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Kwame Ato Asare Ani, an alleged leader of a galamsey (illegal small-scale mining) gang in Axim, a community in the West Region, has made headlines over the past few days after a viral video showed a policeman on his knees begging him. GhanaWeb on Sunday, April 2, 2023, reported about a …

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has invited 8 Ashanti regional executives of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) today over illegal wearing of Military camouflage for political party activities during former President John Mahama’s campaign tour last week in the region. The said executives are said to be members of …

Alfred Kwame Agbesi, the former National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for the Ashaiman Constituency has condemned the military swoop of March 7 on a part of the Ashaiman township. Likening the swoop to a declaration of war on the people in the constituency, Agbesi said anyone interested in …

Former president John Dramani Mahama on March 8, 2023 formally reacted to a military swoop that took place a day earlier at Ashaiman, a suburb of Accra. Mahama’s statement posted on his official Facebook page addressed the three legs of the ongoing saga that started with the killing of a …

The Military High Command has confirmed authorizing what they call a “swoop” on the Ashaiman township in search of killers of a young soldier on March 4, 2023. The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) issued a statement in the morning of March 8, 2023 stated that the action was targeted at …

Some 72 youth of Ashaiman in the Greater Accra Region where a soldier was killed over the weekend have been rounded up by personnel of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) in a dawn swoop. The suspects have been sent to Michel Camp near Tema to be investigated by the military …

Member of Parliament, Ernest Norgbey, has confirmed to GhanaWeb that some military personnel in Ashaiman appear to have taken the law into their hands, moving from house to house and brutalizing residents in the area. This comes after videos of the incident captured by some residents went viral on social …

On Saturday evening, March 4, 2023, armed military men stormed and disrupted a birthday party organized in Gamashie (James-Town) by two young men claiming to be members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Queer community. The reasons for the storming of the party are unknown, but according to eyewitnesses, some …

A serving soldier at the Bundase military training camp has reportedly died from a bomb explosion incident. According to a report by Dailyguidenetwork.com sighted by GhanaWeb, the incident occurred on February 28, 2023, at the camp located near Saglemi in the Ningo Prampram District. The deceased is said to have …

He said this at his headquarters in Bwizibwera where he was handing over various projects to people living in Mbarara District. The deputy commander of Uganda’s land forces, Major General Francis Takirwa, has said that homosexuality in the country is unnatural, shameful and not okay. He also told people working …