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Hundreds of traders trapped in violence
Traders and commuters trapped in the conflict were being escorted out of town by a joint security task force after the Interior Minister imposed a 6pm to 4am curfew.
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As at 8:30 PM on Thursday, gunshots could be heard in the township, the Northern Regional Police Public Relations Officer ASP Ebenezer Tetteh has said.
He confirmed that two people have been killed and several others wounded.
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Bimbila is one of the poverty endemic areas in the Northern Region.
There has been sporadic violence in Bimbilla since 2014 after a contestant in the longstanding kinship dispute between members of the Gbugmayili gate was assassinated.
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Properties were damaged while more than 10 people lost their lives after some butchers broke custom by refusing to offer sacrifices to Yakubu Dasana Andani whose legitimacy they challenged.
--Unfortunate development--
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Mr Albert Yelyang, National Network Coordinator of the West Africa Network for Peace-building, Ghana (WANEP-Ghana), described the renewed conflict as "unfortunate."
He described the conflict as "protracted" if it is linked to the installation of the new sub chief, adding that the “real issues on conflict has not been addressed.”
In an interview with Radio Ghana he said: "It is very discomforting for us as a Civil Society Institution interacting with them and engaging with them in dialogue together with other partners...it was kind of interesting because there was beginning to be increase in interaction and good attitude and behaviours among the factions."
“It is disheartening to hear that such a thing has occurred."
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