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NDC’s Call To Its Members Could Create Anarchy – Rev Asante
The Chairman of the National Peace Council, Most Rev Professor Emmanuel Asante, says the call by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to its supporters to defend themselves in the event of attacks,...
EU Extends Russia Sanctions Over Ukraine
EU leaders have agreed to extend economic sanctions against Russia for six more months. Earlier, France and Germany complained that the Minsk peace deal for Ukraine was still not being fulfilled....
Thousands Evacuated From East Aleppo
More than 3,000 people have been evacuated in buses and ambulances from a besieged rebel-held enclave in the Syrian city of Aleppo, officials say. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)...
Central African Republic Violence Worsening Despite Vote
Violent clashes are spreading in Central African Republic despite successful polls that elected a new government earlier this year, U. N. sanctions monitors have reported to the Security Council. The...
Ethiopian Troop Withdrawal From Somalia Exposes Peacekeeping Problems
Since October, Ethiopia has been withdrawing troops from Somalia. The redeployment highlights problems with the international community’s funding of military operations in Africa. The Ethiopian...
Uganda’s Rwenzururu King Charles Mumbere ‘to Get Own Cook’ In Prison
A Ugandan king facing terror charges should have a private cook and a small fridge in prison, a court has ordered. Charles Mumbere, the king of Rwenzururu, is entitled to these privileges because he...
Germany Deports Rejected Afghan Asylum Seekers
At least 34 Afghan asylum seekers arrived in their home country after being deported from Germany a day earlier, a Kabul airport official said. The group was the first to arrive back in Afghanistan...
Defend Yourselves When Attacked
The chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Portuphy, has urged party supporters to defend themselves whenever they are attacked by supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). NDC...
NDC Urges Members To Defend Themselves Against NPP Attacks
The National Democratic Congress says it has had enough of attacks allegedly being perpetuated by activists of the New Patriotic Party, and has asked its members to respond in equal measure if the...
Defend Yourselves – NDC Charges Members
The National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress, Kofi Portuphy has charged members of the party to retaliate and defend themselves if they are attacked by supposed supporters of the New...
One Killed As Aleppo Medical Convoy Comes Under Fire
Ambulances trying to evacuate people from rebel-held eastern Aleppo on Thursday came under fire from fighters loyal to the Syrian government, who killed at least one person, a rescue service...
Suicide Car Bomb Explodes At Checkpoint In Mogadishu
A suicide car bomb exploded on Thursday at a checkpoint near Somalia's national theater in the capital Mogadishu, killing the bomber, police said. There was no immediate word on whether anybody else...
South Sudan Leader Calls For National Dialogue To End 3-Year Civil War
South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir has called for a national dialogue to end the country’s three-year civil war. Kiir’s call comes at the start of the traditional fighting season and on the eve...
Aleppo Evacuation Deal Back On
A deal to evacuate the last rebel-held part of eastern Aleppo is back on, opposition fighters say, a day after a previous agreement fell through. Rebel fighters and civilians in the Syrian city had...
Security Measures Averted Escalation of Post-Election Violence
The Police Administration believes it has done enough to ensure the post-election disturbances does not escalate. The Director of Public Affairs of the Ghana Police Service, Superintendent Cephas...
New French PM Cazeneuve Is Racing Against Time
Less than five months before the first round of presidential elections, France’s new government has desperate little time to accomplish any policy goals. But the new prime minister, Bernard...
Saudi Rejects Interference In Yemen
Saudi Arabia is determined to prevent external "interference" in neighbouring war-torn Yemen, King Salman said in an annual address on Thursday. He did not explicitly refer to the kingdom's regional...
Aleppo Civilians Face Fresh Nightmare After Glimmer of Hope
In the last rebel-held pocket of Aleppo, residents were bidding a tearful farewell to their battleground city, expecting to evacuate, only to be plunged back into a familiar nightmare. "Bombing is...
We’ll Go After Mahama’s Appointees For Surplus of Loot
The Brong Ahafo Regional youth organizer of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Kwame Baffoe a.k.a Abronye DC has warned appointees in the outgoing government to brace themselves for his...