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January 18, 2024January 18, 2024

Pakistan Launches Retaliatory Strikes Into Iran, With Reports Of Seven Killed

Pakistan has launched retaliatory missile strikes into Iran, reportedly killing seven people, after Iran carried out strikes in Pakistan late on Tuesday. Pakistan said its strikes had hit "terrorist hideouts" in Iran's Sistan-Baluchestan province. Three women and four children were killed,

January 17, 2024January 17, 2024

Asante Youth, Market Queens Chase Chairman Wontumi For “Disrespecting” The Asantehene

The Asante Youth and Market Queens in the Ashanti Region have angrily urged the Asanteman Council to embargo NPP Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Wontumi, from the Manhyia Palace. The group allege that Wontumi has shown significant disrespect

January 17, 2024January 17, 2024

Intense Israeli Strikes In South Gaza City As Hostages Sent Medicine

Residents of Khan Younis in southern Gaza say they have faced one of the most intense nights of air strikes since the start of Israel's offensive. Videos showed flames light up the sky as the sounds of Israeli bombings and gunfire

January 17, 2024January 17, 2024

Pakistan Condemns Deadly Iranian Missile Strike On Its Territory

Iran launched a missile attack apparently targeting militant bases in western Pakistan which killed two children, officials in Islamabad said. The operation hit two sites in Balochistan linked to the militant group Jaish al-Adl, Iran's state TV said. Iran attacked targets

January 16, 2024January 16, 2024

Akufo-Addo Attends World Economic Forum In Davos, Nam Conference In Uganda

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, at the invitation of the founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, Prof. Klaus Schwab, left Ghana on Monday, 15 January 2024, to attend the 2024 edition of the World Economic Forum Annual Meetings

January 16, 2024January 16, 2024

Man Jailed 15 Years For Having Sex With Stepdaughter

A 47-year-old driver who had sex with his 13-year-old stepdaughter at Tetegu in Accra, has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by the Gender Based Court at the police headquarters. Joseph Yankson is said to have taken advantage of the absence

January 15, 2024January 15, 2024

UN Calls For $4.2bn In 2024 Humanitarian Aid For War-Ravaged Ukraine

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has appealed for $4.2bn in humanitarian aid for Ukraine in 2024. The UN agency called on Monday for donors to provide the funds to support Ukrainian communities and refugees, as

January 15, 2024January 15, 2024

Hairdresser, Electrician Fined Gh¢4,800 Each Over illegal Abortion

The Assin Fosu Magistrate Court has sentenced a 40-year-old hairdresser and a 21-year-old auto electrician, to a fine of Gh¢4,800 each for inducing a 17-year-old girl to commit illegal abortion. The convict, Charlotte Asiedu, who administered a concoction to the girl,

January 15, 2024January 15, 2024

ECOWAS Court Bemoans Low Enforcement Of Decisions

The ECOWAS Court of Justice (CCJ) has bemoaned the low enforcement of its decisions . According to the sub-regional court, out of the over 400 decisions it had delivered since it started operations in 2001, only 131 have been enforced. The

January 15, 2024January 15, 2024

IGP Leads Police Team To Visit GAF Central Command, Ksi Central Prison, Others

The Inspector-General of Police Dr George Akuffo Dampare and some members of the Police Management Board (POMAB) on Friday paid a working visit to the Ghana Armed Forces Central Command in Kumasi, the Kumasi Central Prison, and the Kumasi Metropolitan Fire