Former Ghanaian lawmaker Ras Mubarak is hailing Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa as the embodiment of a new, assertive African diplomacy.
In a fiery article titled Africa’s Bold Stand, Mubarak praised the minister for Ghana’s swift retaliation against Israel after seven Ghanaian travelers including sitting Members of Parliament were detained and deported from Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport under what Ghana described as “inhumane and humiliating” conditions.
Mubarak said Ghana’s counter-move — the deportation of three Israeli nationals who arrived in Accra days later — was not petty retaliation but a powerful statement of sovereignty.
“In a swift and surgical response, the Government of Ghana deported three Israeli nationals,” he wrote. “This was no petty revenge — it was principled reciprocity, a bold assertion that Ghanaian lives and honor are non-negotiable.”
And at the centre of that response, Mubarak argued, was Ablakwa.
He heaped praise on the Foreign Affairs Minister, calling him “the ebullient Minister… whose unyielding advocacy for Ghana’s interests has become legendary.” Mubarak added that Ablakwa’s leadership “reverberated from the halls of the Foreign Ministry to the streets of Accra,” and credited him with championing a firm, dignified stand against what he described as Israel’s “overreach.”
According to Mubarak, the episode marks a turning point — not just for Ghana, but for Africa’s place in global diplomacy. “You have shown that we are no longer the supplicants of yesteryear,” he wrote in commendation of the government. “Minister Ablakwa’s ebullience is the spark that ignites our national pride.”
The former MP likened Ghana’s action to Mali’s recent diplomatic showdown with the United States, arguing that both episodes prove Africa can — and must — demand respect on the world stage.
“This is the Africa I envision: fierce, unapologetic, and unbreakable,” he declared.
Source: kumasimail.com
