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  • Bus carrying Ivorian tourists in Ghana involved in accident at Anomabo

    Bus carrying Ivorian tourists in Ghana involved in accident at Anomabo

    A tragic accident occurred on Monday in Anomabo, Central Region, involving a bus carrying young Ivorian nationals on an excursion to Ghana.

    The bus veered off the road and somersaulted near the Anomabo Hospital, trapping the passengers inside.

    While the exact cause of the crash is still under investigation, eyewitnesses have suggested that overspeeding may have been a contributing factor.

    The accident resulted in one fatality, with several others sustaining injuries.

    It took the combined efforts of some of the victims and bystanders to overturn the bus and rescue those trapped inside.

    The injured were subsequently transported to a nearby hospital for treatment.

  • Tarkwa: Over 20,000 illicit explosives seized by GAF

    Tarkwa: Over 20,000 illicit explosives seized by GAF

    On Saturday, April 15, 2023, members of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) discovered roughly 10,000 kg of ammonium nitrate and over 20,000 pieces of dynamite-like explosive charges that had been made from the substance.

    Most of the ammonium nitrate was concealed in flour and rice sacks.

    The ammonium nitrate and explosives were seized during a military operation led by personnel of the 2nd Infantry Battalion at the premises of Mohammed Brothers Company Limited and Dakete Mines in Tarkwa.

    The operation was premised on detailed intelligence aimed at clamping down on the manufacture, sale, and use of illegal dynamite in parts of the country, especially mining areas.

    13 people made up of 8 Chinese, 3 Togolese, an Ivorian, and a Nigerian were arrested during the operation.

  • Ivory Coast nabs terrorist leader after deadly border post raid

    Ivorian authorities on Monday announced the capture of a terrorist leader who led a deadly attack on a military post at Kafolo, on the northeastern border with Burkina Faso on June 11 following a large scale raid.

    According to defense minister Hamed Bakayoko, the raid resulted in the arrests of other people directly involved in the attack.

    “We traced it back to the commander in Mali, who was arrested. And I can tell you that the head of the commando who led the action was taken yesterday. And with our investigations, we will go further. We will establish who he was in contact with. Who is behind it,” Minister Bakayoko disclosed.

    He added that the arrests of people who took part in the assault came thanks to photos retrieved from mobile phones.

    The Ivorian military said around 10 soldiers died and six others were wounded in the June 11 attack when dozens of terrorists mounted a pre-dawn attack on the border post.

    It was the first by extremists on Ivorian soil since March 2016, when a raid on the southeastern beach resort of Grand-Bassam left 19 people dead.

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    Source: africanews.com