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The Problems Growing Democracy in West Africa O n Ju l y 2 8 t h a m o s t interesting event occurred at the United States Institute for Peace in Washington, DC. On this occasion the recently elected leaders of four French speaking West African States described how Democracy is having growing pains in their respective countries. These four leaders Boni Yayi the President of Benin, Mahamadou Issofou of Niger, Alasanne Ouattara of Ivory Coast and Alpha Conde have all recently come into power after elections. And in one form or another each country has had their fair share of growing pains. The leaders also expressed their own unique experiences about how Democracy is working in their particular Countries. Tw o o f t h e s e l e a d e r s President Conde and President Issofou have been recent targets of coup attempts in recent weeks. In fact in remarks about this President Conde relied on his experience as a Opposition Leader by not sleeping in the same room more than one night. He also stated that he is drawing the wrath of Senior Military leaders by addressing Corruption and taking away their access to
sectors of the Economy. Guinea also is known for being a transit point in both the Drug Trade and Human Trafficking. In Niger which has a long history of Military Coups since gaining Independence from France in 1960 has several unique challenges to its young Democracy. He stated that Niger like several other states with large desert areas are hard to Police. Therefore Terrorists, Rebels, Arms Traders and Drug Dealers can move freely with Impunity. So the President stated one way to defend Democracy was through Regional Security. When it comes to Ivory Coast there are two pieces of information that have to be revealed. First of all there was a Small Demonstration by the Opponents of President Outtara. Secondly that same day Amnesty International released a report stating that most Ivorians that were displaced by the Post-Election Violence earlier this year were afraid to return to their homes. With that in mind President Outattara described his experiences being holed up in a Hotel during the impasse that caused the country to explode.
The key part of his remarks was that Democracy is not just about having elections but ensuring that current law and freedom of choice are respected all the time. President Yayi of Benin stated that Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea is a rising concern and threat to his country. It is believed that acts of Piracy are spilling over from the Niger Delta in Nigeria. He also stated how important it is to remove both Impunity and Corruption in his country as well in order for it to move forward. The Four leaders also made a joint appeal as well. They appealed for the Diaspora to return home and invest in their growing countries. They also appealed for Debt Relief and more Financial Aid from the World as well. It may sound like it will cost a large amount of money. However It will be substantially cheaper than sending Emergency Aid to deal with any future Refugee Crisis that is caused by Fighting. The Author also publishes Confused Eagle on the Internet. It can be found at confusedeagle. livejournal.com
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politicians towards victims of disasters. The term "famine pornography" has been dropped as the media binge on pictures of the dying. But the aid industry's panicked calls for help are also understandable, especially when so many of the victims live in remote areas, further isolated by war. The militant group al-Shabaab, which controls many southern and central areas of Somalia, only lifted its ban on humanitarian agencies last week. Songabo Mohamed is one of the more than one thousand Somali refugees arriving in Kenya each day. "Somalia is your motherland and that's where you'll die," she was told by members of al-Shabaab when she tried to flee south Somalia. Fatten the terrorists Will the Netherlands donate money to areas under the control of al-Shabaab? "That's out of the question," exclaims Minister Knapen, "we cannot subsidise terrorists." But the UN made its first aid delivery to Baidoa last weekend, an area controlled by al-Shabaab. "Foreign aid groups will have to monitor the deliveries - we have to reach the poorest and the worst affected, not fatten the terrorists." "Just dreadful" In Dadaab, a weakened woman carrying a pile of mats and jerry cans on her head collapses. Women with emaciated and exhausted babies stand in long queues at a food distribution point. For Minister Knapen, the statistics are real people. "Did you see that haggard old woman there? What's happening here is just dreadful." Minister Knapen says he is determined to continue passing on his message, even after his visit to this tragic refugee camp.
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Ebenezer Presbyterian Church, Woodbridge, VA Annual Picnic, July 4, 2011
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December Women’s movement, an operation that helped establish her husband’s dominance in power, first as a revolutionary, a dictator and then an elected president, for almost two decades. And to have the party electorate, by ballot deny the party’s “Founding Father’s” wishes is commendable. The lambasting critique and in-fighting the Rawlingses had fostered and encouraged were hushed by the 96.1%-3.1% schellacking. We feature a commentary piece by Kofi AkosahSarpong that expresses the sentiments of some who feel that Ghanaians rightly choose not to stomach the dominance of the Rawlingses in Ghanaian politics anymore. Regardless of your opinion on the matter, and we encourage diverse opinions on political and economic issues so submit them to the editor at tngeditor@gmail. com, it is noteworthy to say that we’re building yet an another layer of foundation for Ghana to be a stronger democratic and economically stable country. The 2.0 era is here. An upgrade’s strength is in being utilized to its full potential. Now will our leaders use the momentum to drive the country forward into prosperity?
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SEND OFF SERVICE FOR PASTOR JOHN OFORI & FAMILY
Pastor John Ofori, District Head for the Church of Pentcost U.S.A., Inc. Washington Region has been transfered to Atlanta, Georgia and a service was held in honor of him and his family on Sunday, July 24, 2011, to bid them farewell and also appreciate their good work in the district for the past three years.
Pastor Ofori and his family thanking the church for all their support
Elder Odartey Mills and Evangelist Omane Yeboah
A group picture with the choir
Elder Yaw Frimpong & Elder Nortey
Rev. Dr. Elvis Acheampong & Pastor John Ofori
Praising the Lord for His goodness
Pastor Ofori and his wife Margaret receiving an award
Church members from Hartford District, Connecticut
Church Elders
Being prayed for by Evangelist Omane Yeboah, Area Head and Evangelist Jimmy Markin from Ghana
During service
A group picture with leaders of the church
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Sports & Leisure
Yayra E. Nego wins Miss Universe Ghana 2011 Miss Yayra Nego, a 26 year old professional model and pageant consultant impressed the judges with her elegance and smartness to ease her way to the top with fierce competition from first runner-up, Jennifer Amegbor, and second runner-up, Angelica Alomele, respectively. The judges for the finals were Ameyaw Debrah, Rodney Quarcoo, Valentina Sweetie For te, Claudia Kwar tengLumor, Dehner Henry and Brazilian Ambassador to
By Ameyaw Debrah Ghana, H.E. Luis Fernando de Andrade Serra. Yayra will proudly represent Ghana at the upcoming Miss Universe pageant in Sao Paulo, Brazil in September. The selection process was another exclusive event which proved to be a master execution from the pageant organizers to focus on the content and results without the usual big budget production value. Miss Yayra Nego expressed her immense joy by summing her
excitement into one sentence, “my dearly departed father would have been so proud for me to represent my ancestral roots as a strong and determined Ghanaian woman of color”. Yay r a E . N e g o h a s a Ghanaian father from Mafi – Adidome in the Volta Region of Ghana and an American mother of German and Persian ancestry. Miss Universe Ghana is organized and produced by the Insignia Group.
Former Ghana U20 coach Sellas Tetteh: Nigeria & Cameroon as favorites for U20 World Cup By Livio Caferoglu
Former Ghana Under-20 coach Sellas Tetteh has tipped fellow African nations Cameroon a n d N i ge r i a t o b e m a j o r candidates to win this year’s edition of the Fifa U20 World Cup in Colombia. The tactician tasted success in the 2009 edition of the championship, when his Ghanaian side beat Brazil in the final on penalties, and the current Rwanda boss believes the aforementioned duo could achieve glory this summer. "We had taken part in a west African regional tournament, the African championships in Rwanda; we went to Asia, then
to Tunisia, before proceeding to Egypt. I'm aware Nigeria have been to Portugal preparing well for this tournament, and so I think Nigeria and Cameroon are my strongest contenders for the competition." Te t t e h e x p r e s s e d h i s disappointment that The Black Stars will not be able to defend their trophy after failing to qualify for the tournament, and the African continent will now be relying on Nigeria, Cameroon, Egypt and Mali to leave a positive impact in Colombia. "It is a disappointment, not just for Ghana but for the African continent as a whole; as
champions we would be expected to be there to defend the cup." However, on a more positive note, Tetteh spoke about how the Under-20 World Cup provides the greatest platform for young footballers to advance with their aspiring careers. ''This is where you find the balance between coming from under-17 tournaments as a good player and progressing to the senior fold. It's from here you can determine whether a player can go far or not, because the tournament brings out the best in the players." The tournament began on Friday and runs until August 20.
Ghana, Ivory Coast In Tough Draws Ghana and Ivory Coast were given tough tasks when the draw for the 2014 World Cup was made in Rio on Saturday. Ghana, quarter-finalist in the 2010 tournament, will face formidable Zambia and Sudan plus Lesotho or Burundi in one of 10 second-round groups. Ivory Coast drew the second seed no one wanted – Morocco – in a group completed by Gambia and Chad or Tanzania. The Ivorian Elephants are
seeking a third consecutive World Cup appearance. The other four African qualifiers for the 2010 finals will be delighted after a draw made by former Brazilian World Cup winner Cafu and rising star Neymar. South Africa got neighbours Botswana, Central African Re p u bl i c a n d S o m a l i a o r Ethiopia. It would be a shock if Bafana Bafana failed to make the 10-nation final phase of the
elimination process. Nigeria’s Super Eagles can offer no complaints after being put in the same pool as Malawi, Seychelles or Kenya and Djibouti or Namibia. Algeria will tread warily against Mali and Benin in a pool also including Eritrea or Rwanda, but appear good enough to finish in top spot. Cameroon, although not currently displaying the form Cont’d on page 30
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management related human capital to boost service quality and productivity standards.” “We see this move as a unique platform for the growth of our airline,” she added. The agreement followed the successful maiden industrial trip, during which 25 KNUST MBA students toured some world acclaimed companies in South Africa in June this year, to acquaint themselves with best practices in the logistics and supply chain management spheres. Dr Douglas Boateng, President and Chief Executive Officer of PanAvest Foundation, said the idea of exposing students to foreign companies was based on experiences in Europe and elsewhere, where their successes had been achieved due to efficient supply chain management practices. He said that South Africa in the past 15 years had taken over as the supply chain hub in the Sub-region, with relative ease of moving products from SADC and into other parts on the continent. Dr Boateng said with the study tours to South Africa, Ghanaian students would help place the country competitively for foreign investment, adding, “Ïf we learn from South Africa, it would bring development to our country and other parts of Africa.” He said WAISCL was creating a platform for Africans to learn from each other to improve the human capital in supply chain management in the Sub-region. Dr Boateng explained that WAISDCL chose SAA as preferred partner because of the company’s open mindedness, expressing optimism that the carrier would be able to facilitate study tours of students of other learning institutions to South Africa. He said WAISCL was expecting more students to join the South African study tours in 2012. South African High Commissioner to Ghana, Ms Jeanette Ndhlovu, commended the partnership touting it as the first of its kind between the two countries and Sub-regions. “The agreement would “strategically” boost the relationship between South Africa and Ghana,” she added. Currently, WAISCL being the first of its kind in the Sub-region hopes to establish international partnerships with both industry and academia to enable it provide cutting edge research relevant to industry as well as provide world class training solutions and executive education.
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FASHION
Phew, the heat is unbearable, and summer is oblivious and still rolling while the season’s fashion is in full bloom. Outfits ranging from peasant blouses to everything 70’s and retro-inspired are enjoying a fashion high. As First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama has helped bring back the A-line skirt silhouette in varieties of frilly party dresses and smart, work-ready looks. Necklines are plunging low, and with low necklines come the inherent risks of parading in them. I must say, these are dangers of an aesthetic nature, where a lady’s modesty could be of concern. The plunging neckline is not for every “fashionista,” but there are ways to wear it, and that’s for the willing and not the faint at heart. Sheer see-through and floor length maxi dresses and skirts thought to be implausible are becoming an everyday wardrobe. Shorts, a never ending summer staple in all lengths, are out in full force. While stronger prints may make fashion news, it is the pretty floral prints and understandable graphic
prints that keep making raves. These prints range from vibrant hues (green, blue, pink) to earthy spice colors. Color blocking is making a comeback from the shadows of the 60’s. Here's a trend that is easy to incorporate into your wardrobe. Take separates and mix and match, trying color combos that are easy (like black and white) or colors that push the boundaries (like green and purple). White! White! White! The “white revolution” in outfits is a necessity for the season so as not to absorb heat. FASHION KOTI Ladies! With all this heat, we don’t need you getting men on heat! Ouch! Most of the summer fabrics are either see-through or soft, and when you choose not to wear a bra, and won’t wear a cami, no one needs to see the headlights staring at them. And oh, by the way, if you think only men could bust a move on you, think again! Reporting for Duty!
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Presenters
Komla the Odade3 DRIVE TIME SHOW: Week days - 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Muriel Vanderpuye THE WORD: Mondays - 11:30am - 12noon
Rev. Mark Asiedu Frimpong TIME WITH THE KING: Thursdays - 11:30am - 12noon
Rev. Kwasi Gyimah HOUR OF DECISION: Tuesdays - 11:30am - 12noon AWARE3 MU NS3M: Mondays - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Joe Mainoo AWARE3 MU NS3M: Mondays - 7:00pm - 9:00pm ANADWO NKOMO: Thursdays - 7:00pm - 9:00pm KYER3 W’ADWENE: Fridays - 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Stago THE BASEMENT: Saturdays - 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Sonny LET’S TALK NOW: Tuesdays - 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Dr. Love LOVE LANE: Mon, Wed & Fri- 9:00pm - 11:00pm
CR GOSPEL MUSIC: Sundays - 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Pastor Fiifi Ocran ANADWO NKOMO: Thursdays - 7:00pm - 9:00pm NEW HOPE HOUR: Sundays - 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Evangelist Harry Agyemang GOD’S PROMISES: Sundays - 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Auntie Araba LOVE LANE: Wed & Fri- 9:00pm - 11:00pm
Pastor Josiah GOSPEL HOUR: Tuesdays - 11:00am - 11:30am
Apostle Ayvel Arnolds HOUR OF ANOINTING: Fridays - 11:00am - 11:30am
Elder Isaac Opoku NEW HOPE HOUR: Sundays - 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Rev. Emmanuel Nkrumah WESLEY TIME: Fridays - 11:30am - 12:00noon
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expected of a country holding the African record for World Cup appearances with six, are up against Libya, Guinea Bissau or Togo and Swaziland or the DR Congo. Although the Congolese are the lowest seeds in this section, they are capable of posing the greatest threat having forced an
away draw with the Indomitable Lions this year in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier. Egypt, African champions seven times but only twice World Cup qualifiers, will fear Guinea most in a group completed by Zimbabwe and the Comoros Islands or Mozambique. Senegal, who reached the World Cup quarter-finals nine years ago, must compete with Uganda, Angola and Mauritius
or Liberia. There does not appear to be much between Burkina Faso, ranked fourth on the continent by Fifa, Gabon and Niger in a section that Sao Tome e Principe or Congo will complete. Tunisia are a side on the rise under new coach Sami Trabelsi and it is hard to imagine them not going through after drawing Cape Verde Islands, Sierra Leone and Equatorial Guinea
or Madagascar. The two-leg first round matches will be staged on 11 and 15 November, and the 10 second round groups kick off on
1 June 2012. The five third-round ties that will decide who flies to Rio are scheduled for October and November 2013.
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GHANA WESLEY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Come join us worship this and every Sunday in Woodbridge: St. Paul United Methodist Church 1400 G St., Woodbridge, VA. 22191 11:00am - 12:00noon in Arlington: Calvary United Methodist Church 2315 South Grant St., Arlington, VA 22202 1:00pm - 3:00pm Officiating Minister: Rev. Emmanuel Nkrumah For further details please call: 703.342.7886
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