The North-West African country Mali said on Monday that it had killed a high-value Islamist commander who helped lead a 2017 attack in which four American and four Nigerien soldiers were killed alongside an interpreter.
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The North-West African country Mali said on Monday that it had killed a high-value Islamist commander who helped lead a 2017 attack in which four American and four Nigerien soldiers were killed alongside an interpreter.
Fears of renewed ethnic slaughter in the Sudanese region of Darfur have increased, particularly with the looming assault on the city of El Fasher, which is already facing a threat of famine. The U.S. envoy to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, warned of a potential large-scale massacre in the city. The civil war between Sudan’s military and the Rapid Support Forces has caused widespread devastation in the region, creating a massive humanitarian crisis.
We, the Management of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), respond to recent posts circulating on myjoyonline and other media outlets suggesting that SSNIT will be unable to pay benefits by 2036 as a result of depletion in reserves.
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has issued a stark warning regarding Ghana’s Social Security and National Insurance Trusts (SSNIT), highlighting an impending crisis that could leave pensioners without adequate benefits. “Starting in 2029, total income (contributions, investment income and other income) is no longer sufficient to pay for annual expenditures. "The reserve starts to decrease. During the year 2036, the reserve drops to zero,” the report stated.
NAIROBI,Devastating floods during Kenya’s rainy season, aggravated by climate change, have killed at least 38 people and displaced thousands as rivers burst their banks and inundated low-income neighborhoods.
Sedinam Tamakloe, former "CEO of MASLOC", has been sentenced to 10 years in imprisonment with hard labour. Daniel Axim, former Operational Manager of MASLOC, has also been jailed for five years with hard labour. An Accra High Court on Tuesday, April 16, convicted and sentenced Sedina Tamakloe to 10 years of imprisonment for causing financial loss to the state to the tune of GHS90 million.