Akufo-Addo Can’t Clean Accra
It will be difficult, if not impossible, for President Nana Akufo-Addo to deliver on his promise to make Accra the cleanest city in Africa, Brig. Gen. Joseph Nunoo-Mensah (rtd) has said. “I’ll...
Tag: War_Conflict
Memorial Held For Victims of May 9 Stadium Tragedy
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Isaac Asiamah laying a wreath at the May 9 Memorial A memorial service has been held at the Accra Sports Stadium in honour of the 127 football fans who lost their...
Second German Soldier Is Arrested Over Far-Right Plot
German police have arrested a second soldier over a far-right plot to assassinate politicians and blame it on migrants. The suspect, identified only as Maximilian T., 27, was stationed at the same...
China Says It Tested New Missile In Northeastern Sea
China has recently tested a new type of guided missile in a northeastern sea near the Korean peninsula, the defence ministry said Tuesday, hours after South Korean elections and amid regional...
Soldier Lashes Driver, Mate For Wrongful Parking At 37
A driver and his mate endured some painful strokes of a cane on Friday morning from a man in military uniform at 37 for allegedly violating road traffic regulations. An amateur video footage...
34 Dead, 2,000 Sick With Suspected Cholera In Yemen
Thirty-four people have died of cholera-related causes and more than 2,000 have been taken ill in less than two weeks in Yemen, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. "There have been 34...
Peacekeeper Killed In Attack In C. Africa
A UN peacekeeper was killed and four others were missing following an attack on their convoy in the southeast of Central African Republic, the UN said Tuesday. The convoy was attacked on Monday...
Soldier Lashes Driver, Mate For Wrongful Parking At 37 [Video]
A driver and his mate endured some painful strokes of a cane on Friday morning from a man in military uniform at 37 for allegedly violating road traffic regulations. An amateur video footage...
DR Congo Police Surround Opposition HQ In ‘tomb Row’
About 100 riot police surrounded the main opposition party HQ in the DR Congo capital Kinshasa Tuesday, an AFP correspondent said, while a party spokesman claimed authorities wanted to stop them...
Seven Anti-Corruption Activists Kidnapped In Baghdad
Armed men have kidnapped seven young Iraqi anti-corruption activists in central Baghdad, security sources and a civil society leader said Tuesday. "Unidentified gunmen in SUVs abducted seven...
Iraq Forces Advance In West Mosul
Iraqi forces announced on Tuesday they had retaken yet another neighbourhood of western Mosul, tightening the noose around jihadists holed up in the Old City. Forces from the elite Counter-Terrorism...
Car Bomb Hits Thailand’s Troubled South, Injures 51
More than 50 people including children were injured on Tuesday when a car bomb exploded outside a supermarket in Thailand's insurgency-plagued south, police said, the largest attack for months on a...
Police Fire Tear Gas As Angry Youth Charge On Them In Tema
The police in Tema resorted to the firing of gas on angry youth in an area called U-Town at Tema New Town during a stand-off between the youth and the police Tuesday morning. The youth attacked the...
Sri Lanka Evicts Thousands of Wasps Ahead of Modi Visit
Sri Lanka has taken the unusual step of clearing thousands of wasps from a tea plantation to ensure Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not stung during his upcoming visit. Police in Hatton, 125...
Car Bomb Hits Thailand’s Troubled South, Injures 40
At least 40 people were wounded Tuesday when a car bomb exploded outside a supermarket in Thailand's insurgency-plagued south, police said, the largest attack for months on a civilian target in the...
Looters Cause Chaos At Deadly Philippine Fire
Looters mobbed a deadly slum fire in the Philippine capital on Tuesday, pulling roofing sheets and electric wire from singed homes as firemen scrambled to contain the blaze. Riot police surrounded...
Abbas Says Ready To Meet Israel PM As Part of Trump Peace Efforts
Mahmud Abbas said Tuesday Donald Trump was expected to visit the Palestinian territories "soon" and that he was ready to meet Israel's prime minister as part of the US president's peace efforts....
Ghana Marks 16 Years Anniversary of May 9 Disaster Today
Today, May 9, 2017, marks exactly 16 years after Ghana recorded its worst sports related disaster at the Accra Sports Stadium during a football match between Kumasi Asante Kotoko and Accra Hearts of...
Suspected Car Bombs Wound At Least 40 People In Pattani, Thailand
Dozens of people have been injured in a double bombing, believed to have been set off by Muslim separatists, in front of a supermarket in Thailand. The blasts happened in the southern city of Pattani...
Our Men Don’t Engage In Galamsey; GAF Refutes National Security
The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has refuted claims that its officers are involved in galamsey activities in some parts of the country as stated in a confidential National Security report. Director,...