The government has renewed the curfew imposed on Bawku Municipality and its surrounding areas in the Upper East Region as violence continues to escalate.
The new curfew hours, effective Monday, 17 February 2025, will run from 8:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m., according to a statement issued by the Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak.
The government has also reinforced a total ban on carrying arms, ammunition, or any offensive weapons in Bawku and its environs, warning that anyone found in possession of such items will be arrested and prosecuted.
Authorities have urged local leaders and residents to remain calm and use peaceful means to resolve disputes.
Meanwhile, a separate curfew has also been imposed on Walewale and surrounding communities in the North East Region following a wave of violent attacks and killings along the Bolgatanga-Tamale highway.
The dusk-to-dawn curfew, which took effect on Saturday, 15 February 2025, is in force from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. each day.
The latest security measures follow a series of brutal attacks in Bawku, where four children have been killed between 25 January and 14 February 2025.
The violence began on 25 January, when armed men attacked a 13-year-old boy tending cattle near the Posum-Singnatinga-Possum area, snapping his neck and stealing the livestock.
On 8 February, gunmen dressed in military uniforms stormed a family home in Tensungo, killing a seven-month-old baby, a two-year-old child, and their mother.
In another incident, a woman lost her five-month-old daughter when assailants ambushed her, fatally shooting the infant.
Since the resurgence of conflict in October 2024, at least 58 people have been killed in the area.
Fighting continues daily in Bawku, with gun battles breaking out in the town and along the Bawku-Bolgatanga-Tamale highway.
