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Is Dr. UN In The Clear?— Apparently He Knew Kofi Annan And He Attended His 1st Award Ceremony

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Finally, someone has come to the defence of the infamous Dr UN real name, Nana Kwame Fordjour. According to a communication strategist and Partnership Commissioner at Rectitude International Mission has revealed that former UN secretary late Kofi Annan, Isaac Rockson, Dr UN and the late Kofi Annan knew each other. READ ALSO: Joyce Blessing Allegedly … Read more

VIDEO: One District One Factory Don’t Forget To Add Ganja Factory — Reggae Star Blakk Rasta Tells Nana Akuffo Addo

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The fight for the legalization of marijuana aka “Tampi” didn’t start today. Popular Reggae Musicians like Culture, Bob Marley, Buju Banton, and many others started it years even before some of us were born. The late United Nation’s Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan called for nations to legalize it as a way to combat the problem … Read more

‘Poverty Deceives You Into Seeing Every Challenge In Your Life As Spiritual…’ — Guru To Ghanaians

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Our late ‘grandfather’, the Seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr Kofi Annan said, “Extreme poverty anywhere is a threat to human security everywhere.” that’s how the man described poverty, anyway. Well, in Ghana when someone is being lashed by poverty, that person can easily be deceived by others especially by pastors and men of … Read more

Blakk Rasta Eloquently and Confidently Explains Why It’s Foolish for Ghana NOT To Legalize WEED — WATCH

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One of the sturdiest and most consistent advocates of marijuana legalization in Ghana is the radio presenter and musician Blakk Rasta. Long before it became fashionable to advocate for legalizing marijuana Blakk Rasta was beating that trumpet incessantly.

In the intervening years, his position has become more and more popular as many other celebrities have come out in support of legalizing good old ‘weed’, including none other than the late former UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan.

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‘Chairman’ Kwame Sefa Kayi Graduates With A Masters Degree From The Kofi Annan Int’l Peacekeeping Centre — PHOTO

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There’s a new graduate in town and his name is the Chairman-General of the airwaves, veteran radio presenter Kwame Sefa Kayi.

Sefa Kayi has been in the public eye forever and thus everything he does grabs the label of newsworthy – he doesn’t just report the news, he makes it as well.

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VIDEO: Epixode Drops Official Video Of His Tribute Song To Kofi Annan

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Epixode’s tribute song to Kofi Annan

Ghana was left with pains, sadness and sorrows after one of our prominent citizens who happened to be the former Secretary-General for the United Nations, Mr Kofi Annan was taken away by death.
Mr Annan was in Bern, Switzerland to seek medical care where he died on August 18, 2018.

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Dapper Captain Planet Dressed To ‘Kill’ As He Attends Kofi Annan’s Exclusive State Funeral

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The state funeral for the late Busumuru Kofi Annan is scheduled to come off later today at the Accra International Conference Centre in a super exclusive event.

Ghanaian rapper Captain Planet, one of the few artists scheduled to turn up at the event, looks his absolute best as he attends the solemn ceremony.

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Dapper Captain Planet Dressed To 'Kill' As He Attends Kofi Annan's Exclusive State Funeral

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The state funeral for the late Busumuru Kofi Annan is scheduled to come off later today at the Accra International Conference Centre in a super exclusive event.
Ghanaian rapper Captain Planet, one of the few artists scheduled to turn up at the event, looks his absolute best as he attends the solemn ceremony.

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PHOTO: Ghanaians Pay Their Last Respect To Kofi Annan’s Casket Instead Of His Corpse

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Kofi Annan’s closed casket

In a society highly dominated by traditions, it’s always a must for people to pay their last respect to a dead body in an open casket ─be it the corpse of a prominent person or a “nobody”.

The casket is only closed when the deceased died through a gory accident where some vital parts of the body were missing or chopped off ─even with that, the family would try all possible means to display the corpse in an open casket for the people that matter to pay their last respect.

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PHOTO: Ghanaians Pay Their Last Respect To Kofi Annan's Casket Instead Of His Corpse

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Kofi Annan’s closed casket

In a society highly dominated by traditions, it’s always a must for people to pay their last respect to a dead body in an open casket ─be it the corpse of a prominent person or a “nobody”.
The casket is only closed when the deceased died through a gory accident where some vital parts of the body were missing or chopped off ─even with that, the family would try all possible means to display the corpse in an open casket for the people that matter to pay their last respect.

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Kofi Annan Should Be Buried At Asomdwee Park Not Military Cemetery ─ Akua Donkor Tells Nana Addo

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Akua Donkor

Controversial Ghanaian female politician and the founder of Ghana Freedom Party (GFP), Madam Akua Donkor has begged the President of the Republic, President Akufo-Addo to burry Kofi Annan at the Asomdwee Park.
She explained that burying a Ghanaian Diplomatic like Kofi Annan who was not a soldier at a private cemetery like the military cemetery where the military will restrict people from seeing his tomb is not appropriate.

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PHOTOS: Checkout Some Of The Unseen Beautiful Images From The 2018 'Chale Wote' Festival

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ChaleWote Festival

The ‘Chale Wote’ Street Art Festival, which is gradually becoming one of the largest street festivals in Ghana, went down in Accra over the weekend and like the previous years, that of this year was very massive and impressive.
The festival is typically held in the third week of August each year, to commemorate the Homowo festival brings thousands of people from within and outside of Ghana to celebrate the country’s arts and culture.

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Marijuana Advocates Call For Weed To Be Legalized In Honour Of Kofi Annan

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Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan was an advocate for the legalization of marijuana and other drugs during his lifetime, arguing in a now infamous essay that legalization and regulation was necessary to tackle the epidemic of drug abuse worldwide.
In the wake of his death, some advocates for the legalization of weed are calling for Ghana to legalize it in his honour.

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You Are A Grown-Up With No Sense; I'm Sure Kofi Annan Died With Your Brain- A Follower To Deborah Vanessa

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How people allow themselves to catch unnecessary feelings is something I can never understand especially when no one forced you to follow anyone on social media. Deborah Vanessa posted a video of herself and two kids singing her infamous Ghana Jollof and making faces to where she says Nigerian Jollof tastes funny and followers are … Read more

“Kofi Annan Did Not Just Put Out Words, He Followed Through With Action"- Naomi Campbell

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Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan reportedly died about three days ago in Switzerland and the world is still mourning him. READ ALSO: My Church In The US Is Flourishing Unbelievably; I Have About 300 Members- Sonnie Badu The latest to speak about his death is celebrated actress and model Naomi Campbell. Naomi says the late Annan was … Read more

Mr. Kofi Annan Urged Me To Open A Foreign Account — J.J. Rawlings Speaks

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Mr And Mrs Rawlings

Former President of the Republic of Ghana, Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings has disclosed that the former United Nations Secretary General, Mr Kofi Annan strongly suggested that he should open a foreign account.
Mr Rawlings revealed this when he was given a platform during a meeting organised by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Accra over the weekend.

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Listen To Blakk Rasta's Controversial New Single 'Kofi Annan Says' [Legalize Weed]

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Blakk Rasta is set to stoke another controversy in the country with the release of his latest sinlge, ‘Kofi Annan Says’.
‘Kofi Annan Says’ calls for the complete legalization of weed, and is on the back of a 2016 essay penned by the former UN Secretary General calling for drugs to be decriminalized.

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Kofi Annan And Ashesi University Founder Patrick Awuah Make List Of 100 Most Reputable People On Earth – SEE FULL LIST

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The South African research firm, Global Performance-Management Consulting Company has released their list of the 100 most reputable people on planet earth, and two Ghanaians make the list.

Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, as well as founder of Ashesi University, Patrick Awuah, represent the motherland on the 100 person list.

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"Akufo-Addo Has Skills To Overcome Country’s Challenges" – Kofi Annan

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Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary-General has in his congratulatory message to the president elect, Nana Addo expressed his confidence in him to surge the country from the economic challenges we face.
The chairman of the Kofi Annan Foundation and Nobel Laureate also lauded the incumbent, president Mahama for conceding defeat.

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MIND BLOWING: Africa Spends US $35bn A Year Importing Food

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It’s no doubt Africans are our own worst enemies. Historically we have been disadvantaged by issues like slavery and colonialism, and the world order that puts us at the bottom of the food chain – but we have not quite helped ourselves to get out of the quagmire.
In issues of industrialisation and properly utilising the raw materials the continent produces, we’ve woefully failed over the years to even start scratching the surface of what we can and should accomplish to kickstart the continent’s development.

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Kofi Annan Pens Essay On Why Drugs Should Be Decriminalised

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It’s a common sense position that those who approach the topic with a pragmatic lens has, but opponents looks at it through some supposed ‘moral’ lens, and disagree with it.
A lot of people do not know that alcohol was once banned in the US, during ‘Prohibition’, and all it did was create barons who traded in it illicitly and made millions, forming uber powerful criminal cartels. The HBO show ‘Boardwalk Empire’, chronicling the rise and fall of one of these barons, is a good place to get some education on how ‘Prohibition’ spectacularly failed.

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Former UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali Dead At 93

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The former United Nations secretary general, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, the first African to head the world body, has died at the age of 93.
Boutros-Ghali died in Cairo on Tuesday, February 16, after being admitted into hospital with a broken pelvis, the BBC reports.

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International Olympic Committee Awards Kofi Annan With Olympic Order Award

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International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach presented Kofi Annan with the Olympic Order in Gold during an official visit by the former United Nations Secretary-General to the IOC headquarters in Lausanne.

Mr. Annan was awarded the Olympic Order in 2007 but due to his busy schedule was unable to attend an award ceremony until today.

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