Sentences with phrase «chieftaincy clashes»
The Bimbilla - Yendi stretch of the eastern corridor was abandoned following chieftaincy clashes in Bimbilla.
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Renewed chieftaincy clashes in the town left many homes burnt, while several others sustained gunshot wounds.
The IGP also appealed to authorities who are mediating the age - old chieftaincy clashes to deliver their verdict and also come up with a road map towards restoring the area to peace.
Some medical staff at the Bimbilla district hospital in the Northern Region have abandoned their posts for fear of their lives in renewed chieftaincy clashes in the area.
Residents in Bimbila in the Northern Region, have started closing their shops amidst suspicion of another chieftaincy clash.
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Mr. Saeed said REGSEC's timely visit to the area foiled further reprisal attacks, adding that «combatants from the two sides of the chieftaincy divide were armed to the teeth to retaliate over the weekend clashes.»
Meanwhile the Minister for Defense and Member of Parliament for the Bimbilla constituency, Dominc Nitiwul, has pledged to ensure that chieftaincy disputes and related clashes in the constituency do not recur.