The road has now been cleared for Ghana to begin a nationwide national identification registration exercise in November 2017 following the passage of the National Identity Register Amendment Bill 2017. The law was amended do away with the use of voters identity cards, drivers’ licence and baptismal certificates as proof of citizenship in registering for … Read more
A Deputy Coordinator of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) Abu Ramadan has assured that his outfit is ready to protect lives and properties ahead of the spillage of the Bagre Dam in neighbouring Burkina Faso. According to the Deputy National Coordinator, NADMO has adequately prepared and has equipment at its disposal to effectively combat … Read more
The Auditor-General, Daniel Yaw Domelevo, has revealed that the 11 government officials who were indicted in the Auditor General report will be surcharged today, August 3, 2017 to refund the various public funds they misappropriated. Auditor-General, Daniel Yaw Domelevo, has said eleven people will be surcharged today, August 3, 2017 to refund monies they misappropriated. The … Read more
Thousands of people gathered in the rebel-held Yemeni capital Monday to witness the public execution of a man convicted of raping and murdering a three-year-old girl. Mohammed al-Moghrabi, 41, was sentenced to death for the June 25 rape and murder by a court run by the Shiite Huthi rebels who control Sanaa. The gruesome crime … Read more
Muddy bootprints along the corridors marked the tell-tale signs of a massive police raid at an asylum seeker shelter in Hamburg, where the suspect who killed one and wounded six in a knife attack lived. Shell shocked women and children peeked out of rooms lining the first floor of block 4D, as neighbours of the … Read more
Under the Islamic State group’s rule, Syrian farmer Faysal was forced to hide his sketches and paintings, but displaced by fighting he has finally been able to resume his beloved hobby. He sought refuge with his family at the Ain Issa camp in northern Syria three months ago, fleeing the battle for jihadist stronghold Raqa, … Read more
Signed with pomp and fanfare on July 14, 2015, the Iranian nuclear agreement was heralded as a triumph for American diplomacy and international cooperation on nonproliferation. Two years later, it has few friends in the Trump administration or in Tehran. When it was signed in Vienna, President Barack Obama and his secretary of state, John … Read more
The Islamic State group on Thursday said two of its members were responsible for attempted attacks in Paris and Brussels last month. In a new edition of its multilingual magazine “Rumiyah”, released on the group’s propaganda channels, IS said it was behind the two previously unclaimed operations which did not kill anyone. On June 19, … Read more
Worshippers quietly passed through metal detectors as they entered the central mosque in China’s far western city of Kashgar under the stern gaze of stone-faced police officers. The increasingly strict curbs imposed on the mostly Muslim Uighur population have stifled life in the tense Xinjiang region, where beards are partially banned and no one is … Read more
International pressure on the Palestinian Authority to halt payments to the families of Palestinians held in Israeli jails, including those convicted of attacks, could trigger political crisis, rights groups say. Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas is caught between pressure from US President Donald Trump’s administration and a potential backlash from Palestinians, most of whom view their … Read more
At least 15 people were killed when four female suicide bombers detonated their explosives in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, police said on Wednesday, in the latest violence to hit the strategic city. Borno state police commissioner Damian Chukwu told reporters the four struck in the suburb of Molai Kalemari on Tuesday night and that most of … Read more
With discreet black scarves tucked beneath their helmets, Afghan refugees Zahra and Masomah Alizada hurtle down Brittany’s rural and winding roads…the sisters back on their bikes training after the Ramadan recess. Zahra, 19 and Masomah, 20 — known as the “Little Queens of Kabul” — are members of the Afghan national women’s cycling team. They … Read more
Saudi Arabia, which is leading a four-country blockade of Gulf neighbour Qatar, on Thursday accused Doha of being behind over 23,000 Twitter accounts it blames for trying to stoke dissent in Saudi Arabia. “We found over 23,000 Twitter accounts driven by Qatar, some of them linked to accounts calling for ‘revolution’ in Saudi Arabia,” Information … Read more
A passenger bus hit a tree and overturned in central Pakistan Wednesday, killing 11 people and wounding 36 others on board, officials said. The tragedy came days after a devastating oil tanker explosion killed at least 205 people. Pakistan has a poor record of fatal traffic accidents due to badly maintained roads and vehicles, and … Read more
Syrian escapees from the Islamic State group languished for hours on the sizzling concrete pavements at Aleppo’s main bus station, their faces gaunt and eyes rimmed by dark circles. Just six months ago, the Ramussa station was the main transit point for thousands of people bussed out of second city Aleppo as part of a … Read more
The death toll from an oil tanker explosion in central Pakistan last month has risen to at least 205 people, government officials said Monday, as more victims succumbed to their injuries. The tanker overturned on a main highway from Karachi to Lahore while carrying some 40,000 litres of fuel on June 25. It exploded minutes … Read more
The Minister for Zongos and Inner Cities Development, Boniface Abubakar Saddick has said his Ministry will soon submit to cabinet a Bill aimed at legalising the Zongo Development Fund. Government has allocated more than 200 million cedis for its activities in the 2017 budget. During a tour in Zongos in the Volta Region, Abubakar Siddick … Read more
Two suspected rebels were killed and a civilian was critically wounded in a shootout with government forces in Indian Kashmir on Monday, police said, as tensions in the disputed territory ran high. A police officer was also critically wounded in a separate incident in the Indian-administered part of the disputed Himalayan region, which has seen … Read more
Iraqis still reeling from a devastating suicide bombing that killed over 320 people in central Baghdad gathered Sunday at the site of the attack to mark its first anniversary. The bombing — the deadliest single such attack to hit the country since 2003 — sparked raging fires in a shopping area early on July 3, … Read more
Eight people sustained various degrees of injury when one of the factions allegedly fighting over the ownership of a mosque in Sekondi clashed with the current leadership . Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Olivia Adiku, the Western Regional Police Public Relations Officer, who confirmed the clash, named the victims as Salim Issah, Abdul Aziz, Aminu Sirinu, … Read more