At least six people were killed and about 10 injured Monday in a car bomb attack in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu claimed by militant Islamist group Shabaab, police told AFP. The car exploded next to an Italian cafe on a key thoroughfare in the centre of the city which leads to the presidential palace, in the … Read more
The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has denied any involvement in galamsey activities in the country and has consequently condemned reports and discussions suggesting otherwise. In a press release issued Monday, May 8, 2017 and signed by GAF’s Director of Public Relations, Colonel E. Aggrey-Quarshie, the Ghana Army said a purported leaked Bureau of National Investigations … Read more
Several hundred ex-rebels on Monday blocked access to Ivory Coast’s second city Bouake, their former stronghold, seeking thousands of euros in bonuses in line with a deal following a deadly January mutiny. Unlike the mutineers who caused trouble in several towns, Monday’s protesters have not been integrated into the army and carried no weapons. They … Read more
Parliament has been asked to declare an ‘agricultural state of emergency’ as an armyworm invasion puts a GHC560m agricultural project at ‘serious’ risk. Describing the invasion as requiring urgent response, the Agriculture Minister Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto wants to rope in parliament to wage a war against pest capable of levelling farms to ‘ground zero’. … Read more
President Akufo-Addo says his government will be working with the Electoral Commission to ensure the law allowing Ghanaians abroad to vote in the country’s elections becomes fully operational. Addressing the Ghanaian community in Togo, President Akufo-Addo expressed disbelief that 10 years after the Representation of People Amendment Law (ROPAL) was passed, it is yet to … Read more
Nine Chadian soldiers were killed in a Boko Haram attack on an army post in the Lake Chad region on Friday, local and security sources told AFP. Some 40 Boko Haram jihadists were also killed as the army responded to the attack on the Kaiga post, sources said on condition of anonymity. A military official … Read more
Ghana’s Chamber of Agribusiness Executives says armyworms have invaded farms in the Brong Ahafo Region and parts of the Volta north of the country, threatening the country’s food security. The Chamber has consequently asked the Ministry of Food and Agriculture to urgently intervene before the army worms invasion, which hit the country a week ago, … Read more
An International New York Times opinion piece criticising the powerful Pakistani army was censored by its local publisher Friday, replaced by a blank space in a country where it can be dangerous to speak out against the military establishment. The online version of the piece by Mohammed Hanif, a high-profile satirist and novelist whose critiques … Read more
Ghana’s Chamber of Agribusiness Executives says armyworms have invaded farms in the Brong Ahafo Region and parts of the Volta north of the country, threatening the country’s food security. The Chamber has consequently asked the Ministry of Food and Agriculture to urgently intervene before the army worms invasion, which hit the country a week ago, … Read more
The Water Research Institute (WRI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) says government will be effective at monitoring activities of small scale miners if it legalizes galamsey. The Institute said the degeneration of illegal mining in the country is a function of the absence of effective monitoring by the relevant state institutions. … Read more
The Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram Sam George has disclosed that the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), have for years, been recruiting unqualified individuals into the Ghana Police Service. Mr. George who is a former presidential staffer in the erstwhile NDC government revealed this Friday on Morning … Read more
The photos were published with the permission of the Clayton family A photo taken by a US Army camerawoman of the moment she and four Afghans were killed in an explosion has been released by the American military. Specialist Hilda Clayton, 22, and four Afghan National Army soldiers died when a mortar shell blew up … Read more
Indian security forces are searching for militants in the restive region of Kashmir in what is being called a major operation. The move, which began on Thursday, follows a series of attacks on security forces and banks in southern districts of the Indian-administered region. Security forces have surrounded at least 20 villages in what they … Read more
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau appeared in a new video published online on Thursday, rejecting claims he had been injured in an airstrike in remote northeast Nigeria. The jihadist chief was said to have been wounded and one of his deputies killed when two air force jets bombarded fighters at Balla village, on the edge … Read more
Thousands of soldiers and paramilitaries were Thursday engaged in a huge anti-militant operation in Indian-administered Kashmir, where armed rebels have repeatedly attacked government forces in recent weeks. Police said government forces had surrounded at least 20 villages in the drive, launched early Thursday in Shopian district in the volatile south of the disputed Himalayan region. … Read more
Iraqi forces thrust into west Mosul from the north on Thursday, opening a new front in the more than six-month-old offensive to dislodge the Islamic State group from the country’s second city. The assault is aimed at sealing the siege of the Old City, where die-hard jihadists holding huge numbers of civilians hostage are preparing … Read more
The Nigerianarmy calls it “New Banki City”, an optimistic name conjuring up visions of modern housing. The reality is an overcrowded camp for 32,000 desperate people made homeless by Boko Haram. In this ravaged corner of northeast Nigeria, the Islamists frequently launch attacks on military convoys, unleash suicide bombers and litter the surrounding roads and … Read more
An Israeli soldier who shot dead a wounded Palestinian assailant was back in court on Wednesday, with his lawyers seeking to overturn his manslaughter conviction. The five-member panel of military judges is simultaneously hearing prosecutors’ appeal against Elor Azaria’s 18-month jail term, which they call “excessively lenient”. Israel’s Channel 10 TV posted video of him … Read more
A mining company in Burma called in the army after 10,000 ‘scavengers’ were accused of trying to steal a huge jade boulder, it has emerged. Police are hunting five people who discovered the 8.7-ton block of precious stone at a mine in northern Burma after a senior regulatory official claimed they had led an attempt … Read more
Police are hunting five gem scavengers who discovered a huge jade boulder at a mine in northern Myanmar after a senior regulatory official accused them of leading an attempt to steal it. The prospectors found the 8.7 ton block of the precious stone last week in a mine at Hpakant in Kachin State, where they … Read more