Libya Plane Hijackers Plead
Two Libyan men charged with hijacking an airliner on Friday have pleaded not guilty during a court appearance at the Maltese capital Valetta. They were escorted to the hearing on Sunday under heavy...
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Agyemang Badu Earger To Lift AFCON Trophy For Ghana
Black Stars midfielder, Emmanuel Agyemang Badu is keen to help the team win the Africa Cup of Nations next year in Gabon. According to the midfielder's club, he has received an invitation from the...
Hijackers of Libyan Plane To Face Charges- Maltese Police
Maltese Police Commissioner Lawrence Cutajar on Saturday said the police were bound to charge in court the two men who hijacked a plane within 48 hours of their arrest. The commissioner added that it...
The Shame Of A Nation
I just watched a very sad and disturbing video of our soldiers on the war front begging their President and Commander in Chief to provide them with food and water. They did this through footage which...
If You Think Living In Nigeria Is Hell Try Underground World
Who the hell am I to tell you where to live, eh? After all, I reported myself to the Immigration hoping they would deport me back home. The nice immigration lady kindly told me that they had not...
More Ghanaian Migrants Languishing In Italy
The number of irregular migrants from Ghana to Italy rose from 4,450 last year, to 5,545 from January to November, this year, Sylvia Lopez-Ekra, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM)...
Hijackers Arrested As Drama Ends Peacefully
The hijacking of a Libyan plane has ended peacefully after the men who seized control surrendered in Malta. The domestic flight with 118 people on board was hijacked after taking off from Sabha,...
Man Waves Gaddafi Flag From Plane
A man has emerged from a hijacked Libyan jet waving a flag associated with the late former leader, Muammar Gaddafi, during a stand-off in Malta. The man appeared after most of the 118 people on board...
Hijacked Libyan Plane Lands In Malta With 118 On Board
A Libyan plane with 118 people on board has landed in Malta in what the island’s prime minister called a “potential hijack situation”. The Airbus A320 was on an internal flight for Afriqiyah...
Libyan Plane In ‘potential Hijack’ To Malta
A Libyan passenger plane with 118 people on board has been forced to land in Malta in what the Maltese prime minister called a “potential hijack situation”. The Airbus A320 was flying inside...
Asian Shares Slip In Holiday-Thinned Trade, Focus Turns To U.S. Data
Asian shares struggled on Thursday after a lacklustre performance on Wall Street as investors looked to U. S. economic data later in the day for potential catalysts, as markets wind down ahead of the...
Libya Deports More Than 100 African Migrants
Libyan authorities on Tuesday deported around 140 African migrants, who had previously arrived in Tripoli illegally via the Mediterranean. Head of Protocol at Libya’s Illegal Immigration Body,...
Syria Remains the World’s Most Dangerous Country For Journalists
At least 57 journalists have been killed around the world in 2016 while doing their job, Reporters Without Borders said on Monday. The press freedom group said 19 were killed in Syria alone, followed...
Africans Must Invest In Defence Technologies For Their Own Security
The killing of Gaddafi on 20 October 2011 by NATO came as a shock to most Africans. While it is regrettable that he died such a terrible death, he was partly responsible for his own misfortune. He...
Mother ‘kills’ Baby To Marry Libyan Boyfriend
A heartless mother has killed her own son in order to pave way for her to marry her returnee Libyan burger. The woman who got pregnant and gave birth while her secret lover was seeking greener...
Chambas’ Soft Talk Won’t Force Jammeh To Step Down!
The Gambian President, Yahya Jammeh, will be “strongly sanctioned” if he tries to stay in power, the UN’s regional envoy, Mohammed Ibn Chambas, is quoted as saying by the Daily Graphic. Yahya...
Sarkozy A Step Closer To Facing Trial Over Campaign Finance Scandal
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy moved a step closer to facing trial over campaign funding irregularities on Thursday when a court rejected a defense request to halt proceedings against one of...
Skipper Guilty Over 700 Migrant Deaths
A Tunisian captain has been found guilty of causing the sinking of a boat in which 700 migrants died in April 2015. Mohammed Ali Malek, who had denied being the boat’s captain, was given 18 years...
In The Face Of Peace And Conflict- Ghana’s Election 2016
I have been following for the past few months on various campaign trails of many of the political parties within the country. To be perfectly clear most of the campaigns been carried out are not the...
Military Intervention In Gambia Not A Good Idea – Expert
A lecturer at the Legon Center for International Affairs and Diplomacy (LECIAD) Dr Ken Ahorsu has warned against military intervention in Gambia following confusion over the recently held election...