International experts have confirmed that a widely seen video of Cameroonian soldiers executing two women and two young children is credible and not “fake news.” Evidence of the execution was gathered by Amnesty International in an investigation. Analysis of the weapons, dialogue and uniforms, paired with digital verification techniques and testimonies taken from the ground, […]
Ghana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has reacted to a video making the rounds on social media purporting that there are some untoward practices at the Ghana Permanent Mission to the United Nations, New York office. The 11-minute video which has been widely circulated on Whatsapp features a man who refers to himself
Former governance advisor at the UN, Prof. Agyemang Duah, has challenged the incoming New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration to learn from the “mistakes” of the outgoing government or suffer an early exit. Governance, observed Prof. Duah, is not a child’s play thus the need for “matured people with experience to rule the nation.” He urged
The UN has said it is ready to “act immediately” unless South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir signs a peace deal with rebels. Mr Kiir is scheduled to sign a deal to end months of brutal civil war later on Wednesday, although his spokesman said he still had “reservations”. Rebel leader Riek Machar signed it last
At least 12 people are thought to have been killed, including gunmen and Malian soldiers, after suspected Islamist insurgents battled the army in the central Malian town of Sevare. Four United Nations workers survived the siege, but at least four other foreign nationals are feared to have died at and around Hotel Byblos. One South
The Police Intelligence and Professional Standards Bureau of the Ghana Police Service says 108 Police Officers were dismissed between January 2011 and June 2013 after they were found guilty of various offences. The Ghana Country Report of the Human Rights Commission available to the Bureau said 132 officers were reduced in rank and 239 received
In an effort to interrupt further spread of the Ebola virus in the shortest possible time, the World Health Organization is convening a special meeting of Ministers of Health of eleven (11) countries and partners involved in the Ebola outbreak response in Accra, Ghana from 2-3 July 2014 to discuss the best way of tackling
