Comments on: Good News in Ghana http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2009/01/good_news_in_ghana.html DPF's Kiwiblog - Fomenting Happy Mischief since 2003 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:59:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Willie_Escaped http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2009/01/good_news_in_ghana.html#comment-522299 Willie_Escaped Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:42:01 +0000 http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/?p=29699#comment-522299 Don't forget little known Somaliland, which is at the moment, an unrecognized breakaway region of Somalia in the north bordering Djibouti. They have been preparing for their second set of elections which although are delayed due to voter registration difficulties and some recent terrorist attacks, are due to be held by April 2009. How they managed to organise electronic voting registration is phenomenal. All citizens have been electronically registered and given voter ID cards. Somaliland's effort in general is incredible. With no international aid and no international recognition, they have managed to form a constitution, courts of law, a banking system, police, army, coast guard, cellphone and internet networks, and already hold one free and fair set of elections. All this while the south of Somalia is considered the most dangerous area in the world outside combat zones. Don’t forget little known Somaliland, which is at the moment, an unrecognized breakaway region of Somalia in the north bordering Djibouti.

They have been preparing for their second set of elections which although are delayed due to voter registration difficulties and some recent terrorist attacks, are due to be held by April 2009. How they managed to organise electronic voting registration is phenomenal. All citizens have been electronically registered and given voter ID cards.

Somaliland’s effort in general is incredible. With no international aid and no international recognition, they have managed to form a constitution, courts of law, a banking system, police, army, coast guard, cellphone and internet networks, and already hold one free and fair set of elections.

All this while the south of Somalia is considered the most dangerous area in the world outside combat zones.

]]> By: wikiriwhis business http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2009/01/good_news_in_ghana.html#comment-522187 wikiriwhis business Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:34:56 +0000 http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/?p=29699#comment-522187 Ghana was one of the few nations that refused loans from the IMF. as a result it hasn't been dictated too and has learned to swim on its own Probably a lot better off than Japan who after centuries of independence succumbed to the US and is now in deep cow pucky. an unreal comparison perhaps but Ghana could well look comparatively buoyant. Ghana was one of the few nations that refused loans from the IMF.

as a result it hasn’t been dictated too and has learned to swim on its own

Probably a lot better off than Japan who after centuries of independence succumbed to the US and is now in deep cow pucky.

an unreal comparison perhaps but Ghana could well look comparatively buoyant.

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