Somalia's Islamist militant group al Shabaab attacked a town in a region near Kenya's border, killing at least seven Somali soldiers, the group and Somali officials said. Al Shabaab, which regularly...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) which was established under a multilateral treaty called the “Rome Statute” (which was adopted on 17 July 1998 and entered into force on 1 July, 2002) is...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Syrian rebel groups are exploiting the current ceasefire to regroup. He said the US, which backs some rebel groups, was more focused on retaining their...
A legal brain has flayed President John Mahama over his obsession for military uniforms anytime he visits military installations in recent times. Prof. Stephen Kweku Asare argues although Mahama per...
A year ago, the foundation of our fledgling democracy was shaken. A large number of Ghanaians, under the aegis of the Let My Vote Count (LMVC) Alliance on a peaceful demonstration against the bloated...
Police in Germany have tightened security for this year's Oktoberfest over terrorism fears. The world's biggest beer festival will be fenced off for the first time to ensure visitors go through...
The armed forces are ill-prepared to defend the UK against a serious military attack, a senior commander warned the defence secretary. In a memo before he retired in April as head of Joint Forces...
The Pentagon says a US air strike has killed one of so-called Islamic State's most senior leaders, Wa'il Adil Hasan Salman al-Fayad, in Syria. Also known as "Dr Wa'il", he was minister of information...
The Let My Vote Count Alliance (LMVCA) pressure group of opposition NPP converged at the Okaishie Drug Lane in Accra to commemorate the one year anniversary of their demonstration that led to an...
President John Dramani Mahama has revealed that Ghana is joining forces with other African countries to combat terrorism in the West African sub-region. “As a government, we are making all efforts...
President John Mahama has reiterated government's commitment to ensuring the credibility of the upcoming elections to safeguard the country's democracy. This comes as the country prepares to go to...
Government has introduced a 700-dollar leave allowance for all military officers on external peace keeping operations. Speaking at the 2016 Ghana Military Academy graduation parade at Teshie in Accra...
President John Mahama has approved an increase in the allowances of all soldiers who embark on peacekeeping missions to 700 dollars and allowance for all uniformed personnel has also been increased...
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's insistence that Palestinians want the "ethnic cleansing" of Jews in the West Bank "unacceptable and...
A former army officer and his family were killed in a grenade attack on their home in Burundi, a government official said on Thursday, the latest episode in political violence that has plagued the...
The Syrian cease-fire agreed to last week by Russia and the United States has reduced violence in the short term, but there are troubling signs it may collapse like previous attempts to end the war,...
Four UK soldiers who "forced" an Iraqi boy into a canal and let him drown have been condemned by a judge investigating civilian deaths in the Iraq War. Ahmed Jabbar Kareem Ali, who was 15, died in...
Thousands of pro-Ali Bongo supporters marched in Gabon’s capital Libreville on Wednesday, as a show of solidarity with the president after his re-election in the August 27th polls was disputed by...
Floods in North Korea that have left hundreds dead or missing are the "worst disaster" to hit the country since World War II, state media said on Wednesday. The official KCNA news agency did not give...
The repatriation of Somali refugees from the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya fails to meet international standards for voluntary return, a Human Rights Watch Report has found. The organisation says many...
