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Police Step Security Over Fears of Possible Reprisal Attacks

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Police in Bimbilla have moved to stop a resurgence of factional chieftaincy clashes following concerns over a possible reprisal attack. There are rumors that as one of the factions prepare to bury a deceased chief, the other faction that lost relatives in an earlier conflict may strike. A long-standing chieftaincy conflict between the Nakpaa and … Read more

Two Ashanti Chiefs Fight Over Mining Town

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Otumfuo’s Akwamuhene, Baffour Kwame Akowuah III and the Omanahene (paramount chief) of Manso Nkwanta Traditional Area, Nana Bi-Kusi Appiah are fighting for supremacy over Datano, a community in the Amansie West district of the Ashanti Region. Each of them is claiming Datano owes allegiance to him and have installed chiefs to represent their interest in … Read more