{"id":32994,"date":"2014-07-18T21:56:06","date_gmt":"2014-07-18T21:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=32994"},"modified":"2014-07-18T22:34:03","modified_gmt":"2014-07-18T22:34:03","slug":"us-embassy-apologizes-to-mahama-over-twitter-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=32994","title":{"rendered":"US Embassy apologizes to Mahama over Twitter comment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United States embassy in Ghana has issued an apology to President John Dramani Mahama and the people of Ghana over what it describes as &#8220;errant tweets&#8221; posted via its official Twitter account to President Mahama&#8217;s official Twitter account.<\/p>\n<p>This was contained in a series of tweets released on the official twitter account of the US Embassy in Ghana (@USEmbassyGhana), Friday evening.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_33003\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33003\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Bs287XSIUAAlGqb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33003\" alt=\"Earlier tweet posted\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Bs287XSIUAAlGqb.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Bs287XSIUAAlGqb.jpg 480w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Bs287XSIUAAlGqb-300x241.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33003\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Earlier tweet posted from the Embassy&#8217;s account<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to the embassy, &#8220;the earlier errant tweet was a private message mistakenly sent out on our account. The views expressed in no way reflect the views of the United States Government or the U.S. Embassy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The embassy further stated that steps have been taken &#8220;to ensure that all of our employees fully understand their responsibility toward carefully managing our public outreach through social media.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Find the tweets below&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>The earlier errant tweet was a private message mistakenly sent out on our account. (1\/4)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 US Embassy Ghana (@USEmbassyGhana) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USEmbassyGhana\/statuses\/490249064571609088\">July 18, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>The views expressed in no way reflect the views of the USG or the U.S. Embassy. We have taken steps to ensure that&#8230; (2\/4)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 US Embassy Ghana (@USEmbassyGhana) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USEmbassyGhana\/statuses\/490249095089364992\">July 18, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>&#8230;all of our employees fully understand their responsibility toward carefully managing our public outreach through social media. (3\/4)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 US Embassy Ghana (@USEmbassyGhana) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USEmbassyGhana\/statuses\/490249123044392963\">July 18, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>We have apologized to the Presidency and we offer an apology to the Ghanaian people. (4\/4)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 US Embassy Ghana (@USEmbassyGhana) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USEmbassyGhana\/statuses\/490249145009975296\">July 18, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Mawuli Tsikata\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MawuliTsikata\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @MawuliTsikata<\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States embassy in Ghana has issued an apology to President John Dramani Mahama and the people of Ghana over what it describes as &#8220;errant tweets&#8221; posted via its official Twitter account to President Mahama&#8217;s official Twitter account. 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