Video: Chereponi MP breaks down over conflict By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Chereponi MP Samuel Abdulai Jabanyite Chereponi, MP Samuel Abdulai Jabanyite, collapsed his head into a handkerchief, crying after watching a JoyNews documentary on the protracted conflict in the North-East region. The MP had watched several residents tell their stories of …
Read More »Video: Chereponi – A girl’s cry for peace
By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah For many years the Chokosis and Konkombas in the Chereponi district of the North East region have slain each other over land. The lives of many – young and old – have seen an abrupt end, those left live in a constant state of fear, …
Read More »Chereponi: Police, military deployed to crack down on warmongers in conflict-ravaged town
The security situation in conflict-ravaged Chereponi and Saboba remains fluid days after security authorities called on feuding factions to cease fire. Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul, has urged the factions to lay down their arms but sporadic fighting continues, claiming lives and displacing hundreds of women and children. Head of …
Read More »Chereponi: Another person dead in latest clash
By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Reprisals between the Konkombas and Chokosis have been going on since the colonial times. Police have confirmed the death of another person in renewed clashes between Chokosis and Konkombas in the North East region. This brings the number of deaths in the conflict that resumed five …
Read More »One shot, village burnt in fresh Chereponi clashes
By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah One person has been gunned down in renewed communal clashes between Konkombas and Anufors in Chereponi in the north east region. The clashes renewed Saturday afternoon at Naduni where feuding locals prevented each other from farming on a disputed land. By evening, tensions spiraled out …
Read More »Chereponi SHS students storm police station demanding clearance to go home
By:brightwebtv.com Martin awuku TheNorthern Regional Police Command says further stakeholder meetings are needed to determine if students of the Chereponi Senior High Technical School will be allowed to go home or not. This is after a decision was taken at a previous meeting …
Read More »Two dead in Chereponi as violence enters third day
By:brightwebtv.com/ Martin awuku One of the injured persons in the eruption of violence in Chereponi There have been some fresh attacks on some Chekosi communities on Sunday morning in the Chereponi district of the North East Region leading to at least two deaths. Other persons …
Read More »Chereponi: Police allay fears of SHS 3 students fleeing over possible attacks
By: brightwebtv.com/Martin awuku Police in the Chereponi District of the North East Region are urging residents and students to ignore rumours of an imminent clash between the Chokosis and Konkombas. Although it is unclear what triggered the latest rumour, the two tribes have a long-standing dispute …
Read More »Chereponi: Fear grips final year SHS students over possible ethnic clashes
By:brightwebtv.com/Martin awuku Some students of the Chereponi Senior High School in the Chereponi District of the North East Region have fled over fears of clashes between the Chekosis and Konkombas. It is unclear what triggered the latest misunderstanding between the two ethnic groups, although the two …
Read More »Chereponi conflict: All GES managed schools shut down
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed the immediate shut down of all public schools in the Chereponi District of the Northern region. The decision follows renewed violent clashes among the Konkombas and the Chokosis over a two-acre land. Reports are that the Konkomba attackers have allegedly burnt down 10 …
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