Tag Archives: military

WATCH: How Military task force burns 8 excavators belonging to NPP’s Kate Gyamfua

  The ongoing crackdown on illegal mining activities by the 200-man Operation Halt military team saw the burning of at least 20 excavators at Larbikrom, Dompem and Pamen, all in the Atiwa District on Sunday. Reports indicate that 8 out of the number of excavators burnt on Sunday belonged to …

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Takoradi Market Circle shuts down from Monday; police, military to ‘check’ traders

Sekondi-Takoradi mayor Abdul Issah Mumin has announced that the Takoradi Market Circle will be closed down to all forms of trading activities from Monday, May 3. The Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Chief Executive explains that the directive is to enable the assembly to hand over the market to the contractor for redevelopment …

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Myanmar coup: ‘Dozens killed’ in military crackdown in Bago

IMAGE COPYRIGHTREUTERSimage captionProtests have been going on in Bago, as in other cities, for more than two months More than 80 people have been killed by Myanmar security forces in a crackdown on a protest in the city of Bago, activists say. The military is reported to have taken away …

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Residents besiege police station over shooting of taxi driver by Military

Angry residents of Asamankese in the Eastern region on Monday, April 5, 2021, mounted roadblocks and later besieged a Police station over the shooting to death of a taxi driver who is also a lumber dealer by Military officers. The deceased -Yaw George, 33, was shot Monday morning while driving …

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Evidence suggests Ethiopian military carried out massacre in Tigray

An investigation by BBC Africa Eye has uncovered evidence that a massacre in northern Ethiopia was carried out by members of the Ethiopian military. It also reveals the precise location of the atrocity, in which at least 15 men were killed. In early March, a series of five video clips …

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Nigeria gunmen kill police, military personnel, burn security vehicles

    Some unidentified gunmen for di early hours of Tuesday 30 March 2021 kill one Chief Superintendent of Police, Benedict Okoh Ajide and oda police officers for Essien Udim Local Goment Area of Akwa Ibom state. Tori be say di gunmen down di house of Benedict Okoh Ajide and …

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Scuffle between Police and Military at Michel Camp

A scuffle has ensued between some Military Officers from Michel Camp and some Police Personnel over some men allegedly picked by the police at Kakasunanka number one during a swoop to fish out people involved in the use of narcotics. According to an eyewitness who spoke to the Ghana News …

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Military men on rampage at Asutuare, civilians assaulted

Some men believed to be military personnel with the Ghana Airforce Saturday afternoon allegedly bullied some innocent civilians near Asutuare Junction in the Shai Osudoku District of the Greater Accra Region. GhanaWeb gathered that the purported military personnel went berserk in the area and allegedly assaulted five labourers working on a …

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Prof Gyampo condemns military ‘aide’ for Akufo-Addo’s lawyer Frank Davies

Prof. Ransford Gampo, a Lecturer at the University of Ghana Political Science Department has questioned why a Military officer will be made to be carrying the bag of a private legal practitioner. A photo of a Lawyer and a Military Officer who was carrying his bag to court has gone …

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South African military ends hijab ban

South Africa’s military has changed its religious dress policy to allow Muslim women to wear hijabs with their military uniform, according to a rights organisation that had challenged the policy in court. The Legal Resources Centre said the changes followed discussions with the South Africa National Defence Force (SANDF). The …

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