Dr Emmanuel Kwesi Aning, a security expert, on Wednesday said he expects security to be crucial in President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s second State of the Nation Address. He said it is security that creates the enabling environment for whatever development programmes the government had to be able to take-off. Dr Aning made this observation … Read more
Security Analyst, Dr. Emmanuel Kwesi Aning has expressed anxiety about the general acceptance and glorification of violence and mob justice among Ghanaians. Dr. Aning is worried about the general belief by a section of Ghanaians that they will not be punished when they offend the laws. His comments follow the widespread condemnation that has greeted … Read more
The decision by a Kumasi Circuit Court to release the eight members of the notorious vigilante group, Delta Force for want of evidence Wednesday is sickening, according to the Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) Sulemana Braimah. The news of the release of the eight who raided the court in Kumasi … Read more
The discharge of the eight Delta Force members by the Kumasi court is a justification of impunity, the Head of the Department of Research at the Kofi Annan International Peace Keeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) Dr. Emmanuel Kwesi Aning has said. “A culture of impunity is created when people are not dealt with accordingly because of … Read more
Calls for a major clampdown against the activities of illegal miners have been shot down by a security expert, Dr Emmanuel Kwesi Aning. According to the Head of the Department of Research at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) in Accra, those calling for the forceful attack on the activities of illegal mining … Read more
A security analyst, Dr Emmanuel Kwesi Aning, has advised President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to call the executive of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to order. According to him, the current attack on the Ghana Police Service by the executive did not augur well for the security of the nation. The NPP, at a press … Read more
A security analyst with the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping and Training Centre (KAIPTC), Dr Emmanuel Kwesi Aning, has said rewarding people who perpetrate political violence has been solidified in the minds of political party supporters to the extent that it has become too late to talk about peace, ahead of the 7 December polls. Many … Read more
A security analyst with the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping and Training Centre (KAIPTC), Dr Emmanuel Kwesi Aning has bemoaned political interference in the work of the Ghana police Service saying it undermines the esprit de corps of the institution. Dr Aning’s assertion follows clashes between supporters of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the … Read more
Professor Emmanuel Asante, the Chairman of the National Peace Council, has launched a book titled; “Managing Election-Related Conflict and Violence for Democratic Stability in Ghana II”. The 196-page book was produced by the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) Faculty of Academic Affairs and Research. The book contains 11 chapters and provides broad strokes … Read more