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• Bawku MCE

  Mr Abdulai Abanga, Bawku Municipal Chief Executive, has charged all disputing factions in the Bawku conflict to chart a new course towards peace in the area. He said the situation currently has impact negatively on the socio-economic development of the... Posted Jul 15 2008, 11:58 AM by ghanazone with | with no comments Filed under: Conflict, Bawku

• 45 lives lost in latest Bakwu conflict

  Forty-five people are now known to have been slain with several houses, shops and vehicles running into several millions of Ghana cedis burnt down since the Bawku conflict erupted about seven months ago, the Upper East Regional Police Commander, DCOP... Posted Jul 15 2008, 11:33 AM by ghanazone with | with no comments Filed under: Headline, Conflict, Bawku

• Curfew at Bawku Municipality renewed

  The Minister of the Interior, Dr. Kwame Addo-Kufuor has, on the advice of the Upper East Regional Security Council (REGSEC) and by Executive Instrument, renewed the curfew imposed on the Bawku Municipality and its environs for another one week with effect... Posted Jul 08 2008, 11:40 AM by ghanazone with | with no comments Filed under: Conflict, curfew, Bawku

• Man With Weapons Arrested In Bawku For Court Today

  One of the top advisers of the Bawku Naba, Mr John Awunbila Ndego, who was arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle arms and ammunition to Bawku, will be put before court today. According to the Upper East Regional Crime Officer, Superintendent Victor... Posted Jun 30 2008, 12:52 PM by ghanazone with | with no comments Filed under: Headline, Court, Conflict, Bawku, chieftancy

• Hundreds Flee Bawku As Situation Remains Tense

  Hundreds of residents are fleeing the conflict zone in Bawku and heading for neighbouring communities in Burkina Faso and Togo following sporadic gunshots in the municipality on Monday night. An immigration officer at the Kulungugu Border Post who asked... Posted Jun 25 2008, 01:43 PM by ghanazone with | with no comments Filed under: Conflict, Bawku

• Security Forces Round Up 93 In Bawku Conflict

  Ninety-three persons have been rounded up in a swoop conducted by security forces in connection with the killing of over a dozen people in Bawku over the weekend. The Upper East Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Ofosu-Mensah... Posted Jun 24 2008, 12:36 PM by ghanazone with | with no comments Filed under: Conflict, Bawku

• Two injured women in Bawku conflict die

  Two women, Madam Lucy Peter, who was pregnant and had a head injury and Madam Adisa Ayaab, whose throat was slit during the latest Bawku crises last Saturday died at the Bolgatanga Regional Hospital on Monday. The two were among nine persons, who suffered... Posted Jun 24 2008, 11:48 AM by daisy with | with no comments Filed under: Conflict, Bawku, death toll, Duabula clash

• Bawku calm Counting loss of 10

  Uneasy calm hangs over Bawku in the Upper East Region following clashes that resulted in the death of 10 people on Saturday. Seven others were injured in Buabula, near Sabongare, also in the Bawku Municipality in a retaliation bid after a Mampurisi man... Posted Jun 23 2008, 10:10 AM by daisy with | with no comments Filed under: Conflict, Bawku, Casualties, Buabula clash

• Bawku Bound Ammo Grabbed

  A LARGE quantity of ammunition on its way to the Bawku Municipality, the hottest conflict spot in the Upper West Region, was on Tuesday intercepted by the Police in Kumasi. A Bawku-bound cargo truck, carrying the 9,825 cartridges of ammunitions, neatly... Posted Jun 12 2008, 10:07 AM by daisy with | with no comments Filed under: Conflict, Bawku, arms trade

• Cooperate with Peace Council… Nayiri appeals to both Kusasis and Mamprusi

  THE PARAMOUNT Chief of Nalerigu, Naa Bohagu Mahami Abdulai, has ardently appealed to the Kusasis and Mamprusis at Bawku, to cooperate with members of the National Peace Council (NPC), in their quest to finding a lasting solution to the long-standing dispute... Posted Jun 11 2008, 11:23 AM by ghanazone with | with no comments Filed under: Conflict, Bawku

• Curfew renewed in Bawku and environs

  The Minister of the Interior, on the advice of the Upper East Regional Security Council and by Executive Instrument, has renewed and extended the curfew hours imposed on Bawku and its environs by another week. The curfew hours, however, remain unchanged... Posted Jun 10 2008, 09:53 AM by daisy with | with no comments Filed under: Conflict, curfew, Bawku

• Bawku crisis: Mediation parties asked to remain neutral

  Members of the National Peace Council (NPC) on Wednesday appealed to the Upper East Regional Security Council (UEREGSEC) and other stakeholders working towards lasting solution to the Bawku conflict to remain neutral. His Eminence Peter Cardinal Kodwo... Posted May 29 2008, 08:19 AM by ogblay with | with no comments Filed under: Conflict, Bawku, Mediation

• 2 Slayed In Bawku

  TWO PERSONS were killed and another left in a critical condition in the latest resurgence in hostilities in the Bawku civil strife yesterday. One of the deceased was identified as Mustapha Alidu, aka Konkonsa, a local driver, who was killed by his assailants... Posted May 23 2008, 10:40 AM by daisy with | with no comments Filed under: Conflict, Bawku, REGSEC, Mustapha Alidu

• British High Commissioner appeals for calm in Bawku

  Mr Nicholas Westcott, British High Commissioner to Ghana, on Wednesday appealed to the feuding factions in Bawku to burry their differences to allow lasting peace to prevail in the area. He made the appeal when he met the Paramount Chief of Bawku, Naba... Posted May 22 2008, 01:53 PM by daisy with | with no comments Filed under: Conflict, Bawku, Nicholas Westcott

• Mamprusis repatriated from Togo

  The Bawku Municipal Assembly has repatriated 66 of the 101 residents of Pusiga who sought refuge in Goulougonsi in neighbouring Togo. The assembly provided buses to convey them from Goulougonsi to Pusiga, a distance of nine kilometres. James Dorgbetor... Posted May 22 2008, 10:25 AM by daisy with | with no comments Filed under: Conflict, Bawku