Let There Be Peace In Ghana

Once again Ghanaians have shown to the whole world that it is better to resort to the rule of law to resolve disputes rather than through violent means. This was as a result of the Election Petition Case before the Supreme Court of the country. This has shown how democracy is gradually gaining grounds in the country and i hope other African countries are learning some lessons from what just happened in Ghana. Currently the Justices of the Supreme Court are yet to come out with their ruling on the Election Petition. As they take their time to come out with a ruling that will not jeopadize the nation's fledgling democratic dispensation, Ghanaians have been asked to accept the ruling of the Justices of the Supreme Court. The National Peace Council and the two political parties involved in the dispute have all taken it upon themselves to educate their followers not to resort to violence when the final ruling comes out.  The security agencies have also been put on alert to curb any form of violence that will arise as a result of the final ruling. I believe and hope that Ghanaians as peaceful as they are will accept the final ruling on the Election Petition and not plunge the nation into chaos and destruction. Lets all not forget that Ghana is bigger than any political party and any individual's interest.  Lets all do our best to ensure that the peace that we have enjoyed in this country is sustained and strengthened. We have only one Ghana and there is no place like home. God bless Ghana my homeland and make her great and strong.

Is Ghana A High Risk Country?

We now live in an “Animal Farm” world indeed. Ghana, Nigeria and India have been tagged as high risk countries by the UK Government. Therefore, any one from the aforementioned countries planning to visit the UK should be prepared to cough out an amount of  3000 pounds as deposit to serve as a bond to prevent such a person from overstaying his visit. If he overstays the amount will be used to defray the cost of overstaying in the UK. The UK Government is simply telling us that we are not welcome anymore in their country. If it is a matter of the UK Government needing money to shore up the economy, they should not be shy to let us know so that we contribute generously, for even the Holy Bible says that “God loves a cheerful giver” (2 Corinthians 9:7). What goes into the term “High Risk Countries”? The UK Government should give us a vivid explanation of how they came by that term. They colonized us, exploited us, sold our ancestors into slavery and made us producers of raw materials and we have remained like that ever since they set foot on African soil. They used our resources to build their country and now that they have seen that Africa is rising up, they want to find all means possible to take the little money that we have from us. This immigration policy must be reviewed as all the countries targeted are likely to respond appropriately. When did Ghana become a high risk country all of a sudden? Our government should review her foreign policy  relations with the UK Government and make sure the interests of her citizens are fully protected. All the countries targeted by the UK in their new immigration law are countries that had been exploited by the UK in the past, Ghana, Nigeria and India. They exploited, impoverished us and now they say we can’t even visit what was built by our resources!!!!!! What a world?

Africa (Dis)United.

Today, May 25, 2013 is Africa Union Day and once again our leaders from all over the African continent are gathered in Addis Ababa to celebrate with pomp and pageantry a so-called African Unity. In fact they are commemorating the 50th anniversary celebrations of the formation of the African Union( formerly Organization of African Unity). i will like to know the sort of unity they are celebrating and what sort of unity have our leaders achieved for the continent so far. I will call it African disunity as a result of the many factors that have gone against the successful unity that the African continent deserves so as to promote her development. As i write this post, Mother Africa is so sad as to why her children can not unite for a common purpose and goal. Our leaders continue to talk about African unity, but look on helplessly as the West loot our resources and even determine the prices of our commodities for us. We do not have control over our gold, diamond, bauxite, aluminum, timber etc etc. Even our own petroleum resources we are given only a small percentage and the West takes the greater part. Whiles our leaders condone and connive with the West against their fellow African leaders just to kill them or haul them to the ICC other judicial courts established in the West. Examples of those killed were Patrice Lumumba of DR Congo and Muamar Gaddafi of Libya, those sent to the international courts are Laurent Gbagbo of the Ivory Coast and Charles Taylor of Liberia. Why can't we try our own leaders rather than wait for the West to do it for us. This leads to more unrest and confusion on the African continent. A classical example is the Libyan situation which has generated a spill over effect into Mali and Nigeria. Why do we still move with difficulty from one African country to the other? Immigration officials still extort  huge sums of money from their fellow Africans at most of the border posts whiles our leaders always look on unconcerned. This hampers the movement of people and it also affects trading activities at the border posts. We talk about unity on the African continent, but we don't have a single common currency for the continent. Our leaders are forced by the West to remove subsidies given to farmers while they subsidize the products of their farmers. Our leaders sit down unconcerned whiles the continent becomes a dumping round for all sorts of inferior goods. Our water bodies are being polluted and all they do is wishful thinking. We live on a continent where we still don't have a common language. We live on a continent where our leaders loot state money and stash them in foreign bank accounts and the West also benefits from them. I see so much disunity on the African continent and the talk shop at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa still goes on. Majority of the youth on the African continent see the AU as an irrelevant organization. What has the AU done for the poor African? If our leaders don't change their style and stop kowtowing to the whims and caprices of the West, the much sought after unity they are striving for will forever elude Africa like El Dorado, the fabled city of gold. God bless Mother Africa. 

When Espionage Goes Wrong.

The world media was awash with news of the Russian Secret Service FSB's arrest and detention of an American CIA agent on May 13, 2013 in Moscow. He was trying to recruit  an agent of the FSB, but luck ran out on him and the unfortunate happened. The CIA Agent at the centre of this murky and embarrassing episode for the Americans was named by the Russians as Ryan Fogle. He was arrested and pinned to the ground by the same agent he was trying to recruit. Ryan Fogle should have known better as the Russians are now very alert of any suspicious activity in Russia, since the Kremlin's long tentacles can reach all corners of the world. A typical example will be the radiation poisoning and murder of a former KGB agent, Alexander Litvinenko in the UK some years back, and recently the death of  the Russian billioniare Boris Abrahmovic Bereszovsky. All these deaths are still being investigated and it is being alleged that Kremlin has a hand in these deaths. This current incident has caused so much embarrassment to  the Americans and they have accused the FSB of breaching protocol and naming the CIA agent. It seems the Americans  and the CIA in particular are mute and are crafting a carefully worded statement to assuage the disgrace this incident has caused to their image. The arrest of Ryan Fogle is just the latest twist in the long history of spying between the U.S. and Russia. Famously, 10 Russian sleeper agents were arrested in June 2010 and accused of spying for the Russians in the U.S. The best known is Anna Chapman who has become a major celebrity in Russia since being deported from the U.S. In the Cold War period, however, U.S. and Soviet espionage was often a matter of life and death. In 1985, a military officer Arthur D. Nicholson was shot dead by a Soviet sentry while spying in East Germany. One of the Cold War's major crisis was caused by the shooting down of an American spy plane in 1960 and the subsequent capture of its pilot.

Ryan Fogle should count himself lucky to be alive, he could have been injected with a lethal poison and rendered a vegetable for the rest of his life or could have been killed outright, and a nice picture would have been painted to make him look too guilty. In the world of espionage three words must always be in your head if you are a spook, these words are "Don't Get Caught", so what went wrong for Ryan Fogle? The U.S. and Russia still do not trust each other as they are still trying to learn each others secrets. God save this world.

Did Boris Berezovsky Commit Suicide?

Once again, another Russian has been found dead in his apartment in the UK. The man  Boris Abramovich Berezovsky was one of the Russian billionaires who made their fortune during the time of Boris Yeltsin. He had friends in top positions in the Russian Government, and even served as one time Secretary of Russia's Security Council. He later help bring President Vladimir Putin to power, but later fell out with him and had to flee to the UK to seek political asylum. He later had to loose out in a court case against his fellow Russian billionaire colleague Roman Abramovich, and he had to pay huge sums of money as a result of that court case.On 23rd March, 2013, he was found dead in his apartment and initial reports coming in alleges that the cause of death might be due to he committing suicide by hanging himself. But as to how it happened, if there was a third party involved, only God knows. We are all too familiar with the alleged murder of the former Russian FSB official Alexander Litvenenko some years back in the UK by radiation poisoning. With this death, both the Russians and the British Governments are blaming each other for the death. The question is, who did it.? We all know too well that in the world of the "Cloak and Dagger" one's death could be made to look very natural. Was he paid a visit? If so, we all know how these visits end up. In the case of Alexander Litvinenko, it is alleged that he was working for the Mi6 and the Spanish intelligence services. It was only after he had met his visitor and returned home that he realized he had been poisoned, by that time it was too late, and he died within a short time. So who is behind this new death? If he really took his life(Berezovsky), why did he do it? If someone paid him a visit, then that visitor is also a professional visitor who really knows how to do his job very well. The truth will surely come out one of these days. Who killed Boris Abrahmovich Berezovsky?

Dumb and dumber: A secret CIA drone base - Opinion - Al Jazeera English

Dumb and dumber: A secret CIA drone base - Opinion - Al Jazeera English

Game Time In Africa.(AFCON 2013)

Once again, the African Cup of Nations is just about to commence in South Africa. This is the 29th edition of a very prestigious football festival. The African continent abounds in many sporting talents and geniuses and these are going to be displayed when the games begin. There is no denying the fact that one of the powerhouses of African football, Egypt missed out once again in this celebration of football talents in 2013. All the 16 countries would be competing for one giant trophy which was previously won by the Chipolopolo(Cooper Bullets) of Zambia, as they shot all their opponents with their spectacular display of football. Each country's team is aiming for the trophy, but we all know that at the end of the day, only one winner would emerge with the losers going back home to the drawing board to strategise and come back another time. Tournaments like these bring to the fore the true sense of nationalism for one's country. Passions and emotions are at their highest levels when the games are being played. The missed penalties, squandered opportunities in front of goal, blunders committed by players, controversial refereeing decisions, the attitude of the supporters at the various stadia, the fight for screening rights, and a host of other football related matters will dominate the various media, both print and electronic for almost a whole month when this tournament commences on the 19th of January. The ability of the host country, South Africa to organize a good tournament would also at the end of the day be brought to the fore. As usual, the football scouts hunting for African talents would be at the various stadia to make sure they spot future stars for their teams in Europe and Africa. But as we embark on this emotional and passionate soccer festival, let us have it in mind that, in a game of football, three things are involved, a win, draw or a loss, and we as supporters of our respective countries must be ready and willing to accept any outcome. May the best team win the African Cup of Nations 2013, good luck to all the participating teams, let us ensure fair play at all the game venues. To the rest of the world from Africa, i say, we love our football, bring the game on.