{"id":7448,"date":"2026-02-20T13:09:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T13:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/?p=7448"},"modified":"2026-03-01T13:12:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T13:12:34","slug":"weekly-news-20-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/index.php\/2026\/02\/20\/weekly-news-20-february\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly News \u2013 20 February"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Ghana&#8217;s security exposed by Defence Ministry vacancy \u2013 Nitiwul<\/h3>\n<p><strong>February 18, 2026 &#8211; Myjoyonline<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Former Defence Minister Dominic Nitiwul criticized President Mahama over the prolonged vacancy at the Defence Ministry, warning that Ghana&#8217;s security is exposed. He cited a recent terrorist attack killing Ghanaian traders in Burkina Faso as proof of the urgent need for leadership.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/ghanas-security-exposed-by-defence-ministry-vacancy-nitiwul\/\" class=\"read-button\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Ghana, Lebanon strengthen security ties to fight transnational crime<\/h3>\n<p><strong>February 17, 2026 &#8211; Modern Ghana<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ghana and Lebanon have reaffirmed their commitment to deepening bilateral security cooperation aimed at tackling transnational crimes, including cyber fraud, drug trafficking, and money laundering.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.modernghana.com\/news\/1472194\/ghana-lebanon-strengthen-security-ties-to-fight.html\" class=\"read-button\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Ghana tomato traders among dead in Burkina Faso attack<\/h3>\n<p><strong>February 16, 2026 &#8211; BBC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At least 20 people were killed in an attack in Titao, Burkina Faso, claimed by the JNIM militant group. Among the dead were seven Ghanaian traders &#8220;burnt beyond recognition,&#8221; according to Ghana&#8217;s Interior Minister.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cjd9edyllnro\" class=\"read-button\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Ghana-Turkey strengthen security and migration cooperation<\/h3>\n<p><strong>February 16, 2026 &#8211; Diplomatic Times Online<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ghana&#8217;s Interior Minister, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, held talks with his Turkish counterpart to deepen security and defence cooperation, focusing on emergency response, migration governance, and transnational security threats.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diplomatictimesonline.com\/muntaka-holds-talk-with-turkish-interior-minister-on-security\/\" class=\"read-button\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Le Ghana veut faire reconna\u00eetre l&#8217;esclavage comme &#8220;le plus grave crime contre l&#8217;humanit\u00e9&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p><strong>February 16, 2026 &#8211; Africanews<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Le Ghana va d\u00e9poser une r\u00e9solution \u00e0 l&#8217;ONU en mars pour faire qualifier la traite transatlantique de &#8220;plus grave crime contre l&#8217;humanit\u00e9&#8221;. Soutenue par l&#8217;Union africaine, cette d\u00e9marche vise une reconnaissance officielle des faits historiques et de leurs cons\u00e9quences actuelles.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.africanews.com\/2026\/02\/16\/le-ghana-veut-faire-reconnaitre-lesclavage-comme-le-plus-grave-crime-contre-lhumanite\/\" class=\"read-button\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana&#8217;s security exposed by Defence Ministry vacancy \u2013 Nitiwul February 18, 2026 &#8211; Myjoyonline Former Defence Minister Dominic Nitiwul criticized President Mahama over the prolonged vacancy at the Defence Ministry, warning that Ghana&#8217;s security is exposed. He cited a recent terrorist attack killing Ghanaian traders in Burkina Faso as proof of the urgent need for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7415,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ghana-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7448"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7449,"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7448\/revisions\/7449"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}