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Great expectations for Obama abroad

By Robert Marquand | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

The Promise of Change was central to Barack Obama's presidential election. It also played well abroad to a global populace that was largely critical of US policy in Iraq and its handling of suspected terrorists, according to polls. Expectations for a new approach are high. In Africa, President-Elect Obama is seen as their man. In Europe and elsewhere, he's a new symbol of American ideals of equality – where even a black man who went to school in Indonesia can reach the pinnacle of power. But are such expectations unrealistic? How will Obama capitalize on the goodwill that now exists?......

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John Atta-Mills and the spirit of democracy

Commentary, Jan 5, Ghanadot - Politically, for long Ghanaians have been in some kind of indistinct bereavement for genuine democratic practices they sense they have lost somewhere – what was authentically Ghanaian traditional value where consensus and participation drive politics, a sacred Ghanaian stuff.
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Mills transitional team holds preparatory meeting

Accra, Jan. 4, Ghanadot/GNA - The Transitional Team, named by President-Elect Prof. John Atta Mills on Sunday began a preparatory meeting in Accra to discuss the smooth transition of power from the outgoing President John Agyekum Kufuor Administration to the incoming Government...More

Mills: I accept the challenge; I'll be president for all

Accra, Jan. 3, Ghanadot/GNA – The President-Elect, Prof. John Evans Ata Mills on Saturday said he had accepted the challenge to be the President and gave the assurance that he would be the President for all Ghanaians.....More