Archive for July 10th, 2009

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Jul
09

On air: Is Africa expecting too much from Obama?

obamaMuch excitement in Ghana as Barack Obama gets ready to leave Italy. And he’ll be greeted John Atta Mills and by the expectations of a continent. But from better governance, to more aid, to inspiring new leaders, to improving the attitudes of kids at school – is too much being loaded onto one man’s shoulders? Or do Africans have every right to expect these things from the first black President of America?

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Jul
09

Obama and Africa – When times are tough, do we turn our backs on the world’s poor?


“When world leaders break a promise, it is a sin, but when governments break a promise to the poorest people on the planet, it is nothing short of a crime,”

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