President Bush Visits Ghana

NOTE: I received a call from JCEA Ghana Ministry Coordinator, Evangelist Raphael Adjei Kingbi, telling me about US President George Bush visiting his country. He was excited about the visit, so I thought I would share a couple of stories about the president's trip to Ghana.

Bush Motorway Gets Favorable Mention

President Bush’s economic-development program for poor countries has been criticized for getting off to a slow start. So when he traveled this week to Ghana, regarded as one of the program’s star pupils, he was hoping finally to see some concrete results — literally.

Bush pressed his host, President John Kufuor, for a drive-by look at the major highway redevelopment being paid for with some of the $547 million grant the U.S. gave to Ghana in 2006. But at a state dinner on Wednesday night, Kufuor said the presidential inspection turned out to be impossible, given the time constraints. Kufuor promised to take Bush to see it the next time he comes to town, however, when Bush will be an ex-president — and, Kufuor added, the highway will be named the George Bush Motorway.

Read more of this story on The Wall Street Journal.


In Africa, Bush Shifts His Personal 'Mission of Mercy' to Ghana

ACCRA, Ghana — U.S. President George W. Bush is pushing trade and aid in this tropical land of gold and diamonds, the latest stop on what he has dubbed his "mission of mercy" to Africa.

Bush got a ceremonial welcome Wednesday in Ghana, a stable democracy that gets U.S. assistance to fight disease, build roads, train teachers and expand markets for its crops. Several thousand children in their school uniforms lined the streets of Accra and waved tiny Ghanian flags as Bush's motorcade made its 10-minute drive to Osu Castle, a centuries-old building that was once a hub of slave-trading and now is the seat of government.

Read more of this story on FOX News.