Tag Archives: FORCES

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) have rejected accusations that their officers intentionally fired upon innocent civilians in Bawku, resulting in three casualties. In a press release dated January 20, the GAF clarified that the incident occurred during a night foot patrol around Hasania School at Sabongari. According to the GAF …

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has once again criticised President Akufo-Addo’s stance on the Criminal Offences Amendment Bill 2023, 1 and 2, and the Ghana Armed Forces Amendment Bill 2023, stating that it not only contradicts constitutional procedure but also raises concerns about the future of Private Members’ Bills. …

Angry Minister of Roads and Highway, Kwasi Amoako Atta ordered the arrest of two illegal miners and forced them to wash mud on portions of tarred Akrofufu to Twapease road in Atiwa West District in Eastern region. The illegal miners were carting excavator with low bed truck vehicle from their …

A British Airways (BA) flight was forced to return to the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi on Monday after being in the skies for two hours following the closure of Niger’s airspace by the junta on Sunday. The airline confirmed the incident saying that flight BA64, which left …

Residents and survivors of an alleged massacre in a Burkina Faso village say 136 people, including women and infants, were killed as they blamed security forces for the April 20 attack. “We were on the way to the well with my donkey when we saw them moving towards us,” Belem …

For many people who have been critically following the happenings with regard to the killing of a young soldier at Taifa-Ashaiman in the Greater Accra Region on March 4, 2023, there is the begging issue of the roles the two top security apparatus’ in the country played. Having been awoken …

The Ghana Armed Forces has announced that the whereabouts of its Senior Military Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Peter Amoah is unknown. According to a notice signed by E Aggrey Quashie, the Director General of Public Relations of the Ghana Armed Forces, Lieutenant Colonel Peter Amoah was last seen on February 23, …

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has refuted news publications alleging that some of its officers are being chased by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for stealing $800,000 which was to be used as allowances for peacekeeping troops. According to GAF, the said $800,000 was paid to the …

Head of Public Affairs at the Ghana Cocoa Board, Fiifi Boafo, says illegal mining activities in water bodies have compelled cocoa farmers to transport water from home to their various farms for use. This, he said, has led to a high cost of operations for cocoa farmers since they would …

Security forces in Sri Lanka raided the main anti-government protest camp in the capital early on Friday, arresting protesters and dismantling tents. Hundreds of troops and police commandos moved on the protesters outside the presidential offices in Colombo, hours before they were due to leave the area. A BBC video …