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Stop Giving Free Fuel Coupons To MPs, Deputy Ministers, Deputy CEO and reserve it for our security services – Nana Kweku Ofori Atta

  The upcoming shortage of fuel is going to be a security threat on our security services operations, health sector, Navy, military and fire services. Generally it’s going to affect our economy seriously. It will create serious problems which government can’t solve.Government have to act quickly on that threat. Free fuel …

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Meet Ibrahim Traore: The 34-year-old military leader of Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso currently has the youngest leader on the continent thanks to a coup d’etat that deposed a coup leader on September 30, 2022. Between January 2022 and the last day of September 2022, Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba was in charge as a military ruler having led a coup …

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VIDEO: Odumase Krobo residents mobilizing amidst tension over alleged military brutalities

Residents of Odumase Krobo in the Eastern Region are alleging that they are being brutaliised by some military personnel. Currently, the residents are mobilizing on the streets of Odumase Krobo right from Nuaso community and they are chanting songs while the military and police are patrolling the area. Meanwhile, the Electricity Company of Ghana …

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Sierra Leone president replaces top military brass after deadly protest

Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has reshuffled the top leadership of the country’s military, two days after a deadly protest rocked the West African country. On Friday, Peter K. Lavahun was promoted from Major General to Lt General and appointed new Chief of Defence Staff, replacing Lt General Sullay …

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LIVESTREAMED: Akufo-Addo speaks at graduation of soldiers at Ghana Military Academy

The Ghana Armed forces is holding a colourful graduation parade ceremony at the Ghana Military Academy in Teshie. President AKufo-Addo is the guest of honour for the occasion and is expected to address the congress. Some of the graduands will be given awards for their performance. Watch the live stream …

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Pelosi vows China will not isolate Taiwan as military tensions soar

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi vowed that China would not succeed in isolating Taiwan, as she capped off her Asia tour on Friday amid a flurry of Chinese military exercises that have sent fears of conflict in the region skyrocketing. Pelosi’s brief and unannounced trip this week to Taiwan brought to the fore …

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VIDEO: Military vehicle and ‘trotro’ crash on Dawhenya road

A military vehicle and a commercial bus (trotro) have been involved in an accident on the Dawhenya road in the Greater Accra Region. The incident occurred on Saturday morning. Scores of commuters were stranded as the crash led to vehicular traffic. The cause of the accident is, however, not immediately …

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Conflicts in the North: Govt establishes 15 New Military bases in the Northern frontier

The government has authorized the Ministry of Defense to establish 15 brand new Military bases in Northern Ghana to deal with internal conflicts and border threats that can spill into the country, MyNewsGh.com reports. This information was contained in the briefing of Ghana’s Minister for Defence and Member of Parliament …

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Watch how military brutalized suspected ‘galamseyers’

GhanaWeb has sighted a viral video of suspected illegal small-scale mining (galamsey) operators lying prostrate in dirty and muddy water surrounded by some officers in military uniform with guns. It has emerged that some personnel of the Ghana Armed Forces working to prevent illegal mining activities in the Ashanti region have …

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