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General News on Tuesday, June 11, 2019
Source: clbadfmonline.com
2019-06-11
Australia becomes the third country after Canada and the United Kingdom to issue an alert to its Ghanaian citizens
The Australian government has announced that it will support Ghana with A $ 75,000 to build the capacity of local security personnel at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Center.
The aim is to strengthen the country's capacity to fight terrorism, particularly as a result of terrorist threats against Ghana.
Ms. HK Yu, First Deputy Secretary, Foreign Affairs and Trade, High Commissariat, revealed it at the Conference on Mining Security in West Africa, to be held in Accra on Tuesday 11 June 2019.
Ms. Yu and the Australian High Commissioner for Ghana, Mr. Andrew Barnes, also spoke about the travel tips issued on Tuesday to citizens living or traveling in Ghana.
Mr. Barnes said, "We just updated our travel advice here in Ghana this morning, but we have not raised the level. We put a little more emphasis on the obligation to advise Australians traveling and living in Ghana to become more aware of their personal safety and we mentioned that they should be careful not to use public transport, taxis and Ubers, etc. Just a reminder for everyone to just exercise caution and make general safety decisions. "
Ms. Yu added, "If I can add one thing, one of the key functions of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is to provide up-to-date travel advice to all Australians living abroad. That is why we are closely monitoring the situation in each country, in close cooperation with the police, and when new information becomes available to us as a result of events in other countries, we quickly update the content of the report. these informations. travel tips to attract the attention of Australians who go abroad. "
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