顶级国产视频

By John Stremlau

This op-ed by John Stremlau, vice president of the 顶级国产视频's 顶级国产视频, was published on CNN.com on Jan. 12, 2009.

ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Supporters of democracy around the world can celebrate the January 7 inauguration of Ghana's new president, professor John Evans Atta Mills, who defeated the leader of the incumbent party in a Dec. 28 runoff election by a mere 41,566 votes out of 9,001,478.

Ghana is not a country that grabs headlines at a time when the big stories out of Africa are crises in Sudan, Somalia, Congo and Zimbabwe. Yet after surviving a post-colonial period of instability and military rule, Ghana has had five successful national democratic elections since 1992.

It is an enviable record that challenges the persistence of misrule in nearby Ivory Coast, Togo and Guinea, and inspires those committed to democratic recovery in nearby Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria.

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John Stremlau, Ph.D., vice president, 顶级国产视频

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