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Government re-imposes curfew at Bawku
Accra, Jan. 14, GNA - Government on Monday re-imposed the
curfew on the Bawku Municipality but lifted it on Zabugu and
Garu townships in the Upper East Region following
recommendations from the Regional Security Council (REGSEC).
A statement issued in Accra and signed by Mr Kwamena
Bartels, Minister of the Interior said: " The curfew is
still from dusk to dawn (0600am to 0600pm)".
The statement said the curfew was re-imposed following
attacks on some people and the burning of some more houses
and motorcycles in the Mamprusi section of Bawku.
"All of which confirm that the calm and peace was still
fragile with tension and suspicions still prevailing in the
Bawku Municipality. There is, therefore, the need for the
area to be monitored closely so as to consolidate the
peace", it said.
The statement said the military detachment in Bawku was
being reinforced and
that the ban on all persons in the Bawku Municipal area,
Zabugu and Garu townships and their environs from carrying
arms and ammunition or any offensive weapon was still in
force.
The Ministry of the Interior on January 7, 2008 re-viewed
the curfew imposed on the Bawku Municipal, Zabugu and Garu
townships and environs following the eruption of communal
violence.
Eight people were confirmed dead - seven from Bawku and one
from Garu - while 16 people were confirmed injured with 104
houses and stores completely burnt down and 23 houses
partially burnt. Five vehicles were also burnt.
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