The victim, identified only by his local nickname ‘Taller,’ a 50-year-old mason, was found dead in a horrific state, his body brutally mutilated with certain organs and tissues removed.

The chilling incident occurred inside an uncompleted building where ‘Taller’ lived. He was reportedly ambushed and killed by an unknown assailant or assailants who carefully harvested parts of his body.

Local authorities and investigators have classified the case as a suspected ritual killing, citing the nature of the injuries. Police data indicates that such crimes remain a serious concern in the region.

Assemblyman for the Domeabra Electoral Area, Joseph Akrashie, who has been working closely with the police, described the discovery in an interview with Adom News correspondent Kofi Adjei.

“Taller is well-known in the area, and we are shocked about what has happened to him,” Akrashie said, expressing the community’s disbelief.

He went on to share disturbing details of the police’s preliminary findings. “Investigations by the police indicate that the suspects cut the deceased’s left heel and thigh and removed all the veins in that part,” he revealed.

The precision of the mutilation suggested a deliberate extraction of tissue, pointing to possible ritual motives. The removed parts are believed to have been intended for use in ‘juju’ or spiritual practices often associated with the quest for wealth or power.

The Ghana Police Service Homicide Unit has since taken over the investigation. The body has been deposited at the Police Hospital Mortuary in Accra for autopsy to determine the exact cause of death and gather forensic evidence on the weapon used.

However, no arrests have been made yet, heightening tension and fear among residents.

Assemblyman Akrashie confirmed that the perpetrators remain at large, a situation that has left the community deeply anxious.

Some residents, gripped by fear, have appealed to the government and the Inspector General of Police to beef up security in the area to prevent further attacks.

“We don’t know who the next victim will be,” one resident said.

Source: Myjoyonline.com  

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The victim, whose identity is yet to be confirmed, was found with his throat slit in what residents fear is becoming a disturbing pattern of targeted killings. The discovery has intensified anxiety in a community still reeling from a similar incident earlier this year.

The latest murder mirrors the brutal killing of Immigration Officer Stephen Amoah, who was slain under nearly identical circumstances in the same area.

Residents say the repeated acts of violence have left them living in constant fear while raising serious concerns about the effectiveness of security measures in the neighbourhood.

So far, no arrests have been made, but the Ghana Police Service has launched investigations into the case.

With its rapid urbanisation and high population density, Kwabenya presents unique challenges for law enforcement, as criminal activities often go undetected in its maze of unlit streets and densely packed settlements.

The recent murders have sparked renewed public calls for urgent police intervention to restore calm and bring an end to what locals describe as a reign of terror in their community.

Source: myjoyonline

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A Reuters cameraman and an Associated Press (AP) journalist were among those killed in the attack at Nasser Hospital. Another journalist is reported to have worked for Al Jazeera.

Several people were killed in an initial strike, and others in a second which happened as rescuers attended the scene, the Hamas-run Civil Defence said.

The Israeli military said it had carried out an attack on the hospital and an investigation had been ordered. It added that it “does not target journalists as such”.

The Hamas-run health ministry said people were killed when a missile hit the fourth floor, followed by a second missile on the same spot when rescuers arrived, AP reported.

In video from the scene, a doctor standing at an entrance to the hospital – the main one in southern Gaza – holds up bloodied clothes to show journalists following the first strike. Suddenly there is a blast, sending people running for cover as glass shatters. A man injured by the blast is seen trying to drag himself to safety.

In other footage, white and grey smoke can be seen billowing from an upper level of the hospital where damage is apparent. Outside, people are running and shouting amid chaos, as ambulance horns can be heard.

Reuters news agency said its cameraman, Husam al-Masri, was among those killed. AP said Mariam Dagga, a freelance journalist working for it, was also killed. The news agency said it was “shocked and saddened” by the 33-year-old’s death.

The others are said to have been Mohammed Salameh working for Al Jazeera, and photographer Muath Abu Taha. US TV network NBC said Taha did not work for it, as had been initially reported.

The Civil Defence said 15 people were killed, including one of its members, AFP news agency reported.

Monday’s attack comes two weeks after six journalists, including four from Al Jazeera, were killed in an Israeli targeted attack near al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.

The UN’s human rights office condemned that attack, calling it a grave breach of international law.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it had targeted Anas al-Sharif, a prominent Al Jazeera reporter, alleging he had “served as the head of a terrorist cell in Hamas”.

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a leading body which promotes press freedom, said Israel had failed to provide evidence to back up its allegations.

The latest deaths brings the number of journalists killed in Gaza since the start of the war there in October 2023 to about 200.

The war was triggered by the Hamas-led attack on Israel on 7 October, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others taken to Gaza as hostages.

Israel responded with a massive military offensive, which has killed more than 62,686 Palestinians, according to figures from Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry, which the UN considers reliable.

Source: BBC

The suspect in the attack at Or Tor Kor Market is also dead, police in Thailand’s capital confirmed.

Local media have reported that some of those killed are security guards.

The Or Tor Kor market is well known for high quality fresh fruit and seafood.

Gun ownership rates in Thailand are relatively high for the region and mass shooting incidents are not common, but the country has seen several deadly incidents in recent years.

In 2023, a 14-year-old boy killed two people and injured five others in a shooting at a luxury shopping mall in the centre of Bangkok.

An ex-policeman killed at least 37 people, most of them children, in a gun and knife attack at a childcare centre in in Nong Bua Lamphu province in north-east Thailand in October 2022.

In 2020, a soldier killed 29 people and injured dozens more in the city of Nakhon Ratchasima.

Source: BBC

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The landslides struck hilly areas in Wayanad district in the early hours of Tuesday.

Rescue operations are under way, but are being hindered by heavy rains and the collapse of a crucial bridge.

“We will be able to assess the extent of the damage only after a few hours,” state minister AK Saseendran told BBC Hindi.

India’s army said it had sent more than 200 personnel to the area to assist security forces in search and rescue efforts.

Local hospitals are treating at least 70 injured people, and around 250 people have been rescued and shifted to rescue camps so far.

Apart from the 36 confirmed deaths in Wayanad, nine bodies have been found in the Chaliyar river, which flows into neighbouring Malappuram district.

Wayanad, a hilly district which is part of the Western Ghats mountain range, is prone to landslides during the monsoon season.

The landslides have hit several areas in the district, including Mundakkai, Attamala, Chooralmala and Kunhome.

Videos on social media showed muddy water gushing through unpaved streets and forested areas, washing away homes and leaving people and vehicles stranded.

A bridge connecting Chooralmala to Mundakkai and Attamala has collapsed, isolating the two places and making it difficult for rescue personnel to reach trapped families.

Rashid Padikkalparamban, a resident, told Reuters news agency that at least three landslides had hit the area around midnight, washing away the bridge.

State and national disaster relief teams are conducting rescue operations. Several locals too have been helping out.

Mr Saseendran also said the army and air force have been asked to airlift trapped families and to build a temporary bridge.

Raghavan C Arunamala, a local, described the horrifying scenes unfolding in the area.

“I saw a man trapped in the debris shouting for help. Firefighters and rescue workers have been trying to reach him for the last few hours,” he said.

“We fear hundreds of people are trapped inside the villages,” he added.

Wayanad district and neighbouring areas are on alert due to the forecast of heavy rains.

Schools and colleges have been closed in 10 of 14 districts.

In 2019, 17 people had died after a landslide hit Puthumala in Wayanad, around 10km from the areas currently affected.

Tuesday’s tragedy came up in India’s parliament with Vice-President Jagdeep Singh Dhankar – the chairman of the upper house – calling it a “very painful situation”.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi posted on X (formerly Twitter) that he had spoken to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and assured the federal government’s help in relief efforts.

Mr Modi also announced compensation of 200,000 rupees ($2,388; £1,857) to the victims’ families and 50,000 rupees to the injured.

The incident reportedly happened on Monday night in the suburb of Wakeley.

Police responded to reports that a number of people had been stabbed but said none of their injuries were life-threatening.

They added that a man had been arrested and was assisting them with their inquiries.

It was not immediately clear what weapon was used in the attack, which is reported to have happened at the Christ The Good Shepherd Church.

In the livestreamed video on the sermon, a man dressed in dark clothing can be seen approaching the bishop before appearing to strike him.

Several other people then attempt to intervene and screams of horror can be heard.

“The injured people suffered non-life threatening injuries and are being treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics,” police said in a statement.

The community has been asked to avoid the area.

The stabbing comes days after six people were killed at a shopping mall in the same city. The attacker was later shot dead by a police officer.

There is no suggestion that the two events are linked.

Peter Osafo, the father of the victim, Justice Akakpo Mensah, recounted the incident in an interview on Adom FM’s morning show, Dwaso Nsem Wednesday.

Mr Osafo explained that the unfortunate event took place last Sunday while they were getting ready for church.

He said: “I was cooking with him, and I asked him to sweep while I attended to the food. He was sitting beside me, and whenever I needed him, I would call him. I didn’t even see where he went. The food was ready, but he was nowhere to be found.”

His concern grew when they realised that time was passing without any sign of Justice.

Mr Osafo continued: “Around 3pm, we started to panic and initiated a search for him.”

During the search, another group alerted them to the discovery of a boy’s body wrapped in a sack.

Mr Osafo said: “While searching, we were informed about a body found with its tongue removed, wrapped in a sack near Pokuase. We hurried to the police station, and they confirmed it to us. Later, we went to the location where the body was found, and a man informed us that some individuals had dropped the body behind someone’s house. Fortunately, a man had seen the vehicle that dropped the body and took a picture of it. We later realised that it belonged to our neighbours.”

Mr Osafo expressed disbelief as he stated that he had no issues with the neighbours and that they were in good terms with his family. He wondered why they would commit such a heinous crime and kill his son.

When the police showed him pictures of his son, Mr Osafo saw that Justice’s tongue had been removed, and he was wearing the same shirt he had last seen him in.

The main suspect in the case is the neighbour, who, when confronted, claimed that one of his sons accidentally shot Justice while they were playing.

Mr Osafo found this explanation implausible since they hadn’t heard any gunshots, given the close proximity of their houses.

Mary Essirifi, the mother of the deceased, who could not hold back her tears, during the same interview mentioned that they had a close relationship with their neighbours, who would often buy foodstuffs from her.

She said, “my son would frequently go there to help them with their animals, and they were regular customers of mine. We had no issues with them, so why would they brutally kill my son?”

Currently, the neighbours and their entire family have been apprehended by the police and are being held at the Criminal Investigations Department headquarters for further investigations.

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It said investigations indicated that the carcasses of the black rhinos in the northern Etosha National Park were “between three weeks and older”.

“This is regrettable and a strong indication that the fight against poaching is not over,” a statement by the ministry spokesman Romeo Muyunda said.

No arrests have been made so far as investigations continue.

The ministry has urged Namibians with any information on the incident to report it to the police or to the ministry.

A total of 22 rhinos have been killed by poachers since the beginning of the year, according to the ministry.

The region is predominantly Muslim.

Muslim students at the Shehu Shagari College of Education reportedly killed the woman and set her body alight.

They then went on the rampage destroying property including vehicles.

A police spokesperson in Sokoto state told the BBC that security forces intervened to restore calm and an investigation was under way.

The authorities have shut down the college indefinitely and ordered students to go home immediately.

Nigeria’s most senior Islamic religious leader, the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar, has condemned the killing of the Christian student and appealed for calm.

Carl Wayne Buntion, 78, murdered police officer James Irby in 1990 and was sentenced to execution, spending three decades waiting on death row amid several unsuccessful appeals.

Lawyers for Buntion had tried unsuccessfully to stop his date with a lethal injection by arguing the punishment was “cruel and unusual”.

Despite those pleas, he was executed at about 7 pm local time on Thursday night at a prison in Texas.

In a final statement shared by local media reporters, he said he had remorse for the killing and wrote: “I am ready to go.”

Buntion was found guilty of shooting and killing Houston police officer James Irby, 37, in 1990.

The killer, who had an extensive criminal record already, shot the officer when he and a friend were pulled over for a minor traffic offence.

Buntion, the passenger, exited the car while the driver and officer were talking and shot him once in the head and twice in the back before being apprehended.

He was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death in 1991.

Records showed he was in ill health with a list of medical conditions, including hepatitis C, cirrhosis and a chronic liver disease.

Wheelchair-bound Buntion also had to be housed in a ground floor cell owing to severe vertigo.

There had been several unsuccessful legal efforts to stop the death sentence over the years.

In 2009 it was deemed “unconstitutional” as jurors were not allowed to hear mitigating evidence and it was vacated.

Then in 2012 in a retrial he was again sentenced to death with a later appeal denied.

Buntion’s lawyers appealed this decision in October 2021, but this was denied by the US Supreme Court.

A petition for clemency previously said: “Mr. Buntion is a frail, elderly man who requires specialised care to perform basic functions.

“He is not a threat to anyone in prison and will not be a threat to anyone in prison if his sentence is reduced to a lesser penalty.

“During the 31 years he has been incarcerated under a sentence of death, he has been cited for only three disciplinary infractions, and he has not been cited for any infraction whatsoever for the last twenty-three years.”

Earlier, news of his impending death was welcomed by the family of officer Irby, including his widow Maura Irby.

Speaking to KPRC 2 , she said the family can now move forward, saying: “I just found out this morning that Carl Buntion is being executed. It’s been 30 years. We’ve been waiting for this.

“I wish James was here to see this. It is good to close the chapter on my husband’s murder. “We can now put this away.”

The AFP news agency quoted a military memo as saying that a “Russian advisor” had struck an improvised explosive device on Tuesday morning.

It said the Russian died after being airlifted to a hospital in the central town of Sevare.

The AFP said an unnamed official in Sevare hospital official as well as an elected official had confirmed the death.

Mali’s army has not officially commented on the events.

The Malian junta has repeatedly denied the presence of mercenaries from Russia’s paramilitary company Wagner to assist in its counterinsurgency operations.

It comes as the UN on Wednesday accused Malian authorities of preventing its human rights investigators access to a village where hundreds of people were killed.

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Malian troops and their Russian collaborators are accused of carrying out a massacre of hundreds civilians during the operation against militants last month.

Mali said those killed were jihadists, while Russia said they were not involved in the operation.

He was buried with a sack and left in an uncompleted storey building.

The family of the victim said he left home for work three days ago and did not return.

They reported the news to the police for assistance to find their relative.

In their search, they saw his bicycle and some personal belongings close to the school where he works as night security.

They indicated that, with the support of the police in their search, they found droplets of blood that led to the compound of an uncompleted story building at Napogibakole, a suburb of Wa Municipality where the deceased security man was buried.

After the body was dug out, the family confirmed to the police that the deceased was their relative.

They called for a full-scale investigation into the death of their relative and the perpetrators punished

An autopsy has been conducted on the deceased and the body handed over to the family for burial at Loho community in the Nadowli-Kaleo district.

Police sources indicate the lifeless body was found in a pool of blood with gunshot wounds on his head.

The deceased, according to the Teshie District Police Commander, DSP Ransford Nsiah, was identified by a man who said he was the car owner.

“We were trying to organise ourselves to convey the body to the mortuary when one man who claimed to be the taxi owner came to tell us that he knows the victim and gave him the car to operate on a work and pay basis.

“He then proceeded to give the car number, the type, and the colour,” DSP Nsiah told Accra-based Citi FM.

The commander revealed intelligence suggests the suspects removed the car’s original number plate with a different one embossed.

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He, however, appealed to the public to assist with relevant information that can lead to the arrest of the culprits.

The deceased, Gertrude Chepkoech, was eliminated by the man, identified as Ezra, a non-student alleged to be a motor rider locally referred to as Boda Boda.

The incident reportedly happened on Thursday, September 29, 2021, in the institution’s Peka hostels after which Ezra tried to take his own life.

After other students realised what he had done, they cornered him and started stoning him.

The suspected killer was rescued by the police while in critical condition. A witness said the man, who had travelled from Nakuru, visited his girlfriend last week but they are said to have quarrelled.

During the argument, his girlfriend raised the alarm accusing the man of forcing himself into their room.

The hostel’s management kicked him out, warning him never to return. However, he returned on Wednesday armed with a knife and eliminated her suspected girlfriend’s roommate.

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The deceased was pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in English and literature. At the time of the incident, Ezras ‘girlfriend’ was in the school writing her examination.

The body of the deceased was taken to Nyahururu County Referral Hospital.

Police have commenced investigations into the matter.

The deceased, identified as Michael Darko, turned nine on Monday, August 30, 2021.

However, he was shot in the morning by traditional authorities who were performing rituals to purify the community ahead of the Awutu Awubia festivaL.

Amidst tears, his traumatised mother, Hannah Aidoo, revealed all was set for the boy’s birthday.

“We had ordered the cake and he didn’t even get the opportunity to wear his birthday shoes, neck beads, and clothes which are still in his bags,” she sobbed.

A man, who only gave his name as Joe, told Adom News that the people were supposed to be shooting into the sky but that wasn’t the case.

Joe said he was, therefore, amazed at how they ended up shooting the victim who he said was his mother’s only child.

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Meanwhile, the District Chief Executive for Awutu Senya West, Stephen Kwame Quaye, said the District Security Council will meet with the Traditional Council and ban the usage of the live bullet during festivals or any traditional programme.

The Awutu Bereku District Police have since arrested the suspect in connection with the shooting incident.

Seven others were also wounded after they responded to distress calls from villagers in the Bungudu local government area of the state.

A statement by the governor of Zamfara state, Bello Matawalle, said the police officers “came under fire following an ambush staged by armed gangs”.

The incident comes a day after armed assailants kidnapped at least 50 people from several villages in the wider state, which has been riven by insecurity.

Cases of armed gangs attacking communities and kidnapping villagers – many of them for ransom – have risen.

In other parts of Nigeria, attacks on security agents by gunmen have also been on the rise.

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Last week, an army general was killed by suspected armed gangs near the capital Abuja.

On the same day, four soldiers were also killed at different locations across the country.

The 36-year-old Solomon Arhin Prost was gunned down Saturday, June 19, 2021 around 11:14pm while on his way home from work.

The deceased was reportedly walking with his friend at the time of attack but the friend escaped unhurt.

A witness, Mohammed Shaibu, said he heard gunshots while in his room and a few minutes later he heard the victim who had been running towards his house shouting for help.

But he came out of his room to see him lying in a supine position in a pool of blood wearing black shorts with a white shirt with gunshot wounds on the chest.

Two black backpacks containing cash of GHC 8,290.30, One HP Laptop with charger, one Infinix Mobile Phone, One Itel Mobile phone and one Android mobile phone were found at the scene.

Two small itel mobile phones, one pen drive, a modem, earpiece, and some bank documents were found lying beside the victim.

Police, who visited the scene upon receipt of the information after taking inventory of the crime scene, conveyed the victim to St. Joseph Hospital where he was confirmed dead by the medical doctor on duty, Dr Benjamin Sam.

His body has since been deposited at the morgue of the same Hospital.

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The Public Relations Officer of the Eastern Regional Police Command, DSP Ebenezer Tetteh, said an investigation has commenced into the incident.

The deceased was a teacher at Behenase RC Basic School near Tinkon in the Akuapem North Municipality.

Kingsford Kalefe, Headteacher of Behenase Basic School, described the deceased as a hard-working and industrious young man.

He called on the Inspector-General of Police to intervene to ensure that the perpetrators are arrested

The National Chairman of Mobile Money Agents Association of Ghana, Dela Abotsie, said robbery attacks on their members are too many, therefore, he wants a collaborative effort to curb the menace.

The deceased left behind a pregnant wife and two children.

His lifeless body was found at Bowohomoden junction at Sankore in the Ahafo Region.

The Assemblyman of Sankore North electoral area, Ishmael Mohammed (Oboish), and two men of God, Rev Alfred Badoe and Rev Kofi Owusu are said to have reported the case to the Sankore police station.

The police, upon receipt of the news, proceeded to the scene with the Krontihene of Sankore, Nana Tabiri Gyansah.

The rider was found with both arms and legs tired with a yellow rope and his mouth covered with a sellotape.

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No physical marks were found on the body but bloodstains were seen in his left ear and part of his head.

Red pair of scissors and sellotape were retrieved from the scene.

The police have since deposited the body at the Goaso Municipal Government Hospital mortuary for preservation and autopsy.

The incident is said to have occurred around 10:30pm on Friday, May 21, 2021.

Information gathered by Adom News suggested that the officer with the Sunyani Military base was travelling from Sunyani through Prang to Kintampo.

The robbers are said to have mounted a roadblock at Ajaraja Beposo and attacked people onboard vehicles travelling on the stretch.

The deceased, who was driving a white pickup, went to the meet the operation ongoing and stepped out of his car to monitor the situation.

The robbers, upon sighting the uniformed soldier according to reports, pounced on him and demanded he hands over his uniform.

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The robbers attacked and beat him to pulp after he turned down their demand.

Confused over what to do with him, some of the robbers suggested he should be allowed to go.

But others insisted he is killed and while he attempted to flee the scene, one of the robbers, who had laid ambush, shot him in the chest, leading to his death.

The incident occurred during a misunderstanding between the couple.

According to the Assemblymember for the area, Mr Charles K. Asare, the suspect, whose name was only given as Sallah, hit the head of the now-deceased man with a stick.

The Chief Priest, Okatakyie Sarkodie was rushed to the Mpasaso Health Centre and was later referred to the Mankranso Hospital where he died.

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The body has been deposited at the Mankranso Hospital morgue for preservation and autopsy.

The suspect is said to be currently on the run.

The Mankranso District Police Command has commenced investigations into the incident.

Mr Nankuasi, a 27-year-old man was shot dead at Zabrama in the Pru West District of Bono East region.

Joseph Dipaaba, brother of the deceased, in an interview with Adom News, narrated what led to the shooting of his bother:

“Kwabena Naaba Asanu owed my brother GH¢100 and paid GH¢50. My brother later demanded the rest of the GH¢50 which resulted in a fight.

“Asanu rushed to his room picked a gun and shot my brother at a close-range killing him instantly,” he narrated.

Angry residents are reported to have nearly lynched suspect Asanu, who is currently receiving treatment at the St Matthias Catholic Hospital at Yeji.

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The body of Mr Nankuasi has been deposited at the same hospital waiting autopsy.

The Pru East District Police Commander, Superintendent Thomas Owoahene Acheampong, who confirmed the incident, said investigations have begun.

The suspect, Agyei Boye, who is in the custody of the Amasaman police, allegedly killed Kofi Abu, 31-year-old, after the deceased confronted him for abusing his two-year-old daughter.

Narrating the sad incident to the media, the wife of the deceased said her two-year-old daughter was pushed and stepped on by the landlord for crawling near his door.

She said her husband confronted the landlord for stepping on a toddler which led to a scuffle.

The landlord, who is an ex-footballer, overpowered the tenant and attacked him with a cutlass.

The wife of the deceased screamed for help but to no avail until the landlord succeeded in allegedly killing her husband.

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According to her, she pounced on the landlord to stop him from further butchering her husband but unfortunately, the landlord slashed her head with the cutlass.

“The landlord stepped on my two-year-old daughter who was crawling to his doorway. My husband confronted him on why he did that to the toddler and the landlord attacked him haphazardly with the cutlass and slashed every part of his body.

“He later dragged my husband to a nearby kiosk and continued the attacks. I tried to stop him from attacking my husband and he slashed my head with the cutlass. I shouted for help but no one could hear me,” she said.

The Amasaman Police are currently investigating the incident.

The incident is said to have occurred in front of his two children with whom he was working on his farm on Wednesday.

Mr Dakudzi’s assailants reportedly hit him with sticks multiple times in his rib before butchering him right in front of his children.

A 32-year-old Martey Joshua, son of the deceased, narrating the incident to Accra-based radio station, Starr FM, said he was also in his farm when he received a call about the incident.

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“I anxiously rushed to the scene and saw my father lying dead in his farm at Akorley Foah with blood all over his body; with cutlass wounds inflicted on him,” he said.

He said the assailants chased his brothers, Desmond and Mamuli, aged 13 and 18 respectively after they spotted them in the farm but they managed to escape.

Deputy Public Relations Officer of the Eastern Regional Police Command, Sergeant Francis Gomado, has confirmed the incidence.

He said the cutlass wounds were found on the victim’s head, both arms and mark of assault on both ribs and shoulders upon inspection.

April 28, 1961, is definitely a day that Ghanaians, and not just Congolese, will remember. Ghana, then just a four-year-old independent nation, contributed soldiers to the UN’s aim of keeping the peace in Congo.

The United Nations Operation in the Congo (Opération des Nations Unies au Congo, or ONUC), which took place in the Republic of the Congo from July 1960 until June 1964, marked a milestone in the history of United Nations peacekeeping in terms of the responsibilities it had to assume, the size of its area of operation and the manpower involved.

Ghana has been contributing troops and police to UN peace operations since the early 1960s. Since their first participation in ONUC, over 80,000 Ghanaian military, police, and civilian personnel have served in various capacities in more than 30 UN missions.

In most of these operations there have been instances where weapons have been lost either through attacks by hostile armed elements or through careless mishandling of weapons by peacekeepers. A few examples will suffice, including losses of experienced peace keepers by UN troops from countries other than Ghana. By far, the highest number of weapons and ammunition lost by Ghanaian troops during peace operations occurred in the UN operations in the Congo.

This was during the Port Franqui shooting incident, which culminated in the unfortunate massacre of 43 Ghanaian peacekeepers (military personnel) and two of their British officers in April 28, 1961. Some of the Ghanaian troops were alleged to have drowned while attempting to escape the shooting.

The incident is reported to have happened when the Congolese interior minister, who was visiting Port Franqui on 27 April, publicly criticided the local Armée nationale congolaise (Congolese National Army, or ANC) forces of being anti-Lulua and a source of unrest in the ethnic conflict rocking northern Kasai. He threatened to have them disarmed by the UN forces if this did not change.

The following day, the ONUC garrison at Port Franqui was attacked by ANC troops, who thought it shared the pro-Lulua bias of the interior minister. Forty-seven UN troops (Ghanaian, Swedish, and British) were killed, some of them after they had been disarmed.

Ever since 43 Ghanaian peacekeepers were killed, Ghana’s willingness to partake in peacekeeping efforts has not been affected by its most unfortunate loss in international warfare. The country remains the UN’s most preferred peacekeeping partner on the continent.

Volta Regional Minister, Dr Archibald Letsa, is appealing to residents within Sogakope and the Volta Regional enclave to make information that can lead to the arrest of the Sogakope South Assemblyman’s killers available.

According to him, the District Security Council (DISEC), the Assembly and the police in the area are committed to ensuring the perpetrators are brought to book but with the effective collaboration of the residents.

Speaking on Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem, Tuesday, he said they will be swift in ensuring justice is served once vital information is provided.

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