Tag Archives: Bawku

Calm has returned to the Bawku township and its surroundings in the Upper East Region following earlier gunshot incidents that sparked concerns of insecurity in the area. Gunshots were heard earlier last week prompting the Municipal Security Council (MUSEC) and the Regional Security Council (REGSEC) to beef up security in …

A Security Analyst, Dr Adam Bonaa, has called for a closure of radio stations operating in Bawku due to the renewed conflicts in that part of the country. In his view, people call into radio stations to incite violence and also spew lies, hence the conflict in the area. Speaking …

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has described as “false and diversionary” claims on social media that its personnel are on rampage in Bawku and killing civilians. It said in a statement on Thursday, March 17 that its personnel at 11 Mechanised Battalion with the support of the police conducted a …

Residents and traders at Highways, a suburb in Bawku in the Upper East Region have sustained varying degrees of injury after a joint police-military team forcefully dispersed them from their current place of trade. The security officials reportedly used force in an attempt to get the traders to move from …

Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Bawku, Amadu Hamza, has stated that the insecurity in the Upper East Regional capital is becoming very frightening. He said that the situation is becoming so bad that the security apparatus of the Bawku Municipality and the Upper East Region cannot adequately handle it, citinewsroom.com …

Some three military officers who were caught up in a shootout with some residents of Buabula, a suburb of Bawku, in the Upper East Region have been airlifted to the 37 Military Hospital in Accra. They are said to be critically injured. Seven persons are feared dead following Wednesday dawn’s …

A nine-year-old boy has been shot dead at Missiga in the Bawku municipality of the Northern region this morning, Wednesday, 16 March 2022. Five others have sustained injuries. This comes barely 72 hours after One Muhammed Boore a Fulani who was on a horse back was shot dead at Koziesi …

Mohammed Bole, age 81, was returning from Pusiga to Bawku on his horse when he was shot and killed by an unknown assailant at Guzasi, a suburb of Bawku in the Upper East Region, on Monday, March 14, 2022. Some 18 others have been arrested after sporadic shooting at Bawku. …

The Municipal Director of GES in Bawku, Azeriya Ayeriga, has indicated that his office has granted releases to over 100 basic school teachers. According to Ayeriga, the teachers sort to leave Bawku because of the current insecurity caused by the constant fight between factions in the municipality, graphic online.com reports. …

Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrissu has charged the Minister of Interior not to take the conflict in Bawku lightly due to the deteriorating situation. According to him, he was frightened by what he saw in the area during his last visit to the region, hence the need for security agencies to …