Browse Ankomah, Baffour
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| What Africa can learn from Singapore (part 1). |
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Mar 1, 2013 |
3340 |
| Rwanda, a star in fighting corruption: quietly, there is a revolution going on in Rwanda, in the form of fighting corruption. The zero tolerance to corruption in Rwanda has made President Paul Kagame's country a shining star. Baffour Ankomah reports. |
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Mar 1, 2013 |
1842 |
| They are at it again! ... The sponsors of African wars. |
Editorial |
Jan 1, 2013 |
1027 |
| President Museveni "development is the destination.". |
Interview |
Oct 1, 2012 |
3451 |
| Michel Sidibe 'we are defeating AIDS in Africa': after two decades of HIV running riot in Africa, the continent now appears to be getting on top of it. This was revealed by Dr Michel Sidibe, the executive director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/Aids (UNAIDS) in an interview with New African's editor, Baffour Ankomah. |
Interview |
Aug 1, 2012 |
1230 |
| The way forward prioritising agriculture. |
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May 1, 2012 |
2072 |
| Nepad 10 years and counting. |
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May 1, 2012 |
2048 |
| The trouble with Namibia. |
Essay |
Jun 1, 2011 |
3025 |
| Zimbabweans are now fed up with sanctions! At long last, after 10 years of sitting on its hands, the Zimbabwean government has launched an anti-sanctions campaign aimed at getting the debilitating Western economic sanctions removed. Baffour Ankomah was in Harare when an ebullient President Robert Mugabe launched the campaign on 3 March. |
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Apr 1, 2011 |
2872 |
| Capacity builders celebrate: the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), Africa's premier capacity-building institution, celebrated its 20th anniversary at a high level conference in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, on 8-9 February. Our editor, Baffour Ankomah, was among the several hundreds of participants at the celebration. This is his report. |
Organization overview |
Mar 1, 2011 |
1678 |
| The Tunisian example. |
Country overview |
Dec 1, 2010 |
2011 |
| Emancipation's harvest: here are excerpts from interviews with a sample of powerful Tunisian women, conducted by Baffour Ankomah in Tunis, about what they think of women's emancipation, society, their own work, the economy, their government, and their president. |
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Dec 1, 2010 |
3515 |
| All issues great and small. |
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Nov 1, 2010 |
4555 |
| ACBF, quietly brilliant: as the 20th anniversary of the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) draws near, the Foundation has been given an overwhelming vote of confidence by member countries to consolidate the successes of the past two decades, reports Baffour Ankomah from Paris. |
Organization overview |
Nov 1, 2010 |
2302 |
| Doing a luissuarez: "bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny" - Edmund Burke (1729-1797), the Irish statesman and philosopher who moved to England and served in the house of commons. |
Column |
Aug 1, 2010 |
1814 |
| The Mandela many have never seen. |
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Aug 1, 2010 |
4459 |
| With friends like these ... |
Viewpoint essay |
Jul 1, 2010 |
1683 |
| After all, at 50, we are mature, says Biya. |
Viewpoint essay |
Jul 1, 2010 |
2422 |
| Adults only: "money is like sex: you think of little else if you don't have it, and think of other things if you have it"--James Baldwin. |
Column |
May 1, 2010 |
1760 |
| ACBF: the quiet helper. |
Organization overview |
May 1, 2010 |
2493 |
| Togo is back on track: "it will be long and maybe boring for you if I should go through what we have achieved in the past five years, but I think Togo is back on track. The image and perception of the country from the outside is completely changed," President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe of Togo (pictured) tells New African's editor Baffour Ankomah. |
Interview |
Mar 1, 2010 |
5502 |
| Dancing with the Brits; "no poor dumb bastard ever won a war by dying for his country--he won it by making the poor dumb bastard on the other side die for his country". |
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Feb 1, 2010 |
1638 |
| To God he spoke Spanish: "It will be years--not in my lifetime--before a woman will become prime minister [of Britain]"--Margaret Thatcher in 1974. She became prime minister five years later! |
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Jan 1, 2010 |
1644 |
| The man the ANC forgot. |
Interview |
Dec 1, 2009 |
1906 |
| 'Chuck your bloody constitution in the dustbin'. |
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Nov 1, 2009 |
1687 |
| Pure ecstasy! ... as Ghana wins U-20 World Cup: Ghana became the first African nation to win the Fifa U-20 World Cup on 17 October after beating Brazil 4-3 on penalties. The victory tasted even sweeter as Ghana played with 10 men for 83 long minutes of the game. |
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Nov 1, 2009 |
943 |
| Time to look back. |
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Oct 1, 2009 |
3223 |
| When one sinner repents ... "The days of colonialism are over ... the West is not responsible for the destruction of the Zimbabwean economy over the last decade"--President Barack Obama, in Accra, Ghana, 11 July 2009. |
Column |
Aug 1, 2009 |
1825 |
| The world in their hands: "it is never wise to appear to be more clever than you are" - Willie Whitelaw, deputy prime minister under Mrs Thatcher, who inspired the iron lady for her famous quote: "every prime minister needs a Willie". |
Column |
Jul 1, 2009 |
1811 |
| We'll never walk alone: "Politicians who behave like Billy Graham cannot complain if converts get carried away"--Roy Hattersley, former deputy leader of the UK Labour Party. |
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Jun 1, 2009 |
1685 |
| Traditional rulers want seat at the AU. |
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Jun 1, 2009 |
1626 |
| Reaping the whirlwind: "I do not admit that a great wrong has been done to the Red Indians of America or the black people of Australia by the fact that a stronger race, a higher grade race, has come in and taken its place" -Winston Churchill to the Palestine Royal Commission, 1937. |
Viewpoint essay |
May 1, 2009 |
1716 |
| Surgery below the waist (part 2). |
Report |
Apr 1, 2009 |
1662 |
| Ghana's king of kings celebrates. |
Interview |
Apr 1, 2009 |
12836 |
| Surgery below the waist (part 1): "a people who cannot read or quantify the hurt of history, the massive injury done them by other nationalities in history, cannot be a people in history"-Nathaniel Manheru, a Zimbabwean columnist. |
Column |
Mar 1, 2009 |
1759 |
| Ghana shows the way: though democracy has gradually taken root in Africa, some elections in the recent past have not been pleasant. Not so in Ghana where elections in December provided so many positive points worth emulating across the continent. Our editor, Baffour Ankomah, returned to his homeland to see how the Ghanaians did it. |
Viewpoint essay |
Feb 1, 2009 |
3536 |
| Healer, heal thyself. |
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Oct 1, 2008 |
1685 |
| The core issue in Zimbabwe; The majority of commentators here seem to have very little knowledge of Zimbabwe and its politics. If you only rely on information provided to you by the opposition, you are getting only a quarter of the picture"-Mr Davis of Manchester, UK, contributing to a debate in June on The Sunday Times website. |
Essay |
Aug 1, 2008 |
1713 |
| Reporting Africa: how many times, as an African, have you watched a Western TV report about your country, shaken your head in disgust and exclaimed: "But my country is definitely more than that, it's not just slums! |
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Jun 1, 2008 |
4726 |
| In the name of democracy. |
Critical essay |
May 1, 2008 |
1660 |
| High noon in Zimbabwe. |
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May 1, 2008 |
4622 |
| Explain that to us, Mr Brown! |
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Apr 1, 2008 |
1786 |
| Castro of Africa: ... his life and work are a challenge to the continent. |
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Apr 1, 2008 |
4564 |
| Fidel Castro, the verdict ... How the west reacted to his resignation: it was amazing watching Western media reaction to the news of Fidel Castro's resignation. They were as fascinating on the big TV networks as they were in the British newspapers. Baffour Ankomah has been going over some of them. |
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Apr 1, 2008 |
3641 |
| The best ever! |
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Mar 1, 2008 |
2069 |
| Secret societies: Africa's way forward. |
Cover story |
Feb 1, 2008 |
5322 |
| His masters' voice. |
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Jan 1, 2008 |
1679 |
| A new baby is born. |
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Dec 1, 2007 |
475 |
| The man we should venerate. |
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Dec 1, 2007 |
720 |
| Darfur: blessed are the peacemakers? Negotiating peace in the Darfur crisis is proving to be extraordinarily difficult. Baffour Ankomah went to Syrte, Libya, to watch the latest stage of the Darfur peace process roll into town under the guidance of AU and UN mediators. It is not a job for mere mortals, he reports. |
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Dec 1, 2007 |
1470 |
| Shame on you, Mr Sarkozy. |
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Oct 1, 2007 |
1751 |
| Lies! Lies! Lies! |
Cover story |
Oct 1, 2007 |
4856 |
| Gideon Gono: 'Zimbabwe will not die'. |
Interview |
Aug 1, 2007 |
5963 |
| Zimbabwe economy: the real story. |
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Aug 1, 2007 |
1750 |
| Gideon Gono: 'I'm not against price war'. |
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Aug 1, 2007 |
988 |
| Tony Hawkins: 'I don't see the economy collapsing' ... and nobody knows the rate of inflation. It's all guess work. "There is no scientific basis or evidence for making these projections. They are gut-feeling projections. I mean everyone is peering into the dark. Everyone is peering into the unknown. Nobody knows!" Baffour Ankomah reports. |
Interview |
Aug 1, 2007 |
2425 |
| Telecom system cries for investment: Making a call by cellular phone in Zimbabwe is not for the fainthearted, and at peak times such as Friday evenings, it can be quite a harrowing experience. Baffour Ankomah interviewed Christopher Mushohue, the transport and communications minister. |
Interview |
Aug 1, 2007 |
797 |
| Farewell, Brother Tony. |
Essay |
Jul 1, 2007 |
1604 |
| 'If we want to survive, we must unite'. |
Interview |
Jul 1, 2007 |
2259 |
| Zimbabwe: surprise, surprise, tourism is on the rise; Zimbabwe is an enigma. From politics, economics to tourism, the country is defying all logic and confounding its detractors. Thus, even for the dyed-in-the-wool nationalist, statistics showing foreign tourism hitting an all-time high in 2006 is a bit difficult to believe. But it is the truth Baffour Ankomah reports. |
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Jul 1, 2007 |
2437 |
| The way forward: "The future is bright for Tanzania but we need to work hard," says Dr Juma Alifa Ngasongwa, Tanzania's minister for planning, economy and empowerment. He talked to Baffour Ankomah. |
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Jul 1, 2007 |
1262 |
| A tale of two countries: "owned by no-one. Free to say anything"--motto of the British daily, The Guardian. |
Editorial |
Jun 1, 2007 |
1820 |
| "There is hope for Africa". |
Interview |
Jun 1, 2007 |
4002 |
| Tanzania: an investor's haven; If you are looking for a place to do business, Tanzania is one such place you can't afford to overlook. It is a country where investors are made to feel at home. Baffour Ankomah reports. |
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Jun 1, 2007 |
3422 |
| Finance minister: 'we are on course'; In the past, Tanzania was heavily dependent on donor funding to run its affairs, even to pay government salaries. Now no more, thanks to the determination of President Kikwete's government to be self-sufficient. Baffour Ankomah reports. |
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Jun 1, 2007 |
539 |
| The green revolution takes root: Prof Mark Mwandosya, Tanzania's environment minister, talks to Baffour Ankomah about the quiet green revolution going on in the country which has seen 100 million trees planted in the past four years. |
Interview |
Jun 1, 2007 |
1547 |
| Telecoms: Centel Tanzania sets the pace; Tanzania has a vibrant cellular market, and one of the three major players is Celtel. Bashar Arafeh, managing director of Centel Tanzania, talked to Baffour Ankomah. |
Interview |
Jun 1, 2007 |
855 |
| 'But we have President Kufuor': "Zimbabwe is not as bad as the BBC make it"--British engineer returning from holidays in Zimbabwe on 13 April 2007. |
Editorial |
May 1, 2007 |
1643 |
| Mugabe: "our cause is Africa's cause". |
Interview |
May 1, 2007 |
5825 |
| Jakaya Kikwete: 'SADC cannot abandon Zimbabwe'. |
Interview |
May 1, 2007 |
3281 |
| When truth takes a holiday. |
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May 1, 2007 |
526 |
| Sanctions, which sanctions? For those who still don't believe that Britain, America and their Western allies have imposed economic sanctions on Zimbabwe, here is one such law--the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act--passed by the US Congress in December 2001. Baffour Ankomah reports. |
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May 1, 2007 |
2897 |
| African Union: from non-interference to non-indifference. |
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Mar 1, 2007 |
1568 |
| Ghana celebrates, Africa rejoices. |
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Mar 1, 2007 |
2054 |
| Rwanda: Paul Kagame wins African Gender Award; The African Gender Award, given biennially by the Geneva-based African NGO, Femmes Africa Solidarite (FAS), has been awarded to President Paul Kagame of Rwanda for his country's achievements on women's issues. Baffour Ankomah reports. |
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Mar 1, 2007 |
768 |
| Nigeria: building Deeper bridges in Kaduna. |
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Jan 1, 2007 |
1185 |
| A great African: returns to the ancestors; It is with heavy hearts that we announce the sad death of our columnist, Antonio de Figueiredo, who passed away on 30 November after three years of battling with cancer of the oesophagus. He was 77. This tribute is by our editor, Baffour Ankomah. |
Editorial |
Jan 1, 2007 |
1322 |
| Do as we say ... |
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Nov 1, 2006 |
1751 |
| This is Deeper Christian Life: an outsider's view through the eyes of Baffour Ankomah who travelled to four West African countries in August to see how the Deeper Life Bible Church is affecting lives. |
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Oct 1, 2006 |
2671 |
| I don't want anything fake. |
Interview |
Oct 1, 2006 |
7791 |
| Miracles and wonders shall follow you ... For the first time in his life, Baffour Ankomah saw the lame and paralysed rise and walk, the blind have their sights restored, and many more miracles as he followed the trail of the Deeper Life Bible Church in West Africa. |
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Oct 1, 2006 |
1880 |
| A church in transition: Deeper Life is a church in transition--in the sense that it is currently replacing all its temporary buildings for cathedral-type edifices. Baffour Ankomah went around west Africa to see the work in progress. |
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Oct 1, 2006 |
1486 |
| Ecobank is leaving the competition behind: as competition in the banking sector in Africa becomes ever stiffer, one bank is showing a clean pair of heels to its rivals. Ecobank, the leading indigenous regional banking group in Africa with headquarters in Lome, Togo, is turning heads on the west coast. Baffour Ankomah reports. |
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Aug 1, 2006 |
1108 |
| Fear the Greeks even when they bring gifts (1). |
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Jul 1, 2006 |
1790 |
| A pound of flesh, but in whose interest? |
Column |
May 1, 2006 |
1842 |
| Charles Taylor: 'when your master is your enemy, you are doomed'. |
Interview |
May 1, 2006 |
3165 |
| Sackcloth and ashes. |
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Apr 1, 2006 |
1794 |
| Never again! ... 40 years after the coup that derailed Africa's progress. |
Cover Story |
Feb 1, 2006 |
1692 |
| A tale of two countries (2). |
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Dec 1, 2005 |
1956 |
| Zimbabwe: why donors can't stand free speech (2); In August, Western donors asked the organisers of the Zimbabwe International book fair never again to invite our editor, Baffour Ankomah, to speak at the fair. This is the concluding part of his rapporteur general's report that so angered the donors. |
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Nov 1, 2005 |
6740 |
| Zimbabwe: why Western donors cannot stand free speech ... new African editor banned from book fair. |
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Oct 1, 2005 |
2937 |
| Zimbabwe: a nation of many surprises. |
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Oct 1, 2005 |
2339 |
| A tale of two countries (1). |
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Aug 1, 2005 |
1912 |
| Western Union takes money transfer a notch higher. |
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Aug 1, 2005 |
659 |
| Flying without licence. |
Column |
Jul 1, 2005 |
1788 |
| "It was the bullet that brought the ballot". |
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Jun 1, 2005 |
3176 |
| Mugabe: we won't go back to the Commonwealth. |
Interview |
Jun 1, 2005 |
5481 |
| Zimbabwe honours African heroes. |
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Jun 1, 2005 |
1195 |
| Capitulation is not an option. |
Interview |
Jun 1, 2005 |
3274 |
| The way forward. |
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Jun 1, 2005 |
2310 |
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