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The US has warned that the Euro 2016 football championship being held in France next month could be a target of militant attacks. "The large number of tourists visiting Europe in the summer months will present greater targets for terrorists," the State Department said. The event is being hosted from
The Bureau of National Investigation (BNI) has arrested three South African former police officers in the Central Region for allegedly engaging in acts that threaten the country’s security. The three, 54-year-old Major Ahmed Shaik Hazis (Rtd.), 39-year–old WO/ Denver Dwayhe Naidu (Rtd.) and 45-year-
France has said it will deploy a paramilitary police force in the capital of Burkina Faso to react quickly in the event of new attacks by Islamist militants in West Africa. The move comes two days after gunmen opened fire at an Ivory Coast beach resort killing 18 people, including four French citize
The National Security Council has announced that countries within the sub-region including Ghana face possible terrorist attack. The threat of possible attack came up on Tuesday when the Council reviewed the security situation in the country in a meeting with President Mahama and security chiefs. “T
Government has jumped to the defence of the two ex-Guantanamo Bay detainees who have been resettled in the country, saying they are no terrorists as is being claimed by many Ghanaians. On January 6, US-based Fox News reported that Mahmud Umar Muhammad Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammad Salih Al-Dhuby are
Government has jumped to the defence of the two ex-Guantanamo Bay detainees who have been resettled in the country, saying they are no terrorists as is being claimed by many Ghanaians. On January 6, US-based Fox News reported that Mahmud Umar Muhammad Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammad Salih Al-Dhuby are
Members of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference have added their voice to calls for the return of two Yemeni terrorist suspects brought to Ghana from Guantanamo Bay. In a statement issued on Monday, the Conference wondered how government took a unilateral decision on the ex-Guantanamo Bay detainee
The two ex-Guantanamo Bay detainees whose arrival in the country has provoked security concerns have allayed the fears of Ghanaians, saying they want to live in the country "quite and peacefully" In an interview with the State-run Uniiq FM in Accra Monday, the two dissociated themselves from any ter
The Defence Headquarter in a statement on Monday said, Nigerian troop are gradually mediating and clearing all camps, enclaves and dens of the dreadful sect Boko Haram terrorist in the Northern part of Nigeria. “As a result of the continued offensives against the terrorists by advancing troops, terr
A 25-year- old graduate of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Nazir Nortei Alema, has thrown his family into a health-threatening stress, as he is feared to have joined the swelling ranks of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a terrorist organisation. With a degr
Parents of Nazir Nortei Alema, the Ghanaian said to have joined terrorist group Islamic State (IS), have expressed shock at the action of their 25-year-old son. “It was a shock because we didn’t expect to hear something like that from him,” Nazir's father, Abdul Latif Alema, told TV3 on Tuesday, Aug
Video footage has emerged of a key suspect police want to question in connection with the deadly bomb blast in the Thai capital, Bangkok. The footage, from a CCTV camera, shows a man in a yellow shirt leaving a backpack in the Erawan Hindu shrine. At least 20 people died in Monday's explosion, inclu
An explosion at a crowded market in the north-east state of Borno in Nigeria has killed at least 47 people, officials say. As many as 52 people are believed to have been injured, a military source told Reuters news agency. The blast struck Jebo livestock market in Sabon Gari town in southern Borno a
An explosion at a crowded market in the north-east state of Borno in Nigeria has killed at least 47 people, officials say. As many as 52 people are believed to have been injured, a military source told Reuters news agency. The blast struck Jebo livestock market in Sabon Gari town in southern Borno a
At least eight people have been killed in the town of Sevare in central Mali after gunmen attacked a hotel, officials say. The army said the dead included at least three soldiers and two gunmen. An unknown number of hostages are still being held at the Byblos Hotel. Russia and Ukraine have each said
