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A 24-year-old man, identified as Abubakar Sadique, who is parading himself about as a military officer has been arrested by some Military personnel on duty at the VRA Hospital checkpoint at Akosombo, in the Asuogyaman District of the Eastern Region. The suspect was arrested by two military officers namely; Sergeant …

PLAY VIDEOClick Here to Watch in Twi The Soldiers have been deployed to the Ghana-Burkina Faso border     Soldiers have been deployed to Sapeliga, Pulmakom and Kulungungu near the Ghana-Burkina Faso border, over suspected Jihadists’ attack which has resulted in the death of twelve persons and a few others …

• A soldier was arrested for using an unregistered motorbike • Six other soldiers stormed Suame Police Station over his arrest • Police reinforcement deployed to Suame Some six soldiers are reported to have stormed the Suame Police Command in the Ashanti Region over the arrest of one of their …

Unrest in South Africa has claimed 212 lives, the government said on Friday, a sharp jump from the 117 deaths announced the previous day. Government minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni told a news conference most of the new fatalities had occurred in the southeastern province of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province, the epicenter of …

Chief of Staff, General Headquarters of the Ghana Armed Forces, Major General Nicholas Peter Andoh, has told an Accra High Court the involvement of the military men in the alleged coup plot amounts to selling their conscience and betraying the trust reposed in them. Mona Gucci As a second Prosecution …

  Soldiers “are paid to shoot and kill”, former Chief of Defense Staff Brigadier Joseph Nunoo-Mensah has said in reference to the recent shooting and killing of two protesters in Ejura, Ashanti Region, by soldiers who were helping the police to bring a crowd of demonstrators who were demanding justice …

Two people have died, while four others are injured after some protesting youth of Ejura Sekyedumase clashed with the military and police on Tuesday morning. Since the death of the 40-year-old Ibrahim Mohammed, aka Kaaka, the youth say they are willing to sacrifice their lives until they get justice for …

Kenya’s military has confirmed the deaths of several soldiers after a military helicopter crashed during training outside Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, a military statement says. But it does not give details on the numbers. Injured soldiers have been airlifted to a military hospital in Nairobi, the statement adds. It is still …

A former illegal miner, popularly known as Strongman, has said that should a shoot to kill order be issued to the anti-illegal mining (Galamsey) Military Taskforce, Operation Halt, the soldiers will rather record more casualties. Some statesmen including Ghana’s immediate-past High Commissioner to South Africa, George Ayisi Boateng, have advocated …

  • Africa as at June 2021 Africa had only two presidents below the age of 40 • The two incidentally are soldiers and were unelected – 38-year-old Malian colonel by name Assimi Goita and 35-year Mahamat Deby Itno who is Chad’s transitional president • Both men are known to …