Tag: Bawku conflict

His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reported to the Parliament of Ghana in his last State of the Nation Address (SoNA) that the entire territory that makes up our ...

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has shut down four FM radio stations in Bawku, Upper East Region, citing issues of National Security. The four stations that were affected by the ...

Professor Kwesi Aning, the Director of the Faculty of Academic Affairs & Research at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre, has raised concerns about the extreme politicization of the ...

Executive director of RISE Ghana, Awal Ahmed Kariama, has disclosed that the incidence of conflicts recorded in Bawku, in the Upper East region of the country is one of violent ...

The national coordinator of the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP), Albert Yelyang, has described Bawku in the Upper East region as gradually becoming militarized. According to him, the conflict ...

Executive Director for Rural Initiative for Self-Empowerment (RISE) Ghana, Awal Ahmed Kariama, has decried the ensuing conflict in Bawku, in the Upper East Region. According to him, due to the ...

Hon Kofi Amankwa-Manu, the Deputy Defence Minister, has revealed that the military officers deployed to Bawku are there to safeguard the lives and properties of residents. According to him, he ...

Security Analyst, Adib Saani, has expressed concern about the unending nature of the Bawku conflict which remains unresolved. Reacting to the killing of three persons in the Bawku Municipality recently, ...

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has debunked claims that its officers in Bawku are recklessly shooting residents following renewed tensions in the area. Describing the claims as “false and diversionary” ...

A security expert, Emmanuel Bombande, has called for the cessation of the ongoing conflict in Bawku. He revealed that the rift can be resolved if the aggrieved parties resort to ...