Tag Archives: protest

The Ashanti Region is undoubtedly a crucial zone to the electoral fortunes of the governing New Patriotic Party, NPP, but in recent weeks and months, it is proving to be a catalyst for protest against economic hardship. Long before the economy-related protests, the region saw a rise in political agitation …

Level 400 students at the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), have been migrated to a new Online Students Information system (OSIS) from Integrated Tertiary System (ITS), Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP). This was in a statement by the Management of the University, issued on September 26 from the Office of the …

Eighteen people have died after police in Madagascar opened fire on what they called a lynch mob angered at the kidnapping of a child with albinism, a senior doctor has said. Dozens were also wounded in the incident on Monday. “Of the 34 injured, nine are between life and death,” …

The Nation Builders Trainees Association of Ghana has rescheduled its planned protest at the Jubilee House from August 10 to August 18, according to a statement from its communication team. The Association said the decision was reached to enable its leaders to “notify the Ghana Police Service of our intention …

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 …

Eight police officers were killed during violent anti-government protests in Sierra Leone on Wednesday, the country’s youth minister told CNN on Thursday. The officers, six men and two women, were “brutalized” and killed in the area where the protests held on Wednesday, youth minister Mohamed Orman Bangura said. Hundreds of …

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 …

Major Leader and Member of Parliament for Suame, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has alleged that the members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) were behind an attack on him by some persons in his constituency. Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu suggested that an NDC group in his constituency, who were not willing to listen to him, during a …

Kwame Governs Agbodza, the Member of Parliament for Adaklu has alleged that a July 18 protest against the Majority Leader and MP for Suame, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, was staged. According to him, the protest which on the record is against the bad nature of roads in the Suame Constituency especially the …

The 291 TESCON Presidents in the country have suspended all activities of TESCON on their various campuses which includes, general meeting, programs, elections, handing overs, etc until further notice. TESCON is unhappy, the NPP, did not include them in their just ended national delegates conference. Minutes to the start of …