“Port-au-Prince is in panic mode,” a friend in the Haitian capital texted me. Residents of Petionville, a wealthier area of of the city, are shaken after their most violent day so far in the country’s spiralling security crisis. More than a dozen bullet-ridden bodies lay in the street – the victims of the latest gang […] The post Haiti
The Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Winnie Byanyima, has expressed grave concerns over the passage of the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill in Ghana, commonly known as the anti-gay bill. The legislation, which criminalizes and prohibits LGBT activities, was approved on Wednesday, February 28, 2024, sparking criticism […] The post Passage
Police intelligence-led operations arrested two suspects in connection with robbery and killing of two, including a mobile money vendor last Monday at Walewale, in the North- East Region. The suspects, who were nabbed on February 17, 2024 barely five days after committing the act, are Zakaria Yamusa alias Vandam and Fatao Issah. A release from […] The post Police smoke-out MOMO vendor killers at
A man whose identity is yet to be established was stabbed to death at dawn on Thursday, February 15, 2024, by suspected armed robbers at Ashaiman in the Greater Accra Region. He was found lifeless with stab wounds and blood-soaked clothes. The incident occurred at about 4:30 am on Thursday near Goodness filling station at […] The post Man stabbed to death by suspected robbers
The Executive Director of the African Centre for Security and Counter-Terrorism, Emmanuel Kotin, is urging victims of the May 7, 2023, military brutality in Ashaiman to take action. Civilians in the town were attacked following the death of a young soldier in the area in May 2023. Parliament’s Committee on Defence and Interior was tasked […] The post Ashaiman
Residents of Ashaiman in the Greater Accra Region have threatened to oppose political activities in the area this year due to the poor state of roads. The residents claim that the government has ignored their pleas for improved roads, causing frustration for commuters. During a demonstration, the residents expressed their displeasure, highlighting the challenges posed […] The post Don’t
The Parliamentary Committee on Defence and Interior which was tasked to probe the mayhem unleashed on residents of Ashaiman has submitted its report and, among other things, recommended that the military personnel responsible for the May 7, 2023, dawn raid be sanctioned. The committee, in its report, indicated that the actions of the military contravene […] The post Soldiers
Calm has been restored to Bawku in the Upper East region after unknown gunmen fired into a group of people at the community centre on Wednesday, January 17. The incident resulted in the death of three persons, while four others were injured. Residents are reported to have fled the area for fear of their lives. […] The post Calm restored to Bawku after violence appeared first on
A parliamentary candidate hopeful of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Odododiodioo constituency, Nii Kotey Ashie, has blamed the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the electoral violence often recorded in the area. According to him, the NPP has been importing people from outside the constituency to cause trouble in the area during elections, […] The post Nii
Russian police have cracked down on a large protest in the far eastern region of Bashkortostan after an activist was jailed. The protest broke out after a court in the town of Baymak sentenced Indigenous rights activist Fail Alsynov to four years in a penal colony on Wednesday. About 3,000 supporters were involved in the […] The post Protest turns violent as
Juliet Selassie, the Focal Person for the Ashaiman Assembly (ASHMA) has observed that the increment in HIV cases across the country is a result of the little attention the country paid to the virus, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Though the two viruses are deadly, Madam Juliet said the country’s strong campaign against COVID-19 […] The post Covid silenced HIV/AIDS awareness campaign
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