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+ A clash between two communities in the Ashanti region, last Thursday, led to the death of one and the injury of another after a police officer fired live ammunition. Residents of Adwumakase Kese in the Afigya Kwabre South District are however disputing claims the police officer fired in defence and want a full investigation into the shooting. Alexander Owusu, known popularly as K. Owusu was hit by a shot fired by a police officer who had come to the community in the company of two others to m...

1 killed, cop injured over disputed boundary in A/R ASP Godwin Ahianyo,Ashanti Regional Police Public Relations Officer One person has been pronounced dead while two civilians and a Police Sergeant sustained severe injuries as a result of a clash between the police and youth of Bomfa and Adwumakasekese over a boundary dispute between the two communities. ASP Godwin Ahianyo, Public Affairs Officer of the Ashanti Regional Police Command, stated at a press briefing that Sergeant Isaac Achampong an...

1st BCT, 1st Armored Division Leadership Commander COL Stephen A. Fairless Colonel Stephen A. Fairless was commissioned as an Armor Officer in 1997 following graduation from the United States Military Academy. His first assignment was with the 2nd Battalion, 72nd Armor, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Casey, Korea, from 1998 to 1999. There he served as a Battalion S-1 and as a Tank Platoon Leader. He then served in 1st Battalion, 9th U.S. Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas, ...

February 21, 2021 at 9:00 am In late February 1966, a faction of the Arab Socialist Baath Party in Syria ousted the old leadership in a coup. The new leadership of young socialist Baathists included Hafez Al-Assad, who would eventually rise to power in the so-called corrective revolution of 1970. What: Overthrow of the government of the Syrian Arab Republic Where: Syria Background Towards the end of 1965, Syrian politics was characterised by two distinct factions of the Baath Party. One was m...

Kunduz airstrike: European rights court rules German response was adequate Scores of Afghan civilians were killed in 2009 when a German commander ordered a NATO airstrike on two stolen fuel tankers. German courts have repeatedly rejected bids by the victims families to seek damages. The German-ordered airstrike in 2009 killed over 100 people - including children German courts and prosecutors thoroughly investigated  a 2009 NATO bombing in Afghanistan that killed dozens of civilians, the Europ...

  The Bono Regional Police on Saturday, February 13, 2021, buried their colleague in Sunyani who died of Coronavirus infection. The late Inspector of Police, Fred Afortey Armahs death occurred at the Regional Hospital in Sunyani on Friday, February 5, 2021. The Bono Regional Police on Monday, February 8, 2021, announced the death of their colleague. According to the Police, the information received from the health authorities at the Regional Hospital in Sunyani disclosed that Mr Fred Afortey...

+ Scores of youth of Breman-Asikuma on Wednesday protested against the alleged relocation of Asikuma-Odeben-Brakwa District fire tender for water supply in Awutu-Senya East Municipality in the Central Region. According to the youth, they had no qualms with relocation or use of the Tender for other purposes, but expressed disappointed with the inability of the Regional Command of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) to make alternative arrangements in case of fire outbreaks. They were equall...

  The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has observed that the Wa ‘Kejetia’ market located in the central business district is currently sitting on a time bomb as far as fire safety is concerned. The already highly congested market has its situation further compounded by ongoing construction works and worse of it was the location of two fuel stations beside each other right within the market. Mr Martin Bakobie, Divisional Officer III (DO III), the Upper West Regional Public Relations Offic...

  The Central Region Police Command has secured a Court order to restrain the National Democratic Congress (NDC) from embarking on a protest march in the Effutu Constituency on Tuesday, January 5. The prohibition order was granted by the Cape Coast High Court on 31st December, 2020, DSP Irene Serwaah Oppong, Public Relations Officer of the Command, explained in a statement. The statement signed by DSP Oppong and copied to the Ghana News Agency in Cape Coast, said the demand by the Effutu NDC t...

The Straits Times Christmas lights brighten the mood for migrant workers Migrant workers taking selfies yesterday at a Gardens by the Bay stopover during a bus tour organised by social enterprise ItsRaining Raincoats.ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM PublishedDec 29, 2020, 5:00 am SGT https://str.sg/JR6z They can read the article in full after signing up for a free account. Share link: Or share via: Sign up or log in to read this article in full Sign up All done! This article is now fully available for you R...