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Police reacts to alleged militia training in Bawku

The Ghana Police Service has vehemently dismissed claims of militia training in Bawku in the Upper East region.The Police said it thoroughly investigated the...

Bawku is peaceful with NDC in gov’t – Mahama

Former President and flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, says the Bawku conflict halts anytime the NDC takes over the...

Bawku: National Security Ministry justifies GH¢6m budget; slam Ayariga’s ‘unfortunate’ position

The Ministry of National Security has responded to Bawku Central lawmaker Mahama Ayariga’s criticism of its monthly budget allocation of GH¢6,000,000 for addressing the...

Bawku will reward your generosity – Bawku chief tells Mahama

The Paramount Chief of the Bawku Traditional Area, Zugraan Naba Asigri Abugrago Azoka II, has expressed the hope that the electorates in the area...

Mahama Ayariga apologises to Bawku youth [Video]

Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, says the ongoing conflict in Bawku made it impossible for his party's flagbearer to visit the...

National Security Minister takes GH¢18m to deal with Bawku conflict quarterly – Ayariga alleges

Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga is alleging that the National Security Minister, Albert Kan-Dapaah, is given some six million Ghana cedis (GHS6,000,000.00)...
Bakutoma Abubakar Iddi Wuni, a stalwart of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Bawku Central constituency

NPP stalwart resigns to contest as Independent Candidate in Bawku Central

A prominent member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Bawku Central constituency, Bakutoma Abubakar Iddi Wuni, has announced his resignation from the...

Curfew hours on Bawku reviewed

Interior Minister Henry Quartey has revised the curfew hours for Bawku Municipality and its surrounding areas in the Upper East Region.According to a press...

Interior Minister renews Bawku curfew

The Interior Ministry has by Executive Instrument renewed the curfew hours imposed on Bawku Municipality and its environs in the Upper East Region. The curfew...

Let’s lay down guns and embrace peace – Bawku West DCE

The District Chief Executive (DCE) of Bawku West in the Upper East Region, Daniel Anania Atampuba, has called on factions involved in various conflicts...

Election 2024: I’ll transform Bawku if elected – Hassan Ayariga pledges

Flagbearer of the All People’s Congress (APC), Hassan Ayariga has pledged to transform Bawku in the Upper East Region into one of the finest...

Interior Ministry renews curfew imposed on Bawku, Bunkpurugu

The Ministry of Interior has renewed the curfew imposed on the Bawku Municipality in the Upper East Region, and Bunkpurugu township and its environs...

All People’s Congress kicks off election 2024 campaign in Bawku

The leader and founder of the All People's Congress (APC), Hassan Ayariga, has unveiled a new initiative aimed at empowering graduates to start their...

26-year-old man who murdered cousin and fled to Bawku arrested

The 26-year-old man who gunned down his cousin and fled to Bawku in the Upper East Region has been arrested by the police.Fuseini Nuhu...

Ban on 4 Bawku radio stations to be lifted

The Upper East Regional Minister, Dr Hafiz Bin Salih, has given an assurance that measures are underway to lift the temporary ban on the...
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Trapped in the crossfire: Fate of PWDs in Bawku conflict

Alhassan Abugri is a 40-year-old man with visual impairment in Bawku in the Upper East Region.On a fateful day in 2023, Mr Abugri had...

Interior Ministry renews Bawku curfew

The Interior Ministry has by Executive Instrument renewed the curfew hours imposed on Bawku Municipality and its environs in the Upper East Region. The curfew...
Dr Hafiz Bin-Salih (2nd from right), Upper East Regional Minister, together with members of the delegation seated during a courtesy call on Bawku Naba, Naba Asigri Abugrago Azoka II

Military-Prison officers fracas in Bawku will not recur – Regional Minister assures

The Upper East Regional Minister, Dr Hafiz Bin-Salih, has given an assurance that the recent fracas between some military and prison officers in Bawku...

Many injured as soldiers clash with Prison officers at Bawku

The military operations team in Bawku on Wednesday afternoon clashed with the Prison Officers in the area leaving many people seriously injured.The incident...

Police foils deadly attack on Accra-bound bus in Bawku [Photos]

A police escort team in Bawku foiled what could have been a deadly attack on an Accra-bound bus carrying passengers from the volatile Upper...

SONA 2024: Ayariga not happy with Akufo-Addo’s address on Bawku conflict

The Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga has expressed dissatisfaction over President Akufo-Addo's address on the conflict in Bawku.President Nana Akufo-Addo in...
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Bawku conflict: Peace Council urges media houses to be decorous

Chairman of the National Peace Council, Dr Ernest Adu-Gyamfi has expressed contentment with the recent closure of some radio stations in Bawku.The affected media...

SONA 2024: Akufo-Addo reacts to Bawku conflict [Video]

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed concerns regarding the expenditure incurred in resolving the Bawku conflict.He lamented that, the funds could have been...
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NMC speaks on closure of radio stations in Bawku

The National Media Commission (NMC) has set the records straight on the closure of four radio stations in Bawku of the Upper East Region....
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MFWA react to closure of radio stations in Bawku

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has reacted to the closure four radio stations in Bawku in the Upper East region.The decison according...

NCA shuts down four radio stations in Bawku

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has shut down four FM radio stations in Bawku, in the Upper East Region.The affected media outlets are; Bawku...

Workers of Ghana Water Company return to Bawku after security assurances

Workers of the Ghana Water Company have agreed to return to Bawku following assurances from the Regional Security Council (REGSEC).This comes after the workers...

Bawku conflict: We’re no longer safe – Upper East Regional House of Chiefs

The Upper East Regional House of Chiefs says residents are now living in fear following the recent surge in violence in the Bawku municipality...

Gov’t reviews Bawku curfew

The Ministry of Interior has reviewed the curfew hours in the Bawku municipality to between 6:00 pm and 6:00 am.The revision takes effect from Thursday, January 25, 2024.This...

Bawku conflict: Upper East REGSEC summons leaders of feuding factions

The Upper East Regional Security Council(REGSEC) has convened a meeting with leaders of the feuding factions in Bawku to address the recent surge in...
Bawku shooting

Bawku residents live in fear as 6 die in fresh shooting

Residents in Bawku are living in fear after a bus attack on Monday January 22 that claimed the lives of six people.The unknown assailants...

Parliament must intervene to bring peace in Bawku – Binduri MP

The Member of Parliament for Binduri, Abdulai Abanga is calling on Parliament to intervene and bring lasting peace to troubled Bawku.Unknown gunmen fired into...

Bawku: Arms for cash should not be encouraged – Gyebi Asante

The National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons believes the only way the arms can be retrieved from Bawku is for peace to...

Silence the guns – National Chief Imam appeals for peace in Bawku

Sheikh Aremeyaw Shaibu, spokesperson of the National Chief Imam has called for calm in Bawku in the Upper East region.Speaking on behalf of the...

Bawku: Six killed following fresh attacks

This afternoon, at least six people are reported dead in a fresh attack in Bawku.This was after gunmen opened fire on a bus en...

Stop adding fuel to the fire – Lawyer advises Ayariga on Bawku conflict

Communications team member of the Movement for Change, Lawyer Andrew Appiah Danquah, has expressed disappointment in the statement made by Bawku Central Member of...

Bawku: Criminals capitalising on conflict to attack people and expand network – Kwesi Aning

A security consultant, Prof Kwesi Aning says the notion that the violence being orchestrated on the sidelines of the Bawku conflict is perpetrated by...

Bawku conflict: We must take the politics out of it – Kwesi Aning

Security consultant, Prof. Kwesi Aning is urging stakeholders working to restore peace in Bawku to ensure that the proposed solutions are free from any...
Alan Kyerematen,

Alan Kyerematen reacts to Bawku conflict

Independent presidential aspirant, Alan Kyerematen, has admonished military personnel stationed in Bawku to act professionally to ensure that no human life is wasted in...

MCE slams Ayariga over comments on Bawku conflict

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Bawku, Amadu Hamza Zanga, has slammed the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bawku Central in the Upper East...