Category: News

Aden: Four soldiers were killed in an attack by al-Qaeda elements targeting government-affiliated forces in southern Yemen, a government source told dpa. The attack occurred in the al-Mahfad district of the southern Abyan province, an area largely controlled by the Southern Transitional Council (STC). According to Ghana News Agency, the STC forces managed to detonate two car bombs before the al-Qaeda members reached their brigade site. Six al-Qaeda suicide bombers were also killed in the ensuing clashes, the source reported. In a statement, STC military commander Nasr al-Yafei confirmed the death toll and stated that the brigade’s forces have eliminated

Gaza: The Palestinian Islamist militant group Hamas has handed over the body of another person, presumed to be one of the hostages taken in the October 7, 2023, terrorist attacks on Israeli communities near Gaza. The Israeli army announced that the coffin had been handed over to employees of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), who were on their way to transfer it to the military. A forensic institute in Tel Aviv will then establish the identity of the person killed. According to Ghana News Agency, under the ceasefire agreement, Hamas must hand over a total of 28

Dodi-papase: Justice Berina Komla, a 19-year-old resident of Dodi-Kpomkpa in the Kadjebi District, has been laid to rest after spiritual rituals were performed by a fetish priest from Dayi Kwanta in Togo. The young man was struck dead by lightning while working on farmland near Dodi-Papase. According to Ghana News Agency, the Environmental Health Officer of the Dodi-Papase community was contacted to facilitate a suitable burial site in line with public health and sanitation protocols after the spiritual rites were completed. The tragic incident occurred at approximately 1345 hours on Friday, October 17, while Komla was uprooting a palm tree.

Tokyo: Japan’s staunchly conservative former interior minister, Sanae Takaichi, was elected by parliament on Tuesday as the country’s first female prime minister. The 64-year-old succeeds the comparatively liberal Shigeru Ishiba, who recently announced his resignation following election defeats for their Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). According to Ghana News Agency, Takaichi owes her election to the LDP’s new coalition partner, the conservative neoliberal Japan Innovation Party (Ishin). The opposition camp could not agree on a joint candidate. Despite being the largest party, the LDP, even with the Innovation Party, is just short of a majority in parliament, meaning that it will

Kumasi: More than 80 Small Enterprise Medium-sized (SMEs) businesses have participated in the Advans Ghana Savings and Loans SMEs Growth Clinic. The programme, which trained clients in Kumasi, was designed to equip businesses with the skills, resources, and financial literacy required to thrive in today’s competitive economy. According to Ghana News Agency, this initiative underscores Advans Ghana’s commitment to fostering inclusive growth and sustainable development by supporting key sectors of the Ghanaian economy. Mr Guillaume Valence, Chief Executive Officer/Managing Director of Advans Ghana, said the one-day workshop brought together more than 80 SME clients from the Kumasi branches. He said

Accra: The Whistleblowers and Journalists Safety International Centre (WAJSIC) in partnership with Lazarus-Training Ltd has organised a training workshop aimed at equipping journalists with essential survival and safety skills when operating in high-risk zones: The four-day training focused on medical response, risk assessment, communication planning, and conflict management. According to Ghana News Agency, the training additionally covered crowd and conflict management, with discussions on journalists’ perceptions of risk. Participants were also taken through risk assessment techniques, learning to anticipate potential dangers before entering a conflict area and to plan accordingly for safer operations. Mr. Alistair Hollington, Course Director of the

Accra: Dr Dominic A. Ayine, the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General, on Tuesday urged lawyers to take an active stand against political corruption and its negative impact on foreign investments. He emphasized the crucial role lawyers play in advising clients against offering bribes to secure investment deals and ensuring political leaders are held accountable for such acts. According to Ghana News Agency, Dr Ayine made these remarks at the opening of the 2025 Annual African Bar Association Conference in Accra. The conference, themed ‘Foreign Interest in Africa: Exploitation or Investment?’, aimed to address critical questions about Africa’s political economy and