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24 Feb

Interior Ministry Renews Curfew In Walewale

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The Ministry of Interior has renewed the curfew in Walewale and its surrounding areas in the North East Region, adjusting the hours from 6:00 PM to 6:00 AM, effective Saturday, February 22, 2025. This decision followed a series of violent incidents, including gun attacks on passengers and the burning of buses along the Walewale-Wulugu section of the Bolgatanga-Tamale highway, which resulted in multiple fatalities and heightened insecurity in the region. The initial curfew was imposed on February 15, 2025, after reports indicated that between February 11 and February 15, approximately 13 travellers, including an infant, were killed, and three buses…

Scores Injured In Walewale After Alleged Military Brutality

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Dozens of residents in Walewale, North East Region, have reportedly sustained severe injuries after a violent crackdown by armed military personnel. Witnesses claim the soldiers ordered people to lie face down before beating them with wire cans, while others were forced to roll on the ground and tortured with an object described as mesh wire. Many victims suffered severe lacerations and fractures, with at least two receiving treatment from a traditional bone specialist. The motive behind the rampage remains unclear, though a police source linked it to the recent burning of a truck transporting vegetables from Missiga to Kumasi, allegedly…

Walewale: NPP Youth Keep Vigil At Police Station To Protect Ballot Boxes

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A group of youth affiliated with the New Patriotic Party (NPP) kept vigil at the Walewale Police Station on Wednesday in hopes of protecting ballot boxes containing votes from the constituency’s primary held on January 27, 2024. The incumbent Member of Parliament for Walewale, Lariba Zuweira Abudu, was defeated in the primary by 35-year-old Dr Mahama Tia Kabiru. Dr. Kabiru polled 345 votes to beat Hajia Zuweira who polled 338 votes. Dissatisfied with the outcome, Hajia Zuweira challenged the declared results at the High Court in Tamale. The supposed vigilant youth alleged that the NPP’s North East Regional Chairman and…