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Hundreds of “starving” mineworkers at the Shaanxi Mining (Gh) Ltd in the Upper East Region have rallied against government’s “long delay” in calling them back to work after the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources closed down the company indefinitely in May. The company, situated at Gbani in the Talensi District, had announced its suspension of mining operations from Thursday ...

Father of Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama has acknowledged that although God can forgive the thugs who lynched his son, it will be difficult for him to forgive them. Speaking to Ekourba Gyasi on Atinka AM Drive, Captain (Rtd) Dennis Mahama Adam mentioned that, although he has lost his only son, he prays God extends his mercy and forgive those who ...

A man believed to be in his 40s has been lynched to death at Mbrom, a suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. Residents in the area largely suspect the deceased was lynched over phone theft. The dastardly act comes days after a similar incident at Denkyira Boase in the Central region where an Army Officer, late Captain Maxwell Mahama ...

A young man has been shot dead in the troubled Upper Denkyira West District in the Central region. The body of the deceased was found at Modaso, a farming community near Denkyira Obuasi. The body has since been sent to the Diaso hospital for autopsy. The MP for the area Hon. Samuel Djan who confirmed the incident in an interview ...

The United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in DR Congo has commemorated United Nations International Peacekeepers’ Day with a short but impressive wreath laying and flag hoisting parade. The ceremony took place on Monday 29 May 2017 at the Force Headquarters in Kinshasa, DR Congo. The purpose of commemorating the Day was in two-folds: to celebrate all men and women who ...

A nineteen-year-old pupil of the Agona East District Assembly (AEDA) Government School in Agona Kenyankor in the Central Region is on the run after allegedly killing a classmate with a drawing board. James Adjei hit his classmate, Richard Larbie with a drawing board after the latter was seen teasing the former for scoring Zero (0) mark in class exercise. Headmaster ...

The Executive Director of Amnesty International Ghana, Frank Doyi, has called for the end of increasing act of lawlessness in the country. His comments come after a Captain in the Ghana Armed Forces, Maxwell Mahama and a 67-year-old woman were lynched to death by irate mob at Denkyira Obuasi and Tindongo in the Central region and Upper East region respectively. ...

One of the men captured in a video of the lynching of Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama, has been found dead. The body was found lifeless at Modase, a nearby community in Denkyira-Obuasi in the Central Region. Police found the body in a pool of blood early Thursday. It is not clear what may have caused his death but Nhyira FM’s ...

The lynching of Captain Maxwell Mahama on Monday May 29 by some irate youth of Denkyira Obuasi in the Central Region on suspicion that he was an armed robber was planned, Atik Mohammed, General Secretary of the People’s National Convention (PNC), has said. According to him, accounts emerging from the incident indicate that he was not killed through mistaken identity ...

Captain Chubby Adam Mahama (rtd), father of Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama who was recently lynched by residents at Denkyira-Obuasi has said his son was such a gentleman to the extent that he would not hurt fly even though he was a military officer. “I tell you he cannot kill a fly, he wouldn’t do it because he is so sober, ...