Ghana deploys troops near Burkinabè border
Ghana’s government has deployed hundreds of special forces troops to Bawku near the Burkinabè border, after an immigration official was killed.
Ghana’s government has deployed hundreds of special forces troops to Bawku near the Burkinabè border, after one immigration official was killed and two others were wounded in an attack by armed men.
Plus, Ugandan government minister Mary Goretti Kitutu will be charged with corruption offences, over the theft of thousands of iron sheets intended for use by disaster victims.
And Nigerian singer Deborah Paul-Enenche talks to us about what it’s like being a young artist in the gospel music scene.
(Photo: Armoured vehicles at a military checkpoint in Bawku in December 2022; Credit: Getty Images)
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