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The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) have confirmed that its officers were involved in an accident along the Suhum-Anum Apapam Road after viral pictures on social media showed a crashed military track with injured soldiers. According to GAF, the soldiers were embarking on an operation, dubbed Operation Halt II, to stop …

Actor Kwadwo Nkansah LilWin has said a statue of him making rounds on various social media platforms rather bears a resemblance to Dr Owusu Kwame Fordjour (Dr UN) famed for organising the controversial Global Blueprint Excellence Awards. Sharing the said artwork believed to be the handiwork of a fan on his Instagram …

Europe is becoming a hub in the cocaine trade, according to an analysis by the European policing agency Europol, More cocaine is being shipped to Europe from South America and is also being transported onwards, Europol spokesperson Jan Op Gen Oorth told dpa in The Hague. Record quantities of drugs …

The Gambian government has said it will prosecute former President Yahya Jammeh for murder, rape, torture, and other alleged crimes committed during his more than 20-year rule. The Ministry of Justice said on Wednesday that it accepted all but two of the 265 recommendations made by a commission that probed …

US President Joe Biden has said that Russia’s leader Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power” in a fiery speech pushing the world’s democracies to unite to support Ukraine, though the White House later said Biden was not calling for regime change in Moscow. “For God’s sake, this man cannot remain …

Russia asked China to give it military equipment and support for the war in Ukraine after President Vladimir V. Putin began a full-scale invasion last month, according to U.S. officials. Russia has also asked China for additional economic assistance, to help counteract the battering its economy has taken from broad sanctions imposed by the …

Ukraine’s president has said his nation will not respond to provocations amid a deadly escalation in fighting in rebel Russian-backed eastern territories. But Volodymyr Zelensky told world leaders Ukraine would defend itself against Russian aggression. Two Ukrainian soldiers have been killed on a third day of clashes between the Ukrainian …

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has expressed anger at the affront to free speech that appears to be characterizing the work of the Ghana Police Service in recent times. He was reacting to what he described as the Rambo style approach that has been recently adopted by the police, especially in …

Germany’s foreign minister has accused Russia of putting peace at risk with Cold War-like diplomacy, urging Moscow to take “serious steps towards de-escalation” of the Ukraine crisis. It comes after the US president warned Russia could be about to stage a justification to invade Ukraine. Joe Biden said military action …

US President Joe Biden has called on all American citizens remaining in Ukraine to leave the country immediately, citing increased threats of Russian military action. Mr Biden said he would not send troops to rescue Americans if Moscow invades Ukraine. He warned that “things could go crazy quickly” in the …