Tag Archives: VIOLENCE

Group threatens electoral violence, Police chase members

The police have launched a manhunt for the arrest of a group of men captured on video circulating on social media amidst firing of gunshots and threatening to cause violence during the December 7, 2020, elections. Five of them have been identified as Mohammed Mugtari, Asmah, Musah, Kadri, and Watara. …

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Ten killed in Guinea’s post-election violence

Eight civilians and two policemen were killed in Guinea’s capital Conakry in clashes between security forces and opposition supporters after a tense presidential election with results showing President Alpha Conde in the lead. Guinea’s security ministry announced the death toll on Wednesday following last weekend’s vote. “This strategy of chaos …

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We’ll reply with violence if you intimidate us on election day – Haruna Iddrisu warns

The Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu has sent a word of caution to the New Patriotic Party(NPP) ahead of the 2020 elections revealing that violence is not the preserve of the elephant family. According to him, the NPP should ensure they hold on to the peace in the country currently because the …

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Police accuse politicians of causing violence at registration centres

The Ghana Police Service says the recent pockets of violence that have been recorded in the ongoing voter registration have been caused by politicians. It observed the movement of politicians in groups to registration centres in the guise of familiarising themselves with the exercise or responding to calls by their representatives about …

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Don’t engage in Electoral Violence – Sheikh Salis Shaban admonishes Muslims

In the wake of the recent disturbing reports of political clashes at ongoing Voter Registeration Centers in kasoa, Awutu Senya East Constituency and other places, His Spiritual Eminence Sheikh Mohammed Salis Shaban, the Tijaniyya Spiritual Cleric and Khalifa of Sheikh Ibrahim Niass for Ghana, Togo and Benin, has admonised and …

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