Gunshots heard in Bawku
By: Peter Agengre The Bawku Municipal Security Committee is holding a crunch meeting following the death of two people allegedly shot by the military detachment positioned in the municipality. As a result, there has been shooting throughout the night and this morning. The Municipal Chief Executive of Bawku, Amadu Hamza told GBC News that the […]
Cowpea demonstration day at Manga, Upper East Region
By: Emmanuel Akayeti The Savannah Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), has organized a Cowpea field day demonstration at Manga, in the Bawku Municipality of the Upper East Region. The exercise brought about 70 women farmers together from Manga and its adjoining communities to help evaluate the validity […]
Otumfuo moves to help resolve Bawku conflict
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, says he has initiated steps to help resolve the prolonged conflict in Bawku in the Upper East Region. The Asantehene says Bawku, as a border town, could become an entry point for extremists from Burkina Faso, which has become unstable in recent times. Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, who spoke […]
Bawku Conflict: National Media Commission worried about “weaponization” of media
SOURCE: GNA The National Media Commission (NMC) has expressed concerns over the “increasing weaponization of the media in the Bawku conflict” It noted an escalation in incidents of hate speech, disinformation and incitement on radio of “a scale and scope” that posed “a clear and present danger to the Bawku community” and cautioned radio stations […]
Bawku Update: IGP, Interior Minister, Chief of Defense Staff visit Bawku to meet with factions
A high profile delegation on Sunday, September 25, 2022, visited Bawku in the Upper East Region to meet factions involved in the Bawku conflict in a bid to bring sanity to the area. The Inspector General of Police, the Interior Minister, and Chief of Defense Staff called on the youth of both factions to dialogue […]
3 persons shot dead by gunmen near Bawku SHS
Calm has returned to Bawku after the shooting incident which killed three people Tuesday, August 16. Information on how they were killed remains scanty, but sources say the deceased, who were returning from Bolgatanga in a car, were shot and killed around Bawku Senior High School. The incident has left many people, including the Upper […]
Five persons arrested in Bawku following latest disturbances
SOURCE: CITINEWS Five persons have been arrested by the Bawku Divisional Police Command in the Upper East Region in connection with renewed ethnic disturbances that claimed the lives of four persons. Even though the Police are yet to unravel the cause of the disturbances, there were reports of sporadic gunshots in Bawku on Monday, May […]
National Security, Defence, & Interior Ministers summoned to appraise Parliament on skirmishes in Bawku
By Augustus Acquaye The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei-Owusu has directed the Ministers of National Security, Defence and the Interior to appear before the House as a matter of urgency on the security situation in Bawku. His directive followed an application by Minority Chief Whip Mohammed-Mubarak Muntaka. His intervention drew the support of […]
