This is true. 19 is the legal age to drink alcohol in Ontario. 19 and 20 year olds do not need anyone's permission to do what they want, but that doesn't mean that 19 year olds should be sent to live in a hostel in Ghana and fend for themselves while they volunteer for a Toronto based organization. This sounds like someone else's idea, not the idea of a 19 year old.
Recovered/Located Canadian students kidnapped while on exchange in Ghana, 6 June 2019
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This is true. 19 is the legal age to drink alcohol in Ontario. 19 and 20 year olds do not need anyone's permission to do what they want, but that doesn't mean that 19 year olds should be sent to live in a hostel in Ghana and fend for themselves while they volunteer for a Toronto based organization. This sounds like someone else's idea, not the idea of a 19 year old.
I don't say they should be sent anywhere, but 19 year olds have plenty of ideas on their own. Being sent to live in a hostel in Ghana hardly the most dangerous thing a 19 year old could come up with all on their own. In fact, teenagers are more prone to risk taking than older people.
"Adolescents and young adults take more risks than any other age groups (Steinberg, 2008). This risk-taking includes dangerous driving (e.g. texting), drug use, binge drinking, and risky sexual behavior. Despite educational efforts to provide teens with information about risky behavior, many adolescents continue to engage in risky behavior (Kann, et al., 2014)."
Why Are Teen Brains Designed for Risk-taking?
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htts://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Canadian-experts-land-in-Ghana-over-kidnapped-nationals-753749
A team of Canadian security experts have arrived in the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi, to help find two kidnapped nationals.
It followed the visit the Inspector General of Police, David Asante Apeatu and the deputy Canadian High Commissioner to Kumasi over the weekend to receive a briefing on investigations into the kidnapping of the women foreigners.
The High Commissioner, Heather Cameron who led a delegation to Kumasi a day after the two women were kidnapped, served notice experts would be brought from abroad to support investigations.
The two females, aged 19 and 20, were bundled into a red Toyota car by four men at the entrance of a private hostel, when they stepped out of an Uber car at about 8:25 p.m on June 4, 2019.
The four men are said to have fired several warning shots to ward-off onlookers at about 8:25 p.m.
An Uber driver who transported the victims from a restaurant at Asokwa and witnessed their abduction has since been picked up to assist police investigations.
more at link
A team of Canadian security experts have arrived in the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi, to help find two kidnapped nationals.
It followed the visit the Inspector General of Police, David Asante Apeatu and the deputy Canadian High Commissioner to Kumasi over the weekend to receive a briefing on investigations into the kidnapping of the women foreigners.
The High Commissioner, Heather Cameron who led a delegation to Kumasi a day after the two women were kidnapped, served notice experts would be brought from abroad to support investigations.
The two females, aged 19 and 20, were bundled into a red Toyota car by four men at the entrance of a private hostel, when they stepped out of an Uber car at about 8:25 p.m on June 4, 2019.
The four men are said to have fired several warning shots to ward-off onlookers at about 8:25 p.m.
An Uber driver who transported the victims from a restaurant at Asokwa and witnessed their abduction has since been picked up to assist police investigations.
more at link
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This is the hotel the girls were staying at. very suspicious. Moo
http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Hotel-in-which-kidnapped-Canadians-girls-stayed-shut-down-754091#
Officials of Ghana Tourism Authority(GTA) backed by armed police officers have stormed and closed down a hotel in Kumasi where the two kidnapped Canadian volunteers lodged before their abduction.
According to the GTA officials, the hotel which has no name situated at Ahodwo near the Golf Park operated without a license and lacked standard security system including CCTV cameras a situation that exposed clients to all forms of attacks.
Abusua FM’s Journalist Akwasi Bodua who covered the exercise reported that the said hotel has no name written on the building nor erected signboard and had been totally deserted at the time the team arrived.
A search for the owner of the hotel is underway.
Kasapafmonline.com last Wednesday reported the kidnap of the two foreigners by the yet to be identified assailants in Kumasi.
The criminals are said to have stopped and pushed the two into a car at gunpoint at about 8:30 P.M. at Silver Spring avenue, around Vienna City, a popular pub in Kumasi.
One of the victims named Lauren and is in the country with her compatriot on an exchange programme with the Entrepreneurship Department of the Kumasi Technical University (KsTU
http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Hotel-in-which-kidnapped-Canadians-girls-stayed-shut-down-754091#
Officials of Ghana Tourism Authority(GTA) backed by armed police officers have stormed and closed down a hotel in Kumasi where the two kidnapped Canadian volunteers lodged before their abduction.
According to the GTA officials, the hotel which has no name situated at Ahodwo near the Golf Park operated without a license and lacked standard security system including CCTV cameras a situation that exposed clients to all forms of attacks.
Abusua FM’s Journalist Akwasi Bodua who covered the exercise reported that the said hotel has no name written on the building nor erected signboard and had been totally deserted at the time the team arrived.
A search for the owner of the hotel is underway.
Kasapafmonline.com last Wednesday reported the kidnap of the two foreigners by the yet to be identified assailants in Kumasi.
The criminals are said to have stopped and pushed the two into a car at gunpoint at about 8:30 P.M. at Silver Spring avenue, around Vienna City, a popular pub in Kumasi.
One of the victims named Lauren and is in the country with her compatriot on an exchange programme with the Entrepreneurship Department of the Kumasi Technical University (KsTU
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YCI appears to be cult like, IMO.
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You know, I'm sort of starting to think that too. I have some huge questions about this outfit.
No place for young women to stay especially these days, imo.
The hotel is said to have breached a number of security issuesKidnap worries in Ghana after Canadian abductions
"Accra (AFP) - It was a shocking attack; two young Canadian women grabbed as they stepped from a taxi outside a golf club in Ghana -- and still missing one week later.
But the abductions have also shed light on other attacks in a country popular with tourists, raised fears of copycat Nigeria-style abductions, and sparked warnings of rising crime if security forces don't crackdown on the gangs responsible.
"Ghana had long had an enviable reputation as the safest country in West Africa, avoiding the violence that has plagued most of its neighbours," said Nnamdi Obasi, an analyst from the International Crisis Group (ICG).
"The rise of kidnapping for ransom could dent that hard-earned and well-deserved reputation. It could also harm tourism, an important industry for the country."
"Nigerian influence? -
Some fear that the example of nearby Nigeria, where abductions take place nearly daily, has inspired criminals.
"The surge of kidnapping for ransom in Nigeria could be having an unhealthy demonstration effect on criminal groups in Ghana and elsewhere in West Africa," Obasi said."
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I wonder if any employees at the hotel are involved. MooNo place for young women to stay especially
these days, imo.
issues
YES!!!
2 Canadian women abducted in Ghana have been rescued
"Global Affairs Canada says the federal government is “very relieved” that two Canadian women who were abducted in Ghana earlier this month have been rescued.
A spokesman for the department says consular officials are providing assistance to the two women and their families after what he called their “harrowing experiences.”
Guillaume Berube says no further details will be released."
2 Canadian women abducted in Ghana have been rescued
"Global Affairs Canada says the federal government is “very relieved” that two Canadian women who were abducted in Ghana earlier this month have been rescued.
A spokesman for the department says consular officials are providing assistance to the two women and their families after what he called their “harrowing experiences.”
Guillaume Berube says no further details will be released."
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Glad they were rescued, so happy they can be reunited with family. Being in a foreign country can be scary enough as you try to adapt to local customs; being kidnapped from so far away from home is outright traumatizing.
Maritimers relieved after UNB students kidnapped in Ghana rescued
Rbbm.
The two were held hostage in a compound about two hours southeast of Kumasi, Ghana.
Bailey Chitty (left) and Lauren Tilley (right) are seen in these undated images. The two Canadians were rescued this on June 12 after being abducted in Ghana.
This screencap from a short video was sent from Ghana to let the families of Lauren Tilly and Bailey Chitty know that they were safe.
“Preliminary indications that we have is that they are fine,” said Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the Minister of Information for Ghana.
Police in Ghana have confirmed the authenticity of a video of two men being arrested in connection with the case. It took all of 25 minutes from start to finish.
In total, officials say five Ghanaians and three Nigerian nationals are in custody.
Tilley and Chitty are headed home."
"Tilley, 20, and Chitty, 19, are both University New Brunswick students who were taking part in an internship through the Renaissance College program"
In 2015, the university ended its placement in Burkina Faso, because of safety concerns."
Rbbm.
The two were held hostage in a compound about two hours southeast of Kumasi, Ghana.
Bailey Chitty (left) and Lauren Tilley (right) are seen in these undated images. The two Canadians were rescued this on June 12 after being abducted in Ghana.
This screencap from a short video was sent from Ghana to let the families of Lauren Tilly and Bailey Chitty know that they were safe.
“Preliminary indications that we have is that they are fine,” said Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the Minister of Information for Ghana.
Police in Ghana have confirmed the authenticity of a video of two men being arrested in connection with the case. It took all of 25 minutes from start to finish.
In total, officials say five Ghanaians and three Nigerian nationals are in custody.
Tilley and Chitty are headed home."
"Tilley, 20, and Chitty, 19, are both University New Brunswick students who were taking part in an internship through the Renaissance College program"
In 2015, the university ended its placement in Burkina Faso, because of safety concerns."
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