Tag: soldiers
GAF initiates accommodation project for soldiers
The Central Command of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has cut the sod for work to commence on a 10-bedroom self-contained accommodation complex to...
117 Chinese soldiers killed in Korean War laid to rest
The remains of 117 Chinese soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War were laid to rest on Monday in a cemetery in Shenyang, capital...
5 more U.S. soldiers in South Korea test positive for COVID-19
Five more U.S. soldiers in South Korea have tested positive for COVID-19 amid the lingering worry about the virus spread here, the U.S....
8 Yemeni soldiers killed in Houthi missile attack: government sources
At least eight Yemeni soldiers were killed in missile attack by Houthi rebels on a government military camp in Yemen's northern province of...
3 soldiers killed in ambush in central Mali: ministry
Three Malian soldiers were killed and four other injured in an ambush on Wednesday in Boulkessy, a town in Mali's central region of...
Cameroon court jails five soldiers for killing women and children
A military court in Cameroon on Monday found five soldiers guilty of killing two women and their two small children.
Four of the accused received...
12 dead in clashes between troops and al-Shabaab in Somalia
At least 12 people have been killed in a series of clashes and attacks in south and central Somalia, sources told dpa on Monday.
Eight...
23 soldiers, 31 militants killed in clashes in Afghanistan: officials
At least 23 Afghan soldiers and 31 militants were killed and several fighters wounded in separate clashes in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar and western Badghis...
Roadside bomb kills 5 Afghan soldiers in western Badghis province
Five Afghan soldiers were killed as a roadside bomb struck a military vehicle in Abkamari district of the western Badghis province on Sunday, a...
Three soldiers killed in ambush in central Mali – ministry
Three Malian soldiers were killed and five others were missing in an ambush on Wednesday in Mali's central region of Segou, the country's...
5 terrorists killed, 2 soldiers wounded in southern Philippine clash
At least five suspected Abu Sayyaf fighters were killed and two soldiers, including a junior military officer, wounded as security forces fought a group...
Two soldiers killed in Somali car bomb attack
Two Somali National Army (SNA) soldiers were on Monday killed and three others wounded, including a U.S. officer, in a car bomb attack by...
Over ten Malian soldiers killed in attack
The Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) confirmed on Friday that more than ten Malian soldiers were killed in an attack on Thursday at Guire...
Latest Israeli strikes kill 11 in Syria – monitor
A total of 11 people, mostly military personnel, were killed in the overnight Israeli missile strikes on the capital Damascus and Daraa province...
14 soldiers killed in battles with Islamic State in eastern Syria
A total of 14 Syrian soldiers were killed on Friday in battles with the Islamic State (IS) militants in the eastern province of...
Mali soldiers take power on ‘transitional’ basis after military coup
Soldiers leading a military coup against Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who resigned in the early hours of Wednesday, have announced they will take...
Detained by mutinous soldiers, Malian president announces resignation
Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, currently detained by mutinous soldiers in the military camp in Kati, a town close to Bamako, announced late Tuesday...
Death toll rises to 148 in clashes in South Sudan
Death toll in South Sudan has risen to 148 while more than 140 others have been injured following clashes between government forces and armed...
17 Boko Haram militants killed following ambush on Nigerian troops
At least 17 Boko Haram militants were killed and several others wounded when troops fought hard in an exchange of gunfire...
Israel reduces soldiers’ leave after surge in COVID-19 morbidity
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Sunday that soldiers' leave will be reduced given the significant rise in COVID-19 morbidity in the military...
K.T Hammond’s comment on Soldiers’ deployment not government’s position-Oppong Nkrumah
Information -Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says the comments made by Mr K.T. Hammond, the NPP member of Parliament for Adansi Asokwa to the effect...
Government has no ethnocentric agenda in deployment of soldiers
Minister of Defence Dominic Nitiwul, on Monday, refuted claims by the Minority NDC that government has deployed soldiers to Volta and Oti regions to...
82 bodies recovered following Boko Haram attacks in NE Nigeria
About 82 bodies had been recovered so far from four attacks in three different locations by suspected Boko Haram militants in a state in...
At least 5 soldiers killed in ambush in Cameroon’s restive Anglophone region
At least five Cameroonian soldiers were killed on Monday in an ambush by suspected armed separatist fighters in the country's restive Anglophone region of...
Seven soldiers wounded in landmine explosion in Cameroon
At least seven army soldiers were wounded by the explosion of a landmine in Cameroon's Far North region Tuesday afternoon, according to local media.
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2020: The Year of the Bravest Frontline Soldiers
When 2020 was declared ‘The International Year of The Nurse and Midwife’, I was amazed and honored by this annual World Health Organization theme...
Libya’s UN-backed government kills 10 eastern-based army soldiers in southern Tripoli
The spokesman of the UN-backed Libyan government on Thursday said that the government's forces killed 10 soldiers of the rival eastern-based army in south...
Six die when armed men attack army unit in northwestern Uganda
Three soldiers and three assailants were killed on Friday when an army unit responded to attackers armed with machetes, bows and arrows in northwestern...
Nigerian soldier kills 4 colleagues before committing suicide
A Nigerian army corporal allegedly killed four soldiers before taking his own life on Wednesday with his service rifle, the Nigerian Army has said.
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Ghana’s Battalion in South Sudan awarded
Soldiers of the Ghanaian Battalion serving with the United Nations Mission In South Sudan (UNMISS GHANBATT 7) have been awarded with the prestigious United...