ISIS Next Place Is Mali
Mali, with a population of some 12 million, and a landmass three and a half times the size of Germany, is a land-locked largely Saharan Desert country in the center of western Africa, bordered by...
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Police Officer Launches Maiden Devotional Book
A young Police officer with the Swedru Divisional Police Command, Detective Lance Corporal Daniel Ofori Sackey, recently took his obsession with the gospel work to a new height when he took a...
Air Strike Hits Children’s Hospital In Syria’s Aleppo
An air strike has hit a children's hospital in Syria's eastern Aleppo, forcing its medical staff to evacuate their patients, including several newborn babies still in incubators. The moment of the...
Turkish Officers ‘seeking Nato Asylum’
A number of Turkish officers posted to Nato have sought asylum since the country's failed military coup in July, Nato's secretary-general has said. Jens Stoltenberg said the officers had requested...
Trump Is Committed To NATO – Obama
U. S. President Barack Obama said on Monday his successor Donald Trump, a frequent North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) critic on the presidential campaign trail, was committed to NATO. “In my...
We’re Ready To Defend Ghana If Duty Calls – Veteran Soldiers
Veteran soldiers who fought in World War I in 1918 are advising Ghanaian youth not to engage in any violent activities that will destabilized the country’s peace and security as Ghana prepares for...
USAID Donates Food To Boko Haram Affected Regions In Nigeria
USAID Deploys Disaster Assistance Response Team to Nigeria USAID is promoting an increasingly proactive monitoring approach to quickly report on the alarming conditions in newly accessible parts of...
John Kerry Asserts US Is Still A Global Player
US Secretary of State, John Kerry has touted the United States’ engagement around the world and efforts it has put into supporting people, around the globe. The US, he said, was through various...
The Many Troubles That Awaits Next US President
POTUS 45 won't have much time to celebrate. After a bruising brawl of a campaign, the next US commander in chief will inherit a world with the toughest array of foreign policy challenges in decades....
No Retreat From Mosul Assault
Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi told his followers on Thursday there could be no retreat in a "total war" against the forces arrayed against them, as advancing soldiers battled the...
Shi’ite Militias Launch Offensive To Seal Off Western Mosul
Iraqi Shi'ite militias said on Saturday they had launched an offensive towards the west of Mosul, an operation that would tighten the noose around Islamic State's Iraq stronghold but could inflame...
Spain Says Refuelling Request Withdrawn
Russia has withdrawn a request for three warships to dock at the Spanish port of Ceuta for refuelling, following concern among Nato allies. The Spanish foreign ministry says the stopovers have now...
Somali Pirates’ Hostages ‘ate Rats’ To Survive
A group of sailors who were held hostage by Somali pirates for nearly five years survived in part by eating rats, one survivor has told the BBC. Filipino sailor Arnel Balbero said they were also only...
Asian Sailors Freed By Somali Pirates Arrive In Kenya For Flights Home
26 Asian sailors freed after more than four years of captivity in a small fishing village in Somalia arrived in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Sunday, ahead of flights home, a maritime expert said....
US Defence Chief Ash Carter Makes Surprise Visit To Iraq
Mr. Carter is in Iraq to meet with Iraqi leaders and military commanders The US defence secretary has arrived on an unannounced visit to Iraq to assess the progress of the offensive against so-called...
Recapturing City ‘will Take 2 Months’
The fight in Mosul is projected to last 60 days The battle to recapture Mosul from ISIS could take two months, a Peshmerga military commander told CNN on Tuesday, the second day of the long-awaited...
Warning Leaflets Dropped On ISIS Stronghold
The Iraqi Air Force dropped thousands of leaflets over Mosul on Saturday night to warn residents of a looming offensive on the ISIS-held city. "It's victory time," blares a headline on the...
UN Pleads With Ghana To Deployed 170 Police Peacekeepers To South Sudan
The United Nations is requesting additional 170 police peacekeepers from Ghana to be deployed in South Sudan in January, 2017. Ghana currently has a 440 police peacekeeping force in South Sudan, the...
Introducing the Grand Marshall H.E. John Dramani Mahama
Some people run for cover when he appeared in the village square, elegantly dressed in full military attire. The last time these people checked, it was a certain military attired Caucasian-Negro in...
A Tale of Two Brothers and A Murder With Boom Link
A tale of two brothers and a murder with Boom link It is shocking by every stretch of imagination. But good old nature has its own way of softening the impact of devastation on life generally. For...