Following clashes that left one person dead and two others hurt, a team of police and military personnel has been sent to the communities of Tibongo and Junjoon in the Chereponi District of the North East.
On Wednesday, August 24, 2022, disputes between the two communities are said to have erupted over a claimant’s ownership of a plot of farmland.
Houses were burned as a result of the conflict.
Communal conflicts in the district are delaying the area’s development, according to Chereponi’s District Chief Executive, Hajia Zuweiratu Mada Nashiru, who was speaking to Citi News.
“Change is a difficult thing for people. There is a bit of improvement. It is just that we are not getting it in the way I was expecting to get them to quickly appreciate that we need to be engaging more than fighting.â€
Source: The Independent Ghana