It was Tuesday 30th May 2017. Many Ghanaians had woken up to viral videos of the gruesome killing of a soldier. That soldier turned out to be Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama, now Major. The news, in no time, spread like wild fire on both social and traditional media. People started demanding more information on the … Read more
The Ghana Armed Forces has defended the deployment of some of its men to protect Geo Professional Services Company, a mining company in the Amansie West District in the Ashanti Region, found to be operating illegally. According to the military, the deployment was made following a request by the Ashanti Regional Security Council. The Ashanti … Read more
The Ghana Armed Forces has defended the deployment of some of its men to protect Geo Professional Services Company, a mining company in the Amansie West District in the Ashanti Region, found to be operating illegally. According to the military, the deployment was made following a request by the Ashanti Regional Security Council. The Ashanti … Read more
The Ghana Armed Forces has clarified that no Ghanaian soldier was affected in this week’s bomb attacks on peacekeepers in a UN compound in Timbuktu, Mali. Social media platforms were splashed with chilling pictures of injured soldiers in critical condition being attended to by paramedics after the attacks on Wednesday. Many presumed that Ghanaian troops … Read more
The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), has cautioned its personnel against posting pictures of themselves in uniform on social media platforms. According to the military, such actions are against the military’s code of conduct, and have the potential to attract unnecessary and unsolicited attention to the military. This follows the investigation of a soldier who partook … Read more
The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has acquitted the military officer who was under investigation after his Kalyppo selfie circulated widely on social media recently. Private Osei Owusu of the Ghana Military Police was said to be responding to questions in relation to his act which was deemed as an affront to the Armed Forces Regulations … Read more
The Director of Public Affairs of the Ghana Armed Forces Colonel Aggrey Quarshie, has told Lantam Papanko on the Ultimate Breakfast Show that Private Osei Owusu of the Ghana Military Police is not being investigated for drinking Kalyppo as reported in sections of the media. He insists the officer is under investigations for breaching Armed … Read more