A suspected landguard has shot and killed 27-year-old farmer at Akyem Ayisikrom in the Upper West Akyem District of the Eastern Region, Ghana. The incident occurred during a forceful takeover of ancestral farmland that has sustained the community for centuries, reports said. According to Adom News, some peasant farmers who …
Read More »Ghana: a young girl escapes ritual murder
A 13-year-old girl narrowly escaped a suspected ritual murder after being abducted by four unidentified men in Aburi-Kitase, Akuapem South Municipality, in Ghana’s Eastern Region. “The teenager went missing around 8 pm while heading to buy food,” reports said. According to reports, “the abductors had bound the girl’s hands and …
Read More »Mentally handicapped man sets fire to teacher’s bungalow
A mentally challenged man has set ablaze a teachers bungalow at Nkyenekyene in the Kwahu South Municipality of the Eastern Region, Ghana. The bungalow houses teachers of Nkyenekyene Presbyterian Basic School. According to Adom News, “the mentally challenged man has been in the town for about a week.” Since his …
Read More »A taxi driver found dead with hands and legs tied
A 45-year-old taxi driver was found dead in a resident of Akyem Oda Old Town in the Birim Central Municipality of the Eastern Region of Ghana. “He was found with his hands and legs bound together in an uncompleted building,” according to reports. “The deceased left home for work on …
Read More »Ghana: togolese galamseyer jailed 18 years
A togolese national has been sentenced to 18 years in prison with hard labour for engaging in illegal mining activities at Akyem Mouso in the Atewa West District of the Eastern Region, Ghana. This verdict follows his arrest during a crackdown on illegal mining, a growing issue in Ghana’s fight …
Read More »Woman found dead with a bag full of stones around her waist
The body of a young woman was found floating near the bank of the Afram River in the community of Akotoe, in the Upper Manya Krobo district, in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The victim, believed to be an 18-year-old female, was found with a sack loaded with stones tied …
Read More »People died after consuming stolen goat
22 people died after consuming a stolen pregnant goats at Akyem Osenase community in the Eastern Region, Ghana. According to reports, “deaths have been reported within a month after the deceased allegedly consumed stolen pregnant goats.” “The suspects sold the stolen goats to a drinking bar operator who prepared pepper …
Read More »Three boys arrested for gang-defiling 15-year-old girl
Police have arrested three young men for gang-assaulting a 15-year-old girl at Aboabo Junior High School in the Akuapim North Municipality in Ghana’s Eastern Region. “One of the suspects was the victim’s classmate, with the others being school dropouts,” reports said. The victim, who lived with her 63-year-old grandfather, had …
Read More »Ghana: Four-year-old drowns in well
A four-year-old has been drowned in a well at Kwahu Tafo in the Eastern Region, Ghana, according to reports. “The young boy was fetching water from the well when he was tragically pulled into its depths by the bucket,” according to reports. Children present at the time rushed home in …
Read More »Man dies in attempt to steal ECG cables
A 30-year-old man has been found dead by the Nsawam District Police at Dobro, near Nsawam in the Eastern Region, Ghana. “The decomposing body was found under a high tension pole in the bush,” according to reports. “The deceased have been electrocuted while attempting to steal a copper cable connecting …
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