Akogun Akomolafe
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14 November 2007 at 20 : 01 PM
The New Sino-African Relationship
(published in the New African Magazine, November 2007 issue, pp8-9) International Relations Course 101 teaches that: “In international relations, there are neither permanent friends nor enemies; only national interests are permanent. It was like Lord Chesterfield apt observation that: “Politicians neither love nor hate. Interest, not sentiment, directs them.” What this means in plain […]
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14 November 2007 at 20 : 08 PM
Ghana Police Farce
Hardly a day passes without a report of a police sleaze being mentioned here or there. In order to find out why the reputation of our men in blacks have suddenly nose-dived so badly, I went to look for some answers at the Police headquarters in Accra. The Public and Corporate Affairs department […]
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10 November 2007 at 13 : 00 PM
G8 Blues
(satire by Femi Akomolafe) Frank Owusu, the Chief Protocol Officer at the mouthfully-named Ministry of Foreign Affairs, NEPAD and Regional Integration (let’s call it MINFARI) here), was in an ebullient mood when I met him last week. He certainly has plenty causes to be jubilant. As the right hand man to the Honorable Minister […]
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9 November 2007 at 11 : 00 AM
On the Sino-African relationship
(published in the New African Magazine, November 2007 issue, pp8-9) International Relations Course 101 teaches that: “In international relations, there are neither permanent friends nor enemies; only national interests are permanent. It was like Lord Chesterfield apt observation that: “Politicians neither love nor hate. Interest, not sentiment, directs them.” What this means in plain […]
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