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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...

A two-day stakeholder forum to explore workable strategies to eradicate the negative effects of the use of electronic media on children has been held in Accra. The forum on the theme: “Stakeholders brainstorming session on on-line child sexual exploitation- an emerging security threat in Ghana,” is expected to help craft a national response to this creeping and insidious menace. Under the auspices of the Ministry of the Interior with support from UNICEF, the forum attracted participants drawn from the Ministries, NGOs, Media, Security Agencies, IT experts, Academia and Telecommunications Service Providers. Participants discussed topics such as, global perspective on...