Ibrahim Traore cited Lt Col Damiba’s inability to deal with an Islamist insurgency as the reason. He also announced that borders were closed indefinitely and all political activities were suspended. Lt Col Damiba’s junta overthrew an elected government in January, citing a failure to halt Islamist attacks. But his administration has also not been able to quell the jihadist violence. …
Miguel Angel Corea Diaz, 41, an MS-13 gang leader, was sentenced to life in prison after being charged with conspiracy to commit murder in the aid of racketeering and other charges. Corea-Diaz was known as “The Reaper,” was accused along with his co-defendant Junior Noe Alvarado-Requeno of controlling and operating Sailors Locos Salvatruchos Westside, a faction of the MS-13 gang. …
Memphis Police have announced the arrest of an alleged leader of a local gang. On March 18, officers with the Metro Gang Unit developed the whereabouts of Leantonio Jones, the alleged leader of the Mafia Tide Bizz Gang (MTB). According to MPD, Jones was wanted on ten active warrants for charges of Robbery, Convicted Felon in Possession of a …
Legendary Highlife artiste, Dada Kwaku Duah popularly known as ‘Dada KD’ has established that former President John Dramani Mahama does not possess leadership qualities. According to him, the former president had the opportunity to rule the country out of sheer luck and nothing else. “Mahama should accept the fact that maybe it was through luck that he used to …
Radio and Television personality, Abeiku Santana says Obour is a bad leader. According to him, as the President of MUSIGA it was needless for him to have said that the absence of Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale won’t affect music in Ghana. To him, Obour shouldn’t have left his colleague musicians in the cold to support Charter House who are just …
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó has called for an escalating series of strikes to force President Nicolás Maduro to relinquish power. Mr Guaidó urged public employees to act on Thursday, saying the stoppages would lead to a general strike. A woman was killed in clashes between protesters and security forces in Caracas on Wednesday, reports say. Mr Maduro meanwhile dismissed …
Cameroon’s opposition leader Maurice Kamto, who faces several charges including hostility against the homeland and offence against the President of the republic, has asked to be tried in open court. Mr Kamto was in court on Tuesday to ask for bail but when the judge insisted that the hearing take place in his chambers, he walked out. The opposition leader’s …
Ghana is the first black African nation to become independent from colonial rule and the country’s history books will not be complete without the story of Joseph Kwame Kyeretwie Boakye Danquah, a lawyer, historian, scholar and the country’s first opposition leader who died in detention on February 4, 1965. Danquah’s political journey started in London while he was a student …
Some Ghanaian social media users have descended on the Majority Leader of Parliament, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu, for describing John Mahama as Ghana’s worst president in the last 30 years. Mr. Mensah Bonsu believes the country saw little progress during the tenure of Mahama and the National Democratic Congress (NDC). The Minister of Parliamentary Affairs argued that Ghana’s economy grew …
