Malaysia marks Golden Jubilee: Celebrations are on the way in Malaysia to mark 50 years of the country's independence from Britain. Malaysia got its independence in the same year as Ghana and the two countries have often been compared. Starting with developments at roughly the same levels, Malaysia, with an |
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Malaysians jubilate on 50 years of independence
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| authoritarian brand of democracy, has left Ghana,with a spate of coups and bad government, far behind in terms of economic developemt. This can even be seen in the scale of celebrations with the Malaysians putting up a far more ..spectacular performance than the Ghanaians did earlier on in the year. Read BBC online's report on the Malaysian celebrations... |
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| Ghanaian drives his car from Accra to Stockholm: A Ghanaian man drove his 1986 Citroen 2CV (602cc) all the way from Accra to Stockholm. It took him 24 days driving through the Saharan desert and much of Europe to |
| get to Stockholm. Yahaya Alpha Suberu, 32, met many adventures on the way but he made it to Sergels Torg in the middle of Stockholm. His car could easily be identified among the others. Many people gathered around him to take pictures of this strange car with the strange registration number. Read more of this wonderful story... |
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Yahaya Suberu is now only some 600 km from Stockholm - all the way from Accra by road |
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| African Diaspora in Sweden meets in Stockholm: A meeting of the Swedish Africa Diaspora coordinating committe was held in Stockholm on Friday, August 3. The meeting, at the initiative of the South African Ambassador S. R. Makgetla, was attended by the Dean of the African Diplomatic Corps in Sweden, Ambassador Mary Mubi, Dr Catherine Odora Hoppers and Joe Frans, chairman of Forum Syd. Several representatives from African organisations also attended. Ghana Union in Stockholm was represented by Mrs Gladys Agbo and Micah Kissi. Read more... |
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Ingmar Bergman dies: One of Sweden's most well-known cultural figures, the Oscar winning filmmaker, Ingmar Bergman, died on Monday at his island home on Faroe off the coast of Sweden. He was 89. Bergman was known for raising film to a serious art form. He was also active in theater where he directed many masterpieces. Read BBC's orbituary on the man...
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Ingmar Bergman in his latter days |
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| Atta Mills to visit Stockholm: Mr Atta Mills, a professor of Law who is the NDC's flagbearer in the presidential elections of 2008, will visit Stockholm in October as part of a European tour to meet supporters of the party and social democratic parties in a number of countres. Read more... |
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| Baadjoo performs in Stockholm: A motley group of Swedes interested in African drumming and dancing performed to an appreciative audience at Teater Tre, Mariatorget, at the weekend. Baadjoo (Let's Dance in Ga) performed a variety of cultural music from Ghana and other West African countries. The group is made up of interested drummers and dancers from Stockholm, Göteborg and Nörköping. Their common interest in African traditional music brought them together after meeting each other at various dance courses and festivals. Many of the members have visited Ghana where they studied their art. Emmanuel Gomado, a German based Ghanaian choreographer, instructs the group once a month in African dancing. |
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| Ghana Union joins Forum Syd: Ghana Union was one of 14 organisations admitted to Forum Syd at its annual general anuual meeting held over the weekend. This brings to 199 the member organisations of this umbrella organ that distributes Swedish aid funds to third world countries. The meeting re-elected Joe Frans as chairman of the board for another year. A strongly worded letter was approved to be sent to the new Swedish minister for development aid, Gunilla Carlson, protesting against the government's cut in funds to SIDA which provides the money Forum Syd dispenses. Forum Syd feels the cut will weaken people based organisations and urged the government to rather increase support for these organisations that work at increasing the democratisation process and uprooting poverty in the third world. Union President, Micah Kissi, and Treasurer, Nuru Allotey, represented the union at the meeting.Two representatives of the National Union of Ghanaian Students (NUGS), William Yeboah, current president, and Sam Sika Adjei-Fordjour, the outgoing International Relations Secretary, were in Stockholm last month at the invitation of Landsrådet för Sveriges ungdomsorganisationer (LSU). The NUGS has worked together with LSU over the years on projects aimed at enhancing gender empowerment and the reduction of poverty. NUGS will also like to cooperate with Ghana Union, Stor-Stockholm, in the achievements of these and other goals. The president of the Ghana Union, Micah Kissi, met the two delegates and had fruitful discussions with them. The two representatives who have since returned to Ghana, were very satisfied with their visit and expressed appreciation for the work of the Ghana Union in Stockholm. |
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