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Israel has deployed tanks and troops to its border with Gaza, as it mulls whether to launch a ground operation in the territory after days of violence. Conflict raged throughout Thursday as Palestinian militants fired rockets into Israel and the Israeli army maintained a barrage of air strikes. More than …

  A routine patrol duty on the Anwiankwanta-Obuasi highway turned bloody as suspected robbers engaged police in a fierce gun battle. The patrol team from the Jacobu District Command in the Ashanti Region said the incident occured Tuesday dawn when at least four armed gang emerged when they reached the …

A goods train collided with a bakkie at a level crossing early on Thursday in the Free State. Image: SAPS Two farm workers were killed when a goods train collided with a bakkie early on Thursday at a railway crossing in the Free State. The collision happened at 6.38am near Alpha …

  Somalia has formally written to the African Union to stall its decision to send former Ghana President John Dramani Mahama to the country as the AU High Representative for Somalia in an effort to mediate the political impasse in the country. In a letter dated Sunday, May 9, 2021, Somalia’s Foreign …

Former AIDS Ambassador, Joyce Dzidzor Mensah is calling on Ghanaians for financial support. Dzidor who is domiciled in Germany is asking for support to buy a ticket to come to Ghana to settle her pending issues with the CID. According to Dzidzor in a Facebook post sighted by My News …

Two people died on Sunday when a taxi cab rammed into a drinking spot at Chirapatre near Asokwa in the Ashanti Region. The Motor Traffic Transport Department of the Ghana Police Service said it has detained the driver of the Ford Scorpion saloon car with registration number GR 8389 V …

  The carcass of a male elephant has been found in the North-Eastern part of Ghana in what has been called “a suspected poaching spree” in the West Mamprusi enclave. The remains were discovered Saturday at Kpaloo, a farming community in between the Wungu and Mishio suburbs in the North …

  Tension is brewing at Ofoase in the Akyemansa District in the Eastern Region after Police allegedly shot one person to death leaving three others with severe gunshot wounds. The injured are on admission at Akyem Oda government Hospital. The body of 36-year-old Emmanuel Osae has been deposited at the …

Two persons are in critical condition after they sustained gunshot wounds in an armed robbery attack at Gomoa Ojobi in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region. The robbers attacked two fuel station attendants who worked at Siigo Filling Station between Gomoa Ojobi and Gomoa Anapansu all in the …

IMAGE COPYRIGHTGETTY IMAGES Twitter delivered a surprise for Africa when it said it was establishing a regional headquarters in the West African nation of Ghana, triggering vigorous debate about the business environment for technology start-ups across the continent. For the social media giant, its decision was based on shared values …