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Ghana
The gateway to west Africa. |
 The British Royal visit to Ghana
The capital of Accra momentarily came to a standstill as Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, of the United Kingdom, arrived in Ghana, on Sunday, November 7, for a three-day official visit. Thousands of Ghanaians poured out onto the streets to give a Hilarious "Akwaba" (welcome) to the British Monarch who was Accompanied by her husband Prince Phillip, the Duke of Edinburgh.
| The high point of the Queens visit was a private talk she held with President Rawlings at the Castle, Osu, the former seat of Government of the colonial British governors before independence.
Before settling into the talks, President Rawlings showed the Queen and Prince Phillip few landmarks of the Castle which the British Monarch will agree have not changed much since they granted self Government to the people of Ghana in 1957.
Huudu Yahaya, the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress, (NDC), the ruling party said "the royal visit is unique adding "it is a proud day for Ghanaians as there are certainly a lot of factors that informed her decision to pay us this visit".
The comment strengthened the position of the ruling party that they have been able to meet certain standards which makes the country attractive to prominent world leaders.
The visit also projected Ghana as a country whose doors have been opened to the world because of its economic and political success.
"The significance of the visit lay in the fact that it affirmed our democratic culture and in-roads the country has made so far under constitutional governance" says Mr Hackman Owusu-Agyemang, Minority spokesman on Foreign Affairs.
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© World INvestment NEws, 1999.
This is the electronic edition of the special country report on Ghana published in Forbes Global Magazine.
March 20th 2000 Issue.
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