Ghana's new President Nana Akufo-Addo has been caught plagiarising the speeches of two former US leaders. But he is not the first, and is unlikely to be the last.
Here are some previous examples of prominent politicians caught copying their speeches:
Ghana's president
In a speech at his presidential inauguration on Saturday, he said:
"Though our challenges are fearsome, so are our strengths. Ghanaians have been a restless, questing, hopeful people. And we must bring to our task today the vision and will of those who came before us."
At his 1993 inauguration, ex-US President Bill Clinton said:
"Though our challenges are fearsome, so are our strengths. And Americans have ever been a restless, questing, hopeful people. We must bring to our task today the vision and will of those who come before us."
Mr Akufo-Addo also said:
"I ask you to be citizens: citizens, not spectators; citizens, not subjects; responsible citizens building your communities and our nation."
Again, this was remarkably similar to what another former US leader George W Bush said in his 2001 inauguration speech:
"I ask you to be citizens: citizens, not spectators; citizens, not subjects; responsible citizens building communities of service and a nation of character."
Fallout: Mr Akufo-Addo's communication director Eugene Arhin apologises, calling it a "complete oversight and never deliberate".
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