Dan Botwe, Minister of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development has urged citizens of Bawku in the Upper East Region not to allow conflict to dictate the pace of life in the area. He said healthcare delivery, access to education, agriculture and socioeconomic activities were at the lowest end in Bawku, leading to loss of […]
Dozens of people are fleeing troubled Bawku community following renewed chieftaincy issues which have resulted in the death of 18 persons and the destruction of properties running into thousands of cedis within two weeks. Bawku has been under attack from unknown gunmen forcing the Municipal Security Council (MUSEC) to call for more security reinforcement to […]
A renewed ethnic clash in Bawku in the Upper East Region according to sources has claimed more than 5 lives in a Sunday clash between to the main factions Kusasis and Mamprusis. Apexnewsgh.com report According to information coming the area, the clash resurrected as a result of an alleged killing of an old man at […]
Information reaching Apexnewsgh.com has it that curfew in Bawku Municipality has been reviewed. “Government calls on Chiefs, Elders, Opinion Leaders, Youth and people of the area to exercise restraint in the face of the challenges confronting them as well as to use non-violent means to channel their energies into ensuring peace”. REVIEW OF CURFEW ON […]
The statement says, following appeals by mostly Public Sector Workers on the difficulties they face commuting to their work places as a result of the temporary ban on the use of tricycles (yellow yellow), REGSEC at its meeting held on Tuesday 18th October, 2022 decided on the following; Apexnewsgh.com report A statement sighted by this […]
The Conference of Heads of Basic Schools (CHOBS) has requested the immediate closure of basic schools in the Bawku Municipality over the security situation in the area. A teacher in the area told Apexnewsgh.com “the issue is that today is better tomorrow is worse, at any point in time anything can happen. You just hear […]
Credible information reaching Apexnewsgh.com has it that 3 men were shot dead around Bawku Secondary School. However, information gathered says, these were passengers from Bolgatanga travelling to Bawku. Miraculously, the driver of the vehicle survive the gunshot, he was immediately rushed to the hospital where he is currently receiving medical attention. Our Source said, throughout […]
Some residents of Mamprusis and Kusasis who went to Mecca for the performance of 2022 Hajj have demanded for a reconciliation between both factions. The fight between the two groups has been in existence over the years and it has caused the death of many and lost of properties from both sides. However, in a […]
The Upper East Regional House of Chiefs led by the Paramount Chief of the Chiana Traditional Area, Pe Dituudini Adiana Ayagitam III who doubles as the President of the Upper East Regional House of Chiefs has said, “it is saddening to note that since these clashes in Bawku in 1983, 1984 and 1985 all has […]
Former Head of the West African Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) Emmanuel Bonbande has lamented following the sad story emanating from Bawku in the Upper East Region. Mr. Bonbande on his Facebook wall on Wednesday, March 16, 2022, said: These stories coming out of Bawku where our Armed Forces is contributing to atrocities by shooting and […]
