The Ghana Bar Association has described as “sickening and horrifying” news about the forceful release of the members of Delta Force who were standing trial for their attack of the Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council. In a statement jointly signed by the Association President Benson Nutsukpui and General Secretary Justin Amenuvor, the Association said such “glorification … Read more
Interior Minister Ambrose Dery has “condemned” the action of some Delta Force members who have escaped remand, advising them to turn themselves in to the police because they will be hunted. “We shall pursue them and arrest them and bring them back to court,” he said at a press conference in Accra on Thursday, April … Read more
The Minority leader has said the unbridled attacks carried out by loyalists of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) are threat to the stability of the country. Haruna Iddrisu said Ghanaians are living in fear because of the repeated attacks by pro-NPP vigilante groups namely Invincible Forces and Delta Force. The Tamale South MP told … Read more
Morocco’s new government is set to be dominated by officials close to the palace despite the premier hailing from the country’s ruling Islamist party. King Mohamed VI on Wednesday announced the new line-up to be led by Prime Minister Saad-Eddine El Othman, second-in-command of the Justice and Development Party (PJD). Local press on Thursday said … Read more
German intelligence expert and author Erich Schmidt-Eenboom has said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, not the faith-based Gülen movement, was behind a failed coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016 based on intelligence reports from the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the German Federal Intelligence Service (BND). Speaking on a German public broadcaster … Read more
Interior Minister, Hon. Ambrose Dery, has given a new double cabin pickup vehicle to the Nandom district police command in the Upper West Region. It was in fulfilment of his 2016 campaign promise to support the Nandom district police to sustain law and order there. As a Lawyer, the Nandom Legislator unveiled his plan to … Read more
The parents of Giulio Regeni, the Cambridge University student tortured to death in Egypt last year, appealed Monday to Pope Francis to raise their son’s unexplained killing when he visits Cairo this month. “We are sure that the pope will not be able to not remember Giulio during this trip and will share our concrete … Read more
The Italian government said Sunday that dozens of rival tribes in southern Libya had agreed to cooperate on securing the country’s borders in an effort to curb the influx of migrants trying to reach Europe. Italy’s interior ministry said the 60 tribal leaders — notably the Tuareg of the southwest, the Toubou of the southeast, … Read more
The Interior Minister has implored residents of Wa municipality in the Upper West Region to respect the laws of the land after a Saturday protest over the shooting of a teacher turned violent. Ambrose Dery said if tempers are not brought under control there could be damage to lives and properties in the municipality. Some … Read more
“Violence should not beget violence. Violence should be reported to be punished.” That is part of an article I wrote after blood was spilled and limbs broken at Talensi over a bye-election some two years ago. In this opinion piece that was aired on Television Africa, I condemned a suggestion by then Interior Minister, Mark Woyongo, … Read more
Three men from Kosovo and an unidentified minor have been arrested in Venice on suspicion of plotting to blow up the city’s celebrated Rialto Bridge. Fisnik Bekaj, Dake Haziraj and Arjan Babaj were ISIS supporters and became inspired after the Westminster terror attacks in London, a wiretap conversation revealed. One of the alleged jihadist plotters … Read more
Members of vigilante groups will not be barred from applying to join national security organisations, according to the Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery. Mr. Dery however noted that, the line will be drawn when it comes to persons with criminal backgrounds. The Minister was speaking to ’ Anass Seidu after hosting a brain-storming session with retired … Read more
The man reportedly facing a bench warrant for allegedly leading a team of New Patriotic Party (NPP) loyalists to brutalize a Senior Police Officer at the Flagstaff House, Bawa Abdul Jalil, has denied allegations leveled against him. A video that went viral on social media captured one ASP Nanka-Bruce, who served at the Flagstaff House … Read more
The Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery, has stated that members of the various vigilante groups associated with the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) can apply for a national security job provided they are qualified. Mr. Dery’s comments give credence to revelation by the MP for Assin Central Ken Agyapong that members of the groups will be … Read more
The European Union should consider restricting visas for senior officials from African states The European Union should consider restricting visas for senior officials from African and other states which refuse to take back illegal immigrants from Europe, Germany’s interior minister said on Monday. Attending an EU meeting in Brussels, Thomas de Maiziere told reporters that … Read more
The Police in the Ashanti region has arrested four more suspects in connection with the attacks on the Ashanti Regional Security Coordinator on Friday March 24, by ‘Delta Force’, a vigilante group associated with the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP). This brings the number of suspects arrested in the attack to five, including the leader … Read more
The Police in the Ashanti region has arrested four more suspects in connection with the attacks on the Ashanti Regional Security Coordinator on Friday March 24, by ‘Delta Force’, a vigilante group associated with the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP). This brings the number of suspects arrested in the attack to five, including the leader … Read more
IT is sickening to continuously hear news of vigilante groups affiliated with the so-called two major political parties—the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC)—engage in illegal activities. And normally these activities by the vigilante groups of these two parties are carried out with impunity the moment any of these two parties … Read more
Deputy Interior Minister-designate, Henry Quartey, has promised severe sanctions against members of the NPP-affiliated vigilante groups, Delta Force and Invincible Forces, following last Friday’s attack. He also promised to deal with the activities of all other vigilante groups in the country threatening the rule of law and the country’s peace. Mr. Quartey gave the assurance … Read more
The Executive Director for the West Africa Centre for Counter-Extremism (WACCE), Mutara Mumuni Muqthar, has urged government to declare the recent activities of vigilante groups like the Delta Force, Bolga Bull Dogs and Invisible Forces as a “national crisis”. About 200 members of the Delta Force, a vigilante group linked with the governing New Patriotic … Read more