Thomas Naadi
Correspondent at BBC
Ghanaian. Ghana correspondent, BBC News .Multiple international award winning journalist. Environmentalist.Tweets are mine and views of others.
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bbc.com | Thomas Naadi |Wycliffe Muia
Thomas Naadi & Wycliffe MuiaBBC NewsA former Gambian soldier has been convicted on torture charges by a US court for his involvement in crimes committed while feared strongman Yahya Jammeh was in power in the West African country. Michael Sang Correa was found guilty of being part of a conspiracy to commit torture against suspected opponents while serving under a military unit known as the "Junglers".
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yahoo.com | Thomas Naadi |Wycliffe Muia
A former Gambian soldier has been convicted on torture charges by a US court for his involvement in crimes committed while feared strongman Yahya Jammeh was in power in the West African country. Michael Sang Correa was found guilty of being part of a conspiracy to commit torture against suspected opponents while serving under a military unit known as the "Junglers". "The torture inflicted by Michael Sang Correa and his co-conspirators is abhorrent," the Justice Department said.
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bbc.com | Thomas Naadi |Wycliffe Muia
Thomas Naadi & Wycliffe MuiaBBC News, Accra and NairobiGhana has banned all foreigners from trading in its local gold market as part of efforts to boost national revenue and streamline the country's mining sector. It follows the enactment of a new law earlier this month that grants exclusive authority of gold mining to a new state body, the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod).
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yahoo.com | Thomas Naadi
A notorious bandit kingpin and 100 of his suspected followers have been killed in a joint military operation in north-west Nigeria, authorities say. Gwaska Dankarami was said to have been a high-value target who reportedly served as second-in-command to an Islamic State-linked leader. The alleged gang leader had been hiding in the Munumu Forest, with authorities reporting that several other criminal hideouts were also destroyed across the state on Friday.
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3 weeks ago |
bbc.com | Thomas Naadi |Cecilia Macaulay
Niger's military leaders free ministers, but not ousted presidentThomas Naadi & Cecilia MacaulayAFPGen Abdourahamane Tchiani seized power in 2023Niger's military leaders have released more than 50 detainees, including former ministers in the government they toppled in 2023. Among them are the former ministers of defence, oil and finance, as well as several senior army officers, convicted or accused of plotting previous coups.
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Niger's military leaders free ministers, but not ousted president. https://t.co/CG1G8aXHdg https://t.co/nramF6SwAw
A US court awarded Ghanaian investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas $18m (£14m) in damages, after a jury said he was defamed by former Ghanaian MP Kennedy Agyapong.👇🏾 https://t.co/qyJHcuFVLT
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