Archive for: January, 2012

Royal Navy captures 13 Somali pirates

RFA Fort Victoria and a US Navy vessel intercepted the pirates’ boat, which had refused to stop despite warning shots from a Royal Navy helicopter. Royal Marines in speedboats approached the vessel and boarded it, capturing 13 pirates and seizing weapons. Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said the UK personnel, part of a Nato-led force, could […]

South Sudan clashes: Murles exact revenge in Jonglei

Some 57 people, mostly women and children, have been killed in a revenge attack in South Sudan, officials say. Information Minister Barnaba Marial Benjamin said members of the Murle community had attacked their Lou Nuer rivals in Jonglei state. Earlier this month, a force of some 6,000 Lou Nuer fighters went on the rampage, forcing […]

Egyptian tomb holds singer Nehmes Bastet’s remains

Archaeologists working in Egypt have discovered the tomb of a female singer in the Valley of the Kings. The tomb was found by a team from the University of Basel in Switzerland who came across it by chance. The woman, Nehmes Bastet, was a temple singer during Egypt’s 22nd Dynasty (approximately 945 – 712BC), according […]

Nigerian fuel subsidy: Strike suspended

The strike was called after prices doubled when President Goodluck Jonathan removed a fuel subsidy on 1 January. Earlier on Monday, he announced that he would restore part of this subsidy. Nigeria is Africa’s biggest oil producer but it imports almost all of its refined fuel. Correspondents say many Nigerians see cheap fuel as the […]

Kenya’s Move on Al Shabaab Long Overdue

The decision by the Kenyan government to launch military attacks against the dreaded Al Shabaab militia is commendable, though long overdue. For many years, Kenya’s border towns have been infiltrated by various bandits from Somalia, Ethiopia and Sudan, resulting into several casualties. While the government’s belated move is commendable, it is ironical that it had […]

STX Deal May Be Terminated : VP

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Agyapong: “You’ll Vomit the Monies.”

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Ghanians are Abusing Political Pluralism

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Interview with Hon. Kennedy Agyepong, MP

Hon. Kennedy Agyapong, a fiery and vocal Member of Parliament of Ghana’s opposition party, New Patriotic Party (NPP, Assin North) was in the Tri-State on a private visit earlier this month. Amandla caught up with him for an exclusive “tell-it like- it-is” interview with our editor-in-chief. Pellentesque vulputate, sapien sed dignissim vulputate, orci massa volutpat […]

EFCC Accuses Bankole of Delaying Trial, Tenders Evidence Against El-Rufai

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