{"id":1605,"date":"2024-10-30T19:56:09","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T19:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dmediagh.com\/?p=1605"},"modified":"2024-10-30T19:57:14","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T19:57:14","slug":"bawku-death-toll-rises-to-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dmediagh.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/30\/bawku-death-toll-rises-to-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Bawku: Death toll rises to 17"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A young man, identified as Tahiru Danbala, has been confirmed dead in the latest outbreak of violence in Bawku in the Upper East Region of Ghana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Danbala, a local Forex Bureau trader, was travelling between communities within Bawku when he was fatally caught in the crossfire of a gun battle that erupted in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This incident raises the death toll to 17, including seven women, since the conflict re-emerged last Friday. The ongoing violence has forced the closure of schools and major businesses, as the escalating tension poses a threat to lives and livelihoods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The long-standing Bawku conflict reignited following the return of a rival chief, Alhaji Seidu Abagre, who had been in exile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><sub>Source: Citinewsroom<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/dmediagh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG-20230613-WA0094.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-562\" style=\"width:115px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dmediagh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG-20230613-WA0094.jpg 500w, https:\/\/dmediagh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG-20230613-WA0094-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dmediagh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG-20230613-WA0094-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><sub><strong>Dmedia News (Domajuosu Multimedia)<\/strong><\/sub><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A young man, identified as Tahiru Danbala, has been confirmed dead in the latest outbreak<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1606,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/dmediagh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ghana-police-750x375-1.jpg",750,375,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/dmediagh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ghana-police-750x375-1-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/dmediagh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ghana-police-750x375-1-300x150.jpg",300,150,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/dmediagh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ghana-police-750x375-1.jpg",640,320,false],"large":["https:\/\/dmediagh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ghana-police-750x375-1.jpg",640,320,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/dmediagh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ghana-police-750x375-1.jpg",750,375,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/dmediagh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ghana-police-750x375-1.jpg",750,375,false],"shareaholic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/dmediagh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ghana-police-750x375-1-640x320.jpg",640,320,true],"chromenews-featured":["https:\/\/dmediagh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ghana-police-750x375-1.jpg",750,375,false],"chromenews-large":["https:\/\/dmediagh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ghana-police-750x375-1.jpg",750,375,false],"chromenews-medium":["https:\/\/dmediagh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ghana-police-750x375-1-590x375.jpg",590,375,true]},"author_info":{"info":["Babia Mubaric"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/dmediagh.com\/index.php\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">General News<\/a>","tag_info":"General News","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmediagh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmediagh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmediagh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmediagh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmediagh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1605"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dmediagh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1608,"href":"https:\/\/dmediagh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1605\/revisions\/1608"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmediagh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmediagh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmediagh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmediagh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}