Ghana, Osama, U.S.

The news of Osama bin Laden was killed got over 200 comments on the most popular news portal Ghanaweb on Monday.

However, many of the comments quickly linked the news to politics in Ghana, where facing a 2012 general election, has seen party politics heating up by day.

As a nation with second highest percentage of population who view the U.S. positively, Ghana has especially showed much admiration for American President Obama's handling of the issue, many comments praised him for a good job done.

Except the overwhelming comments, the reaction has been muted from Accra. Partially due to the May 2nd being a public holiday, no official reaction has been reported.

Ghana 2009 Review

Jan 7

Prof. J.E.A. Mills and Mr. John Mahama are sworn in as President and Vice President respectively of Ghana, after a close run off with opposition party leader NPP's Nana Akufo-Addo

July 10-11

US President Barack Obama visits Ghana after attending G20 in Italy and addresses Parliament.

August

Chinese Ambassador donates Chinese language textbooks to University of Ghana, the privileged school to encourage teaching Chinese

Sept 6

Ghana national soccer team Black Stars beat Sudan team and became the first African nation to qualify for World Cup to be held in South Africa 2010

Sept 21

Ghana marks Centenary Celebrations of the birth of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the nation’s founder and first president after gaining independence in 1956.

Oct16

Ghana’s Black Satellites under-20 soccer team beat Brazil to win Africa’s first World Cup at the U20 soccer Championship held in Egypt.

Nov 10

MP runs his car into Parliament Speaker’s in an attempt to outsmart Accra traffic

Dec.

China tops Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) list for having the most registered companies in Ghana, but South Africa ranks the first in terms of the amount of the investment