The UN World Food Program (WFP) said Friday it has resumed providing full food rations to refugees in Dadaab and Kakuma camps in northern Kenya thanks to new donor funding. WFP Country Director for Kenya Annalisa Conte said the full rations which resumed on April 1 after more than a year of ration cuts will […]
All 346 passengers on a ship that became stranded in waters off Taiwan’s Budai township Friday afternoon have been rescued, according to local media. The passenger ship became stranded in open waters about eight nautical miles off Budai Township in Taiwan’s Chiayi County at around 5 p.m. Friday. Enditem Source: Xinhua/NewsGhana.com.gh
Macao officially started its application for a member of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network, a City of Gastronomy, the special administrative region’s local media quoted Macao social and cultural chief in its report on Friday. Macao Daily reported that Macao’s Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Tam Chon Weng as saying that the government has […]
The UN refugee agency expressed concern Friday over the deterioration of the security situation in South Sudan, especially the recent attack in the town of Pojok in the Eastern Equatoria region, forcing more refugees to flee for safety. According to the UNHCR, people fleeing the recent incident claimed that the town came under an indiscriminate […]
Britain and the European Union can reach an agreement on Brexit which will work for both sides, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said during a two-day visit here which ended Friday. The British official held talks with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Friday and Greek Foreign Minister Alexis Kotzias on Thursday. According to the […]
The United States has warned its citizens living in or planning to travel to Kenya to be very vigilant over possible outbreaks of violence before the country’s Aug. 8 general elections. In a travel alert issued on Thursday evening, the State Department said political rallies, demonstrations, and protests may occur with little notice and even […]
One worker was killed, three others were wounded in an explosion that occurred at an iron and steel factory in southern Turkish province of Osmaniye on Friday, local private CNN Turk channel reported. The explosion was reportedly due to gas leak. Efforts to evacuate the wounded are underway. Enditem Source: Xinhua/NewsGhana.com.gh
The seven political parties backing Gambia’s president Adama Barrow have won 42 out of 53 seats in the country’s National Assembly elections held on Thursday, Gambian Independent Electoral Commission announced on Friday. “UDP won 31 seats, APRC won 5 seats, GDC won 5 seats, PPP won 2 seats and there was one independent candidate who […]
India’s national carrier Air India Friday lifted the travel ban it imposed on a senior lawmaker of ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s ally Shiv Sena over two weeks back. The travel restrictions were lifted after receiving the order from India’s Civil Aviation Ministry, a day after lawmakers of the western state of Maharashtra-based Hindu fundamentalist Shiv […]
The Brunei Internal Security Department, in cooperation with other intelligence and enforcement agencies, detained and deported four foreign nationals for their involvement in extremism and terrorism-linked activities, local media reported Friday, quoting a government statement. The action is part of the continuous efforts of the government to ensure that the country is free from any […]
A Serbian military aircraft crashed on Friday during training, killing two people, the country’s ministry of defense stated in a press release. The crash took place in the village of Slatina some 60 km south west of Belgrade. “School-combat aircraft Super Galeb G-4, a two-seater of the Air Force of the Army of Serbia, crashed… […]
Israeli leaders hailed Friday the U.S. missile attack on a Syrian army air base. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a statement saying that “in both word and action, President Trump sent a strong and clear message today that the use and spread of chemical weapons will not be tolerated.” He added that Israel fully […]
Thousands of people gathered outside Parliament on Friday to demand the resignation of South African President Jacob Zuma. The protest went on peacefully under the watchful eye of police. It was part of a nationwide shutdown amid growing calls for Zuma to resign. Pro-Zuma marchers also arrived in Parliament to counter anti-Zuma protests. Police said […]
Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva Alessandra Vellucci said Friday that the UN Syria envoy, Staffan de Mistura, is closely following the situation after the U.S pounded the Syrian air base of Shayrat with 59 Tomahawk missiles early this morning. “The special envoy is following closely the situation, including through consultations with […]
Twitter is suing the US government after it demanded it reveals the identity of an anti-Trump account. The @ALT_USCIS profile was an anonymous profile account criticising President Trump’s immigration policy. The account claimed it was being run by federal employees at the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. Twitter has requested a court block the […]
The wildfires that have been raging across 7,000 hectares in Russia’s Far East have been mostly extinguished, the local forestry department said Friday. More than 370 firefighters, 71 pieces of equipment and three aircraft were mobilized to fight the wildfires, the department said. Meanwhile, 14 wildfires covering an area of 552 hectares are still raging […]
The US has carried out a missile strike against a Syrian air base in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held town. Fifty-nine Tomahawk cruise missiles were fired from two US Navy ships in the Mediterranean. Six people were killed, the Syrian army said. It is the first direct US military action […]
The U.S. military on Thursday launched a targeted missile strike at a Syrian military airfield in its first direct assault on the army of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad since Syrian crisis began six years ago. A total of 59 Tomahawk Land Attack missiles were launched from the destroyers USS Porter and USS Ross in the […]
You do not need a security expert to tell you that our security establishment is broken and archaic. For many years we have undermined the power and authority of all security agencies except the Ghana Armed Forces and politicians, for their selfish needs, will continue to undermine such state institutions. To me, Kan Dapaah, the […]
The 13 accused members of the New Patriotic Party-affiliated vigilante group, Delta Force, who escaped from a Kumasi Circuit Court yesterday [Thursday] after unprecedented chaos ensued, have reported themselves to Police and are currently in custody. This is according to a release from the Ashanti Regional Police command cited by Citi News. The 13 escaped […]
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