Donald Trump, Yemeni President, Saudi King and Crown Prince sentenced to death

US President Donald Trump has been sentenced to death for alleged war crimes by a court in Yemen.

The US President was sentenced with nine other defendants including a Saudi King and Prince.

The case against the defendants went ahead in their absence today at Houthi-run Specialised Criminal Court in the Yemeni governorate of Saada, and resulted in the death penalty against the US leader.

The court issued death sentences against Trump, Saudi King Salman, the Saudi Crown Prince, Commander of the Saudi Air Force Turki bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz, and Yemeni President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi.

Yemen’s Vice President Ali Mohsin Al-Ahmar, Prime Minister Ahmed bin Dagher, Defence Minister Muhammad Al-Maqdishi, and former US Defence Secretary James Mattis were also sentenced to death.

The court also ruled that the accused should pay $10 billion to the families of those killed in the 2019 airstrike.

The charges related to an airstrike which reportedly hit a school bus, killing 51 people including 40 children.

Yemen’s internationally-recognised government has been battling the Iran-backed Houthi movement, which has seized most of the north of the country and the capital Sana’a, since 2014.

A Saudi-led military coalition joined on the side of the government the following year.

The United Nations has called the Yemeni conflict the world’s worst humanitarian disaster.

More than 100,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed and millions more displaced

The Yemeni government’s Supreme Judicial Court ruled that the Houthi-run criminal court should be shut down in 2018.

The leader insisted he felt great after his Covid-19 illness, describing it as “a blessing from God”.

In a video message on Wednesday, Mr Trump said all Americans should have access to the experimental treatments he was given.

The 45th President said: “This was a blessing in disguise – I caught it, I heard about this drug, I said let me take it and it was incredible.”

Popular Kumawood actor shot by armed robbers

Popular Kumawood actor, Andrew Ntul Mensah, also known as ‘Scorpion GH’, has been reportedly shot by armed robbers.

According to reports, he was attacked in his house at Aburaso New Site near Kumasi in the Ashanti region at about 2:40 a.m on Thursday.

Officers from the Suntreso District Police Command rushed to the scene following a distress call and found Scorpion in a pool of blood in the said house.

Preliminary investigations reveal that the perpetrators used a car jerk to expand portions of a burglar-proof and gained access to the main building and went straight to the victim’s door.

Scorpion’s brother, Emmanuel Ntul, who confirmed this to the media, said his brother was shot in the right thigh and left ribs by one of the gun-wielding men during a struggle.

“He was with his wife and children when the incident happened. They forced the door open during a struggle and according to him, one of them was ordered to shoot at my brother,” he said.

Mr Ntul indicated that his brother sustained severe injuries because the robbers used a sharp object to hit his left ribs.

He said they rushed Scorpion to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital and is receiving treatment there.

Meanwhile, police have since retrieved the jerk, three empty shells of spent 9mm cartridges, and a nose mask as part of their investigations.

Source: adomonline.com

JUST IN: Supreme Court Orders Closure Of Ecobank Head Office

The Supreme Court of Ghana has ordered the closure of the Head Office of Ecobank in Accra, reportghana.com Sighted this on Ghanaxtra

This order was given by the Supreme court on Tuesday, July 21, 2020.

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Just In: Nana Adjei Sikapa of Despite Media dead

aobrempongnana.wordpress.com has sited a Facebook post by Dan Kwaku Yeboah, the head of sports at despite media that reads SAD NEWs! Peace fm’s Nana Adjei Sikapa has passed on.

Nana Adjei Sikapa was noted in the media for decades, who teaches more on Akan Language and roots. He was a news anchor and a host for Sikapa Root Culture and Wo Gyedie ne sɛn respectively. He has been off air for some time now.

A little info says that he has been battling some ailments for the past two years, even though he was still working with it. But as to what actually caused his saddened departure is yet to be disclosed.

Below is the Facebook post by Dan Kwaku Yeboah:

Our deepest condolences goes the family and despite media, and everyone in the media

Just In: Five staff of Multimedia Group test positive for Covid-19

Five employees of the Multimedia Group have tested positive for coronavirus.

The Ghana Health Service tested the five members of staff, who work in the company’s business offices in Accra.

Below is the full statement issued by the company

Multimedia Records Covid Case

This is to inform you that five (5) members of our team at our business offices in Accra who were contact traced and tested by the Ghana Health Service (GHS), have tested positive for the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19).

The affected team members, who were all asymptomatic, have been isolated in line with case management protocols. Officials of the Ghana Health Service are monitoring them and we can report that they are all hale and hearty and are responding well to treatment.

As part of ensuring the safety and well-being of our team members and our guests and to minimise any potential for spread of the virus, we have ramped up internal contract tracing, in liaison with the Ghana Health Service. Together, we have ensured that team members who may have come into contact with the five (5) team members who tested positive have been tested and have gone into self-isolation for 14 days as required. In addition, all remaining team members are to be tested. Testing commenced on Monday, June 15, 2020.

Furthermore, thorough disinfection and deep cleansing of our studios, offices and facilities takes place on daily basis.

The measures, as indicated above, have been taken to enable us protect team members, guests and visitors to our studios and offices. The measures notwithstanding, we wish to encourage all team members and guests to observe the enhanced safety protocols we have put in place in all our offices and branches.

Be assured that we are working with health authorities to implement all safety measures as required while discharging our responsibility to the nation, our audience and advertisers even in these difficult times.

Kind regards,

Management
The Multimedia Group

Just In: Supreme Court dismisses suit challenging Amidu’s eligibility as Special Prosecutor

The Supreme Court has dismissed a suit challenging Martin Amidu’s eligibility to serve as Special Prosecutor.

The decision was a 5-2 majority decision.

The court did not give reasons for the decision but indicated that the lawyers could pick it up from the court’s registry.

The decision of the Apex court has legitimized the position of Martin Amidu as the Special Prosecutor.

The judges who were in favour of the dismissal include, Cheif Justice Anin Yeboah, Justices Bafffoe Bonnie, Marfo Sau, Nene Amegatse and Prof Ashie Kotey.

The two judges who dissented are Justices Sulley Gbadegbe and Agnes Dodzi.

The was suit filed by former Deputy Attorney General, Dr. Dominic Ayine who contended that Mr. Amidu, being 66 years, is too old to hold public office, and as such cannot be the Special Prosecutor.

He is therefore sought a declaration that, per the interpretation of Articles 190(1)(d), 199(1), 199(4), and 295 of the 1992 Constitution, the retirement age of all holders of public offices created pursuant to Article(1)(d), is 60 years, thus Mr. Amidu is not qualified or eligible to be nominated as the Special Prosecutor.

Dr. Dominic Ayine filed the case in February 2019.

Breaking News: Paapa Owusu Ankomah tested positive of covid19

Ghana’s High Commissioner to the UK and Ireland, Papa Owusu Ankomah has reportedly been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus.

Reports say Mr. Owusu Ankomah tested positive for the Covid-19 on Friday, April 10, 2020, and has been sent to the Intensive Care Unit in a London Hospital.

The Head of Ghana’s Mission in the UK and Ireland since June 2017, is, however, said to be responding to treatment.

Back home in Ghana, President Nana AKufo-Addo told the nation in a televised address Thursday night that the country’s tally now stands at 378 with six deaths while four individuals have made a full recovery of the deadly infection.

Just in: President Akufo-Addo makes deputy ministerial reshuffle

In a statement from the communication directorate, jubilee house, Accra, signed by Mr Eugene Arhin, director of communications at the Presidency, the President of the republic, H.E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has made some changes in his government.

Below is the official statement: