The country has registered 3,200 asylum seekers from Burkina Faso, the Ghana Refugee Board (GRB) has said. The asylum seekers who are in the two Upper regions are part of about 8,000 asylum seekers being hosted in the country. The Executive Secretary of GRB, Tetteh Padi, who disclosed this to the Daily Graphic, said the […]
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More than 4,000 Burkinabes flee to Ghana over terrorist attacks
More than 4,000 Burkinabes, and some Ghanaians, have fled to seek refuge in Ghana following attacks by suspected terrorists and militants in Burkina Faso. The refugees, mostly women and children, have fled from trouble spots in Burkina Faso, namely: Bugri, Zouga and Asongo, to seek asylum in the Bawku West District in the Upper East […]
UWR: Burkinabe arrested with loaded gun at Catholic Church in Hamile
Police personnel manning Ghana’s borders to Burkina Faso at Hamile in the Upper West Region on Sunday arrested a Burkinabe with a loaded handgun at the Hamile Roman Catholic Church. The suspect, a 55-year-old, was arrested at around 8 am, after members of the church raised alarm about his suspicious behaviour during a church service. […]