The general public is hereby informed that Monday, 6th March, 2023 which marks Independence Day, is a Statutory Public Holiday and should be observed as such throughout the country. Signed AMBROSE DERY (MP) MINISTER FOR THE INTERIOR Issued in Accra this Monday February 27,...
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The Chief Director for the Ministry of the Interior, Mrs. Adelaide Anno-Kumi, launched the United Nations and European Union Building Migration Partnership Project aimed at contributing towards safe, orderly and regular migration to accelerate the work of the United Nations, Governments and stakeholders, migrants and communities for sustainable development. The project is part of the European Union’s renewed commitment to build a longstanding cooperation through the UN Network on Migration to pioneer capacity building support on migration and mobility to partner countries. Mrs. Anno-Kumi, who described migration as the movement of people from one place to another usually as...
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A High-Level Consultative Dialogue on the influx of Burkinabe Refugees in Ghana has been held in Accra to frame a contingency plan to deal with the ongoing situation. Over 4,000 Burkinabes have fled their country to seek asylum in Ghana due to Jihadist attacks. They entered the country through border towns in the Upper East and Upper West Regions of Ghana. In a speech read on behalf of the Minister for the Interior, Mr. Ambrose Dery, the Chief Director of the Ministry, Mrs. Adelaide Anno-Kumi stated that the consultative dialogue is timely due to the increasing reports of attacks...
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The Minister for the Interior has on advise of the Upper East Regional Security Council and by Executive Instrument reviewed the curfew hours imposed on Bawku Municipality and its environs in the Upper East Region from 6:00 pm to 6:00 am to 8:00pm to 5:00am effective Wednesday, October 19, 2022. Government calls on Chiefs, Elders, Opinion Leaders, Youth and people of the area to exercise restraint in the face of the challenges confronting them as well as to use non-violent means to channel their energies into ensuring peace. Meanwhile, there is a total ban on all persons in the...
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The Minister for the Interior has on the advice of the Northern Regional Security Council and by Executive Instrument renewed the Curfew hours for Bimbilla Township from 12:00 midnight to 4:00 a.m effective Friday, August 19, 2022 Government continues to urge Chiefs, Opinion Leaders, Youth and People of the area to exercise restraint in the face of the challenges confronting them and to use non-violent means to channel their energies into ensuring peace to the area. Meanwhile, there is a total ban on all persons in the Bimbilla Township and surrounding areas from carrying arms, ammunition or any offensive...
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The Minister for the Interior has on the advice of the Northern Regional Security Council and by Executive Instrument renewed the Curfew hours imposed on Kpatinga and its environs from 12:00 midnight to 4:00am effective Friday, August 19, 2022. Government continues to express its appreciation to the Chiefs, Elders, Opinion Leaders, Youth and people of the area to exercise restraint in the face of the challenges confronting them and to use non-violent means to channel their energies into ensuring peace. Meanwhile, there is a total ban on all persons in the Kpatinga and surrounding areas from carrying arms, ammunition...
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