17 May 2009
BARACK Obama will visit Africa for the first time since being sworn-in as the first black U.S. president when he travels to Ghana in July, a trip many Africans hope will herald powerful help for their poor continent.
Ghanaians celebrated Washington's decision to choose their country for Obama's presidential debut in Africa, where he is a hugely popular figure. They said the visit represents a chance for Ghana, which expects to start producing oil in 2011, to press its claims for greater engagement with the West. Obama will visit the former British colony on July 10 and 11, Ghana's foreign ministry said in a statement.
"It is my hope that Ghana will take advantage of this visit ... we need help to boost trade for growth," said former diplomat Kwaku Bapru Asante. "We should try to push ideas to get the international institutions to modify their conditions and processes in our favor so that we can trade, rather than always asking for aid."
Ghana, a gold and cocoa exporting country whose economy is struggling with inflation of more than 20 percent and a high budget deficit, is in talks with the International Monetary Fund to secure $1 billion to boost its foreign exchange reserves. "During his visit, President Obama will hold bilateral talks with his Ghanaian counterpart, President John Evans Atta Mills, aimed at strengthening the fraternal relations existing between the two countries," the foreign ministry said in a statement.
Accra residents were thrilled at the prospect of hosting Obama and his wife Michelle. "I will not work that weekend and I'll do all that it takes to be among the crowd to wave at his motorcade - for me, that alone is fulfilling," said car mechanic Henry Boahene, shouting the president's name. Obama, whose late father was Kenyan, sparked a wave of high expectation throughout Africa when he resoundingly won elections in November, though the world's poorest continent has barely featured on his agenda since taking power in January.
Many Africans had hoped Obama's inauguration would mark the start of a new U.S. push to alleviate the poverty, hunger, conflict and corruption that blight much of the continent, but the president's first four months in power have been dominated by the financial crisis at home. Obama will also visit Cape Coast, a former slave trading hub in Ghana.
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Welcome home, Mr. Obama! Africa needs your attention! This time it can really make a difference.... Africa wants opportunity, not charity. And it is time for America to stand up to China's encroachment on the continent. They have already set a very high investment bar - but only America offers moral leadership that people want.....And yes - a great untapped market awaits you!
Obama's visit to Ghana is an amazing news and also the stepping stone for the Ghanaian Economy...Take it or leave it,Obama is highly welcome to the country that brought civilization to West Africa.....
I'm proud to be an African and also A GHANAIAN
GOD BLESS MY COUNTRY,GOD BLESS AMERICA AND GOD BLESS GHAHA
May be God has finally answered the prayers of the poor African however, i do not expect much!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Janet's commentaries is an interesting one. Symbolically the first Lady could make a different. Beyond symbolism I do not see how she could make a difference. By now Africans know what works in the care of HIV. Stronger local NGO's have had the best success rate in Zimbabwe, Zambia, Uganda, Botswana and South Africa. What Africa needs now is more money. That is what George Bush did. BUSH for all his faults did contribute a lot of money for HIV antiverile medicine and he is credited for helping reduce the aids/hiv scouge. Women in Africa also respond better to local NGO's and this is what seem to have worked in Zimbabwe. Also the fight against AIDS/HIVs is now being geared toward each specific African country. There is no one big strategic pollicy to target the continent of Africa, only plans for each individual country. This is difficult for Americans at times to understand. Africa is not a monolithic continent or even one big country.
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#1
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#3
BY PEACE SHALL Many Be deceived (Daniel 8:25) .
DOES THE TERM PEACEKEEPERS ring a Bell ?
Ask the people in Rwanda (who survived that Peace-keeping) about the
United Nations PEACEKEEPERS .
President Obama’s UNITED NATIONS AMBASSADOR SUSAN RICE cut her teeth on
the RWANDA MASSACRE…. OOOPs!!! She said.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO SOME OF OUR JUNE-BORN WORLD LEADERS ! ( Go With God )
WORLD LEADERS BIRTHDAYS FOR JUNE
MONGOLIA – Northern Asia - Nambaryn Enkhbayar – June 1, 1958 – 1st
GREECE – Southern Europe - Karolos Papoulias – June 4, 1929 -3rd
(DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO) – Central Africa
- Joseph Kabila Kabange (known commonly as Joseph Kabila – June 4, 1971 -6th
COMOROS – Southern Africa – Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi – June 5, 1958 – 5th
KUWAIT - Sabah IV Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah – June 6, 1929 – 5th
BELGIUM – Western Europe –
Albert II - Albert Félix Humbert Théodore Christian Eugène Marie – June 6, 1934 – 4th
TOGO – Western Africa - Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé – June 6, 1966 – 2nd
LIBYA – Northern Africa - Muammar Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi – June 7, 1942 – 1st
[ST. LUCIA] – Caribbean - Calliopa Pearlette Louisy – June 8, 1946 – 7th
(ISLAS MALVINAS-FALKLAND ISLANDS) – Southern South America Alan Edden Huckle – June 15, 1948 – 3rd
GUATAMALA - Central America - Álvaro Colom Caballeros – June 15. 1951 – 6th
SURINAME - Northern South America – Ronald Runaldo Venetiaan – June 18, 1936 – 5th
POLAND - Central Europe - Lech Aleksander Kaczynski - June 18, 1949 – 7th
(CZECH REPUBLIC) – Central Europe - Václav Klaus – June 19, 1941 -5th
ANDORRA – Southern Europe - Albert Pintat Santolària – June 23, 1943 – 4th
BULGARIA – Southern Europe - Georgi Sedefchov Parvanov – June 28, 1957 – 6th
ITALY – Southern Europe - Giorgio Napolitano – June 29, 1925 – 2nd
TURKMENISTAN – Central Asia – Gurbanguly Mälikgulyýewiç Berdimuhamedow – June 29, 1957 – 7th
ARMENIA – Southern Asia - Serzh Azati Sargsyan – June 30, 1954 – 4th
OUR DEEPEST FEAR By Marianne Williamson
Our Deepest Fear Is Not That We Are Inadequate, Our Deepest Fear Is That We Are Powerful Beyond Measure. It Is Our Light , Not Our Darkness That Most Frightens Us.
We Ask Ourselves, Who Am I To Be Brilliant, Gorgeous, Talented, And Fabulous ?
Actually Who Are We Not To Be ? You Are A Child Of God.
Your Playing Small Doesn’t Serve The World.
There Is Nothing Enlightened About Shrinking So That Other People Won’t Feel Insecure Around You.
We Are All Meant To Shine, As Children Do.
We Were Born To Make Manifest The Glory Of God That Is Within Us.
It’s Not Just In Some Of Us; It’s In Everyone.
And When We Let Our Own Light Shine We Unconsciously Give Other People Permission To Do The Same.
And As We Are Liberated From Our Own Fear, Our Presence Automatically Liberates Others
[NOTE – BEING AFRAID AND REFUSING TO GET INVOLVED WON’T STOP US FROM DYING. BUT BEING AFRAID CAN PREVENT US FROM LIVING]
(Nkosi Sikeleli Africa )
God bless Africa May her glory be lifted high Hear our petitions .
God bless us, Your children God we ask You to protect our nation Intervene and end all conflicts Protect us, protect our nation, our nation.
From the blue of our heaven, From the depths of our sea, Over our eternal mountain ranges, Where the cliffs give answer.
Sounds the call to come together, And united we shall stand, Let us live and strive for freedom, In South Africa our land.
[Enoch Mankayi Sontonga]
WAKE UP ! STAY UP MY BROTHERS & SISTERS ! BE SELF-SUFFICIENT IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
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- Life Is a Game. Have Fun. [ Luke 18:17 / Isaiah 11:6 ]
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