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By David Clarke July 4, 2009 NAIROBI (Reuters) - The United States hopes President Barack Obama's decision to visit Ghana this month will spur other African governments to try and emulate the West African country's democratic record. Ghana won independence from colonial rule in 1957. A bloody chapter of military coups followed, but since Jerry Rawlings introduced multi-party democracy in the 1990s, opposition parties have twice won power through successful elections. "(Obama) believes strongly in the rule of law, democratic constitutional rule and the principles that underpin it," U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson told reporters during a visit to Kenya. "We hope that his support for democracy in Ghana will be a catalyst for... [read full story]
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