Tag Archives: CLASH

A chieftaincy clash at Gomoa Nyanyanno in the Central Region has left one person dead while several others are injured and properties running into thousands of Ghana cedis destroyed. Information gathered by EIB Network’s Central Regional correspondent Yaw Boagyan indicates that elders of the Gomoa Nyanyanno Stool land in a …

The police command in the Northern region has arrested 15 people in connection with a recent chieftaincy clash at Yong Dakpem Yili in Tamale, in which dozens of homes were torched as well as motorbikes, foodstuffs among others. Also, five fugitives, including a chief, Fuseini Chemson, have been declared wanted. So far, …

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed for calm after at least 10 people were killed in ethnic violence in the southern city of Ibadan. Mr Buhari called on religious and traditional leaders not to allow ethnic or religious groups to stoke up hatred and violence against other groups. “I appeal …

At least 10 people have died during ethnic clashes that began at a busy market in the Nigerian city of Ibadan in Oyo State. The governor of south-western Oyo State has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew to contain the violence in the city. It began after a wheelbarrow pusher, believed to …

  A Cuban military helicopter has crashed into a hill in the east of the island, killing all five people on board, the Armed Forces Ministry said. The aircraft crashed after leaving the eastern province of Holguín for a short trip to Guantánamo province, it said. The identities of the …

Chinese and Indian troops have reportedly clashed again in a disputed border area, with injuries on both sides, Indian media reports say. The incident took place in north Sikkim last Wednesday. India’s army said there had been a “minor” incident that had been “resolved”. Tensions are high along the world’s …

With hours to the dissolution of the 7th parliament, the question of who is going to sit on the right or left of the Speaker of Parliament still hangs. Who forms the majority and who forms the minority, with both the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) with …

One person has died in a clash between two illegal mining groups at Akyem Aworoso near Akyem Apinamang in the Eastern Region. The incident occurred on January 3, 2021. Information gathered indicates that two miners Desmond Anokye Frimpong, 27, and Gyekye Matthew, 33, now deceased were attacked by a group …

Watch the VIDEO below: Persons believed to be supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have clashed with police at the headquarters of the Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) following a protest by the former. Sympathizers of the NDC have since the declaration of the results for the 2020 presidential and …

One person is reported dead in a renewed clash between the people of Doba and Kandiga in the Kassena-Nankana municipality and Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region. The deceased is said to be an old woman who is yet to be identified by security authorities. Police in the …