As the first rays of daylight pierced a thick haze blanketing the Ndogpassi neighborhood, several dozen angry men appeared, seemingly from nowhere. They formed a human barrier across the main entrance to a natural gas power plant in the east of Douala, Cameroon’s economic capital. Some of the men laid across the roadway, forcing employees … Read more
Defiled-4-year-old -The young man who allegedly molested a four-year-old girl at Assin Adadientem in the Central region has been arrested. The 18-year-old suspect known as Kwabena was arrested by the police on Sunday according to the Director of Public Affairs, Ghana Police Service, DSP Shiella Abayie-Buckman. Investigations are still ongoing according to DSP Shiella, who also … Read more
The Member of Parliament for Assin South Constituency in the Central Region, Rev John Ntim Fordjour, has called on the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) to pay medical bills for defilement and rape victims. The MP said such a move will enable victims or their families report such cases to the hospital and police for … Read more
The young man who is suspected to have defiled a four year old girl at Assin Adadientem in the Central region and absconded has been arrested. The suspect known as Kwabena was arrested by the police on Sunday, Director of Public Affairs, Ghana Police Service, DSP Shiella Abayie-Buckman confirmed to 3news.com. Attempts to bring Kwabena … Read more
The Inspector General of Police, David Asante-Apeatu, has directed the Central Regional Command to take over the investigation of the alleged rape of a four-year-old at Assin Adadientem in the Assin Fosu District. The victim was defiled by one Kwabena, who is on the run. He is said to have been cleared of any wrongdoing … Read more
Hundreds of people from Democratic Republic of Congo’s central Kasai region have been pouring into neighbouring Angola every day for more than a month to escape violence plaguing their homes. Some 20,000 people who have fled are now in or around three holding camps in Dundo in Angola’s far north, living in increasingly dire conditions, … Read more
Militia fighters in DR Congo have decapitated about 40 police officers in an ambush in the central province of Kasai, local officials say. Six policemen who spoke the local Tshiluba were freed, but the rest were killed, Kasai Assembly President Francois Kalamba said. The unrest in Kasai began last August, when security forces killed the … Read more
Militia fighters in DR Congo have decapitated about 40 police officers in an ambush in the central province of Kasai, local officials say. Six policemen who spoke the local Tshiluba were freed, but the rest were killed, Kasai Assembly President Francois Kalamba said. The unrest in Kasai began last August, when security forces killed the … Read more
The increasingly brutal nature of fighting in central Congo between the army and local militia is on vivid display in the village of Tshienke, where the bodies of rebel fighters last month were dumped into a mass grave following intense clashes. A visit to this site this month was the first time that journalists including … Read more
The United Nations says government soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo are thought to have killed at least 100 people in clashes with a local militia group in the last few days. The fighting occurred in the central province of Kasai. The UN said the troops fired indiscriminately with machine guns at members of … Read more
The year 2016, with its turmoil, is now consigned to the ashes of history. The past year saw Ghana holding general elections culminating in the election of Nana Akufo-Addo as the president of Ghana and as such the de jure commander-in-chief of the nation’s military forces. None of us needs to overelaborate the point that … Read more
President-Elect Akufo-Addo’s announcement that beginning in 2018 all Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executive Officers will be elected directly by the people of the localities these officials intend to serve is a step in the right direction (See “MMDCEs Will Be Elected from 2018 – Akufo-Addo” Ultimatefmonline.com / Modernghana.com 12/27/16). It could not be more … Read more
The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) flagbearer, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom has predicted that Ghanaians would continue to suffer for four more years if they ‘mistakenly’ vote for the wrong party. Dr. Nduom speaking at the national campaign launch of the party at Kawukudi Park in Accra said the mismanagement of the economy by the current … Read more