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Deputy Minister of Defence, Maj. Rtd. Derrick Oduro has revealed that the two soldiers who were brutally assaulted at Dome Faase near Obom Domeabra in the Ga South Municipality by irate residents were on official duty (Operation Calm Life) patrols. According to him, the soldiers were on a legitimate assignment and should not have been subjected to such ordeal. The ...

Former President Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings has detailed one incident at Afiadenyigba between Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings and Ernestina Naadu Mills, former first and second lady respectively, which Prof. Kwamena Ahwoi has stated in his book Working with Rawlings that, it was the main reason Rawlings fell out with his vice president Prof. J.E. Atta-Mills. Prof Kwamena Ahwoi wrote that he was ...

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has respondented to the now popular book published by Prof Kwamena Ahwoi titled ‘Working with Rawlings. The book stirred controversy for the bad-timing of its release (months to the December elections) and what some claim to be half-truths. Read the full response from the former President below The Integrity of truth – Statement from the office of ...

Amnesty International says it has documented an alarming escalation in attacks and abductions in northern Nigeria, with more than 1,100 deaths since the beginning of the year. The rights group says the authorities have left rural communities at the mercy of rampaging gunmen and describes the lack of protection as “utterly shameful”. The research focused on seven states in north-west ...

Talks in Mali aimed at resolving the political situation in the aftermath of last week’s coup have ended without agreement. West African leaders have said that the deposed President, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, should be reinstated. But envoys from regional body Ecowas failed to convince Mali’s military leaders that this was the way forward. Mr Keïta faced huge street protests before ...

Women in Ghana have lauded the governments for its promise to scrap the 20% luxury tax on imported sanitary products in the country. Bridge for Equity, a non-governmental organization has called on the government to factor in a local sanitary manufacturing company in the One District One Factory policy to help cut down the cost of sanitary products. For years, ...

Education think tank, Institute for Education Studies (IFEST), has said a manifesto promise by the governing NPP to cancel the guarantor system for loans to tertiary students is not adequate. As part of its 2020 manifesto promise, the governing party under Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo promised that if retained, all tertiary students – except teacher and nurse trainees receiving allowances – will ...

Medical workers say at least two people have died during clashes in Ivory Coast following President Alassane Ouattara’s decision to run for a third term. They were killed in the southern town of Divo where opposition supporters clashed with those of Mr Ouattara. Residents said one of the dead was a teenager who died after protesters set fire to a ...

Residents of Tegbi in the Anloga District are calling on authorities to intervene to stop the ravaging effects of the perennial sea erosion, which poses danger to three coastal communities of the Volta Region. The call followed days of the sea’s attack resulting from high tidal waves blundering the land since a week ago at Kedzikope-Abutiakope and Tegbi areas in ...

Ninety-seven people, including 28 unaccompanied minors, have been rescued from an overcrowded rubber boat that was drifting in the Mediterranean 30 miles off the Libyan coast, charity Sea-Watch International says. It is believed that the boat had set off from Libya. Crew on the search and rescue ship Sea-Watch 4 spotted the vessel on Sunday morning, spokesperson Oliver Kulikowski told ...