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Pressure mounts on EC to resume limited voter registration in Bawku Central
The demand for the immediate resumption of the limited voter registration exercise in the Bawku Central Constituency is gaining momentum, with a...
Bawku: EC halts limited voter registration over NDC, NPP feud
There is tension in Bawku as the Electoral Commission (EC) has been forced to suspend the limited voter registration exercise.
Over 200 killed in Bawku conflict since 2021 – MCE
The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Bawku , Amadu Hamza, has revealed over 200 people have been killed in the renewed conflict, which...
Police mount hunt for assailants who killed driver at Bawku
One person has been attacked and killed by unknown assailants at Bawku in the Upper East Region.
According to...
Military taskforce arrests 5 suspects after violent attack at Bawku
A military taskforce at Bawku, located in the Upper East Region of Ghana, has apprehended five civilians in connection with a violent...
Kumasi drivers suspend services to Bawku
Drivers at the Kumasi-Bawku bus terminal have suspended their services in protest of a dawn attack on one of their buses at...
Bawku: Veterinary Service laments lack of anthrax vaccines
The District Director of the Veterinary Service at Bawku, Bonaventure Chiru, is lamenting the absence of vaccines to fight the deadly anthrax...
Bawku conflict: Asantehene invites parties for mediation
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has disclosed that he has invited the feuding factions in the conflict at Bawku with the...
Bawumia urges collaboration for peace at Bawku
The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has called on all factions involved in the Bawku conflict to join forces with the government...
Mahama Ayariga triumphs to represent NDC for Bawku Central seat
Bawku Central MP, Mahama Ayariga, has won the Bawku Central primary in a landslide victory to contest on the ticket of the...
Students stranded as fire guts Bawku SHS girls’ dormitory
Fire has gutted the girls’ dormitory block of the Bawku Senior High School (SHS) in the Bawku Municipality in the Upper East...
Over 500 soldiers to be deployed to Bawku
Over 500 soldiers are expected to be deployed to Bawku in the Upper East Region to help deal with rising insecurity in...
Six reportedly killed at Eid gathering at Bawku
Six persons have been shot dead at Sakpere in the Bawku Municipality of the Upper East region.
Reports by...
Govt determined to solve Bawku conflict – Chieftaincy Minister assures factions
The resolution of the Bawku conflict will be a major preoccupation of the government and as such everything will be done to...
Young lawyer Ustarz Jibreel Sa-ad gains support from Bawku Central youth
In the Bawku Central constituency, the youth members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) are searching for a new leader to revitalise...
Govt deploys 1,000 Special Forces to Bawku
About 1,000 Special Forces personnel have been dispatched to Bawku in the Upper East Region, where three immigration officers were shot at,...
Immigration Service reacts to shooting of its officers at Bawku
The Ghana Immigration Service(GIS) has confirmed a shooting incident at Bawku which claimed the life of one of its personnel and left...
Bawku Technical Institute closed down after violent clashes
The Ghana Technical and Vocational Education and Training Services has closed down the Bawku Technical Institute after violent clashes with students of Bawku Senior...
Youth in Bawku Central Constituency demand change and developmet
In the Upper East Region of Ghana lies the Bawku Central Constituency, a constituency in need of urgent development.
Bawku: Parliamentary committee cancels fact-finding visit
A planned fact-finding mission by the Parliamentary Committee on Defence and Interior at Bawku has been cancelled.
The cancellation...
Akufo-Addo, Bawku Naba renew commitment to lasting peace
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and the Overlord of the Kusaug Traditional Area, Naba Abugrago Azoka II, have renewed their commitment to...
Soldiers sent to arrest Mamprugu overlord, Bawku Naba clash with Nalerigu youth
Armed soldiers deployed to Nalerigu to arrest a purportedly enskinned Bawku Naba and the Overlord of Mamprugu clashed with the town’s youth...
Bawku conflict: 23 dead in 11 days – WANEP claims
Twenty-three people, including a 12-year-old, have been killed in the Bawku clashes between January 31 and February 10 this year, that’s according...
North East Regional Security Council rejects govt’s directive over enskinment of new Bawku Naba
The North East Regional Security Council has rejected the government's directive to arrest and prosecute persons involved in the enskinment of a...
Security Analyst suggests solution to Bawku conflict
A security Analyst, Adam Bona, has suggested ways to end the protracted Bawku conflicts.
He has indicated that parliament...
3 truck drivers transporting vegetables from Bawku to Accra shot dead, 4 others injured
Three drivers transporting pepper and tomatoes from Bawku to Accra have reportedly been shot dead with several others sustaining injuries.
Security analyst backs decision of govt on new Bawku Naba
A Security Analyst, Dr Adam Bona, has condemned the enskinment of a new Bawku Chief in the Upper East Region.
I’m disappointed; gov’t could have done better – Adam Bona on new Bawku Naba...
A Security Analyst, Dr Adam Bona, has expressed his disappointment with the government for failing to stop the installation of a second...
Upper East MPs condemn enskinment of new Bawku Naba
Members of Parliament (MPs) from the Upper East Region have condemned the enskinment of a rival Bawku Naba.
They...
Govt reacts to enskinment of new Bawku Naba
The government says the enskinment of the new Bawku Naba at Nalerigu in the North East region is illegal.
Bawku conflict: 27 pregnant women die over inability to access hospital
Between 2021 and last year, 27 pregnant women in need of critical medical attention died in the Bawku municipality, a senior health...
Military intervention in Bawku conflict not an end in itself – Festus Aboagye
Conflict and Security Analyst, Colonel Retired Festus B. Aboagye, has criticised government’s decision to deploy more military personnel to Bawku as a...
Govt urged to change Bawku conflict resolution strategies
The Bawku recurring conflicts have become compounded. There's land litigation in it, struggle for chieftaincy and partisan undertones.
Factions...
Catholic bishops call for lasting solution to conflict at Bawku
The Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference (GCBC) has reiterated its appeal to the government to urgently use all the resources at its disposal...
Five feared dead in renewed clashes at Bawku
Joy News has learned that at least five people have been killed in fresh shootings at Bawku in the Upper East Region.
Weapons banned in renewed Bawku curfew
The Minister for the Interior has, by executive instrument, renewed the curfew hours imposed on the Bawku Municipality and its environs in...
Deal with perpetrators of Bawku conflict as pure criminals – Nitiwul to military
The Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul, has urged the personnel of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) to deal ruthlessly with perpetrators of the...
One shot dead at Bawku
One person has been shot dead at Bawku barely a few hours after a visit by the Upper East Regional Security Council...
U/E Regional Minister calls for all guns at Bawku to go silent
The Upper East Regional Minister, Stephen Yakubu, is demanding immediate silencing of guns at Bawku.
He sought for peace...
Bawku conflict being fed by politicians – Antwi-Danso
Security expert, Dr. Vladimir Antwi-Danso, says the ongoing conflict in Bawku is partially being fuelled by political interference.
Speaking...