Tag Archives: BAWKU

Three more persons have been reported dead in the renewed Bawku conflict at Sabongari in the Upper East Region. Reports indicate that the killing happened on Thursday evening. According to the Assemblyman for Sabongari, Sanni Bukari, the unarmed victims were part of a group of young men picked up by …

One officer of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has been shot dead by unknown assailants in conflict-prone Bawku in the Upper East Region. Two other officers are fighting for their lives at the Bawku Presbyterian Hospital, where they were rushed after the incident. The three were attacked Monday night on their way to …

Tension is brewing in some parts of the North East region as youth hit the streets to protest attempts by the military to arrest a rival Bawku Naaba Alhaji Seidu Abagre who was recently enskined by the nayiri Naa Abdulai Mahahami Sheriga. The youth in walewale and Nalerigu, blocked various …

The members of parliament in the Bawku traditional area have condemned in no uncertain terms the enskinment of a purported Bawku Naaba by the Nayiri. The mps speaking to the press in parliament have described as null and void the enskinment in the midst of a crisis that has claimed …

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has responded to allegations by some individuals in Bawku that soldiers deployed on Operation Gongong to restore calm in the area are killing innocent Kusasi youth and women in their homes and communities. It is also alleged that military personnel have seized Zoogin, a Kusasi …