Six schools serving 15 communities in the Kwahu East district of the Eastern region have been closed down due to what the residents say is the danger posed by the activities of Fulani herdsmen. According to reports, the Fulani herdsmen have been terrorizing residents, mainly farmers, by attacking and harming them on their farms. Eastern … Read more
Six schools serving 15 communities in the Kwahu East district of the Eastern region have been closed down due to what the residents say is the danger posed by the activities of Fulani herdsmen. According to reports, the Fulani herdsmen have been terrorizing residents, mainly farmers, by attacking and harming them on their farms. Eastern … Read more
Inhabitants of Awutu Loyi in the Awutu Senya district of the Central Region have called on authorities there to help deal with Fulani herdsmen who have besieged the area with their cattle. According to them, the pastoralists often set the animals to graze on their farms, resulting in the destruction of crops, a situation they … Read more
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Asante-Akim North, Mr. Andy Appiah-Kubi, has announced plans to build three food processing factories in the constituency to create jobs and wealth for the people. These would be engaged in the production of plantain chips, processing of tomato into paste and watermelon juice extraction. The MP told journalists in … Read more
Minister for Interior, Ambrose Derry is blaming parliament for the nation’s inability to address the Fulani herdsmen menace. Contributing to a statement by Member of Parliament for Asante Akyem North, Andy Appiah-Kubi, the minister charged parliament to enact legislation to kerb the havoc perpetrated through activities of the Fulani herdsmen. Speaking to GHOne News after … Read more
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Upper Manya Krobo in the Eastern Region, Hon. Joseph Tetteh has called for lasting solutions to the nomadic Fulani herdsmen menace which worsens during the dry season. According to the lawmaker, the situation is worrying given that it leads to deadly clashes and destruction of farms ploughed by farmers. … Read more
Calm has returned to Sokode-Ando in the Ho municipality of the Volta Region after violent clashes between the residents of the area and nomadic herdsmen on Wednesday. There were clashes between the Fulani herdsmen and the Sokode-Ando residents after the latter had accused the former of killing a resident on a farm. The residents also … Read more
NEWS that Fulani herdsmen in Agogo in the Asante Akyem District of the Ashanti Region are being compelled to desert the town is troubling, to say the least. The situation, per our front-page lead story titled: “Fulanis Flee Agogo…As opinion leaders declare war on them,” in yesterday’s edition, follows a shoot-and-kill directive by some opinion … Read more
Nomadic Fulani herdsmen at Agogo in the Ashanti Region are up in arms with police for what they say is indiscriminate killing of their cattle. They allege police have been shooting the animals without provocation even in uncultivated areas of the land. The Fulani menace has, since 1986, threatened the very existence of residents of … Read more
Many farming communities in the Upper Manya Krobo district of the Eastern region are likely to be hit with severe famine following the destruction of several acres of farms by cattle of nomadic herdsmen. Hunger scare has already engulfed the communities as they struggle to get food to eat whiles others are indebted to their … Read more
Some queen mothers and widows at Anyaboni, a farming community in the Upper Manya Krobo District of the Eastern region have hit the streets protesting alleged attacks and harassment on them by Fulani herdsmen in the area. According to the aggrieved women, they are unable to go to their farms due to fear of being … Read more
John Alexander Ackon, outgoing Ashanti regional minister and acting Chief Executive Officer of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), has urged his successor to focus on clamping down on the Fulani menace, armed robbery, and illegal, small-scale mining, popularly known as ‘galamsey’. According to him, these and a few others are the main issues confronting the … Read more
The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has urged the incoming new Patriotic Party (NPP) government to take adequate measures to address the conflicts between Fulani herdsmen and peasant farmers across the country. The farmers in a congratulatory message to President-elect Nana Akufo-Addo said the incoming government must consult various stakeholders to formulate policies that … Read more
Senator Danjuma La’ah, the Senator representing the good people of Southern Kaduna continued. He said that according to the Leadership Newspaper of 4th December, 2016 under the headline: “Foreigners Behind Southern Kaduna Massacre”, Governor Nasir El-Rufai stated that some of them (Killer Fulani) were from Niger, Cameroon, Chad, Mali and Senegal, adding, “Many of these … Read more
Recently, the Nigerian Army announced the commencement of what it deviously termed Exercise Python Dance in the southeastern part of the country commencing from November 27, 2016 to end on December 27, 2016. Since then, many groups and stakeholders, within and without the southeast, have raised issues with the said exercise, questioning the rationale behind … Read more
Government has tasked an inter-ministerial committee to develop strategies to address challenges associated with nomadic activities in the country. There have been a number of agitations against nomadic activities in the country amidst some pocket of fierce clashes with locals and nomads in several areas of the country, particularly in Agogo in the Ashanti region … Read more
The government has acquired 10,000 hectares in the northern part of the country to relocate Fulani herdsmen and their cattle from troubled areas of the country, President John Dramani Mahama has said. A unique feature of the Cattle Village, the President said, would be the stationing of veterinary and allied staff to provide the needed … Read more
Muslim Fulani herdsmen attacked villagers in the village of Godogodo, Nigeria on October 15 with guns and machetes, burning down homes, killing more than 40 people and injuring dozens more. It was the second attack on the predominantly Christian village in as many months. The Morning Star News’ field reporter in Nigeria, Obed Minchakpu, spoke … Read more
The cruelty and lawless of alien Fulani herdsmen, making life miserable for farmers in the Agogo portion of the Afram Plains, took centre stage at a forum organized for candidates contesting the Asante-Akim North parliamentary seat to share their development vision with voters. The programme was put together by the National Commission for Civic Education … Read more
The ECOWAS Court of Justice sitting in Abuja, has adjourned hearing to November 9, 2016 for the 500 billion naira compensation suit filed against the Federal Government by the Movement Against Fulani Occupation, (MAFO). This follows a motion on a notice filed by the federal government seeking an extension of time to allow it file … Read more