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The seven-member committee setup to investigate the recent violence that erupted in Chereponi and parts of the Saboba Districts between the Anufor and Konkombas has presented its report to the Minister for the Interior in Accra.   The Committee, set-up and inaugurated by the Minister for the Interior, Mr. Ambrose Dery, on 10th January, 2019 in Tamale, following renewed violent clashes between the two ethnic groups, was to identify the remote and immediate causes of the 1st January, 2019 conflict between the Anufors and Konkombas. It was also to delve into any matter incidental to the conflict; and make...

Mr. Ambrose Dery, Minister for the Interior, today held discussions with his counterpart Minister from Spain Mr. Fernando Grande-Marlaska Gomez, in Accra, during the latter’s working visit to Ghana. The objective of the meeting was primarily to discuss the possibility of a cooperation agreement between the Kingdom of Spain and the Republic of Ghana in  the area of Security and Crime  Fighting and a convention on the transfer of sentenced persons between the two countries. The focus of the agreement amongst others would be in respect of human trafficking, drug trafficking, organised crime, terrorism etc.  Welcoming the delegation, Mr....

The Minister for the Interior, Mr. Ambrose Dery, has applauded the security agencies for the peace and security being enjoyed within the country and particularly in the Volta Region. He indicated that but for their efforts, it could have been a different issue and has thus appealed to them not to be complacent but strive to do more. Mr. Dery made this pronouncement during a -two tour of Agencies under the Ministry of the Interior in the Volta Region. He explained, the visit was to acquaint himself and assess the challenges facing the various agencies under his jurisdiction in...

Gold Fields Ghana Limited has handed over a refurbished 60-bedroom barracks to the Tarkwa Divisional Police Command in the Western Region. The General Manager at the Tarkwa Mines  Stephen Osei-Bempah expressed confidence that the decent accommodation provided will motivate “our gallant men and women of the Ghana Police Service to do more in the challenging enterprise of fighting crime to ensure that, we the residents of Tarkwa and its environs would continue to enjoy the peace we are enjoying”. In his speech, the IGP David Asante-Apeatu said: “This is surely a relief not only to the personnel of the...