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Ghanaian musician Kwaw Kese has in a tweet commented on the ongoing political turmoil in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, expressing his hopes that Ghanaian politicians are taking note of the regional instability. The West African region has been grappling with numerous challenges in recent times, with political instability and armed conflicts …

The Managing Editor of the Insight Newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, has lambasted the alleged police commissioner featured in a leaked tape in which plans are being hatched to allegedly oust Inspector-General of Police George Akuffo Dampare ahead of the 2024 polls. Speaking on Metro TV’s Good Morning Ghana programme on July 12, 2023, …

In the late hours of Friday, June 23, news reports began to emerge of mercenary group from Russia, Wagner saying its mercenaries have seized “all military facilities” in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don. Leader of the group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, in an earlier video message, said President Vladimir Putin had made …

The leading suspect in a treason case in the country, Dr. Frederick Mac-Palm – who has been accused of trying to stage a coup against President Akufo-Addo, has reportedly died. According to a citinewsroom.com report, even though details of his death are sketchy, he was said to have collapsed in …

Twenty-five people have been arrested in raids across Germany on suspicion of plotting to overthrow the government. The group of far-right and ex-military figures are said to have prepared for a “Day X” to storm the Reichstag parliament building and seize power. A minor aristocrat named as Prince Heinrich XIII, …

The events of May 15, 1979 during a mutiny attempt by some junior rank officers of the Ghana Armed Forces set the tone for what would later become a bloody usurping of the then government. The Supreme Military Council which deposed a democratically elected government in October 1972, witnessed a …

Veteran journalist Kwesi Pratt Jnr has said that he is very scared about what the current hardships in the country might lead to. According to him, the government is failing to prove that our democracy is working to improve the livelihood of Ghanaians. Pratt Junior, who made these remarks in a Good …

The young army officer who seized power in Burkina Faso’s latest coup has been sworn in as interim president. As he took the oath of office, Capt Ibrahim Traoré, 34, promised to win back territory from Islamist militants, and to hold elections in July 2024. The ceremony was streamed live …

Army Captain Lt. Col. Ibrahim Traore who ousted military leader, Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Damiba has emerged with reasons for his actions. Col. Traore noted that Col. Damiba failed to honour his pledge to halt Islamist attacks, for which reason he overthrew the elected government in January. Col. Damiba’s administration has …

The West African regional bloc, Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, has condemned the September 30, 2022 coup that took place in Burkina Faso, where a new military junta overthrew another. What started out as an exchange of heavy gunfire on Friday morning was confirmed late in the evening …