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More than 300 people were arrested along Ghana 39;s northern border between 2023 and 2025 over suspected attempts to recruit them into extremist groups, Parliament 39;s Majority Leader, James Agalga, ...
News Ghana » Northern » Security: Ghana: Mysterious killings in northern regions trigger security concerns
Interior Minister Henry Quartey has been summoned to parliament over the spate of killings in Ghana’s northern regions as analysts call for urgent security action to tackle the situation that has left ...
News Ghana » Northern » Security: Over 300 arrested over extremist recruitment attempts along Ghana’s northern border – Agalga
More than 300 people were arrested in connection with alleged extremist recruitment attempts along Ghana’s northern border between 2023 and 2025, Majority ...
News Ghana » Northern » Security: Ghana Faces Security Vulnerability At Northern Border
With extremists sowing chaos all around it, Ghana remains an island of calm. However, observers say conditions in the country’s northern regions may put that stability at risk. In Bawku and other ...
News Ghana » Northern » Security: Security in Northern Ghana must be a top priority for new Defence Minister – Security analyst
Security analyst Dr Victor Doke has urged the newly assigned Defence Minister, Kenneth Gilbert Adjei, to make security in Northern Ghana his immediate priority. He stressed the need to strengthen ...
News Ghana » Northern » Security: Ghana Beefs Up Security Near Burkina Border as Ethnic War Attracts Terrorists
Ghana has deployed 1,000 special forces to its northern border with Burkina Faso after gunmen this week shot at immigration officers in a border town, killing one. The attack has sparked fears that ...
News Ghana » Northern » Security: EU Deploys Aid Workers in Ghana
The European Union (EU) has deployed a specialized team of humanitarian aid experts and technical workers to Ghana to support emergency relief ...
News Ghana » Northern » Security: Beyond the Reception Hall: A Security Analyst's Prospective View of West Africa Amid the Sahel Insurgency
It was not the setting one expects for a conversation about insurgency and state fragility. On 30 August 2026, at the Accra residence of Turkish Ambassador Hüseyin Güngör, guests gathered to mark ...
News Ghana » Northern » Security: Ghana cannot afford complacency over extremist threats – Agalga
Ghana’s relative peace in a region facing growing violent extremism should not create a false sense of security, Majority Leader James Agalga has warned, calling for stronger measures to protect the ...
News Ghana » Northern » Security: Internal Challenges: Ghana’s Security Landscape
Ghana has long been viewed internationally as a regional leader in democracy, particularly notable given its challenging neighborhood bordering the Sahel states. Although cross-border security ...