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Malian MPs endorse military rule till 2027

Malian lawmakers have unanimously approved a transitional roadmap okaying a five-year tenure for the military junta in charge. The vote means the Assimi Goita-led junta has until 2027 to conduct the next democratic election. Failure to abide by a February 2022 electoral timeline triggered sanctions from regional bloc, ECOWAS late …

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Atta Mills was never sent to 37 Military Hospital’s maternity ward – Fmr State Protocol Director clarifies

A former Director of State Protocol, Kwame Tenkorang, has clarified the widely popular claims that on the day the late former President of Ghana, John Evans Atta Mills, died, he was conveyed to the hospital in the bucket of a pick-up vehicle. He also categorically stated that it is untrue …

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Fake military officer arrested for alleged extortion

The Central Command Headquarters of the Ghana Army has arrested a 38-year-old man for posing as a military commander and allegedly extorting monies from illegal miners at Amansie West Africa. The suspect, identified as Jonas Afriyie Poku is “a physically challenged lotto agent from Pokukrom” in the Ashanti Region. The …

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Military, Police arrest 7 suspected robbers at the NPP’s delegates conference in Kumasi

Video Archive Mon, 20 Dec 2021Source: Richard Obeng Bediako, Contributor Eight suspected criminals have been arrested by the Ashanti Regional Police Command at the ongoing National Delegates’ Conference of the ruling New Patriotic Party at Kumasi. The suspected criminals allegedly invaded the Heroes park and started picking pockets of the delegates …

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Military bulldozes 3-storey building ravaged by fire at Makola

Personnel from the 48 Engineer Regiment of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) have successfully pulled down the three-storey building ravaged by fire at the Okaishie-Makola market in the Central Business District (CBD) of Accra. The exercise follows a recommendation by a committee set up by the Chief Executive of the …

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EU member states endorse military training mission in Mozambique

  The 27-member states of the European Union endorsed today, Wednesday, June 30, the concept of crisis management of the future European Union military training mission in Mozambique, taking the first step towards its formalization, diplomatic sources told Lusa. At the last meeting of EU ambassadors under the Portuguese presidency …

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Cameroon: Military under attack

At least 10 soldiers were killed and a police station was raided yesterday in different locations in southwest Cameroon, this comes at a time when the Cameroonian army has just completed the operation called ‘Bui Clean’. The mission which began on May 15, aimed at neutralizing the operations of separatists …

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How Fathia Nkrumah’s personal assistant was abused by the military at the Flagstaff House

  • Emma Florence Yaa Adinyira Amedahe has been speaking about her ordeal when Nkrumah was overthrown • She revealed that, the military abused her and took her belongings • She disclosed that Fathia told her that Kwame Nkrumah was a womaniser She served as the lady-in-waiting to the then …

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Military officer killed by armed robbers

• Sgt. Odei Job Kwame was killed by armed robbers on the Prang-Kintampo road • He sustained gunshot wounds during a robbery operation • The officer until his unfortunate demise was stationed at the 3BN at Sunyani in the Bono Region Some suspected armed robbers have killed a military officer …

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Military task force returns to Kate Gyamfua’s site; burns other equipment

The anti-galamsey military task force (Operation Halt) returned to the mining site of National Women’s Organizer of the ruling New Patriotic Party Kate Gyamfua to burn other mining equipment. The task force, according to an eyewitness, returned to the site on Monday, May 17, 2021 to burn a faulty excavator …

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