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The Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) of the Ghana Police Service has received six vehicles and office equipment worth 185,000 dollars from the International Organisation on Migration (IOM) in Accra. The presentation was to support the unit in its rescuing operations in the Volta, Central and Greater Accra regions. The Chief of Missions of IOM, Mrs. Sylvia Lopez-Ekra, making the presentation yesterday said from 2012, the IOM had collaborated with the Police to rescue 750 children from human traffickers. She stressed the need to empower the police to help in the arrest and prosecution of culprits. Mrs. Lopez-Ekra said IOM...

He said that of the ten persons who lost their lives during the recent chieftaincy clashes in Bimbilla, nine were women and children. This, he said, was unfortunate because though the conflict was created by men, defenseless women and children had to pay the ultimate price and called for renewed efforts in the protection of women and children in such situations. The Minister made this statement during a courtesy call on him by the Czech Ambassador to Ghana, H. E. Margita Fuchsova. On her part, the Ambassador pledged the readiness of the Government of the Czech Republic to foster...

Minister of the Interior, Mr. Ambrose Dery, has reviewed the protracted curfew on the Bimbilla Community from 4:00pm to 6:00am hours with immediate effect, following the sporadic gunfire on Thursday, February 9, which claimed 10 lives. Briefing the press on Friday on the latest development, the Minister said the death toll, which was two persons as at February 9, had risen to 10 with majority being women and children while 18 persons were reported injured. He said the government had deployed 130 police and 40 military personnel to the area to maintain peace and order, He added that the...