Month: August 2024

Kulkpiniduli market Establishment Issue brought to rest

Mr Mohammed

Story: Abdul Razak Mohammed The reported near stand-off between Dagomba and Konkomba youth group opponents and proponents to the planned establishment of a new market on the 23rd August at Kulkpiniduli in the Yendi Municipality and Mion District in Ghana’s Northern Region, has been brought to rest as the  Dagbon Traditional Council(DTC) intervened  and stamped its authority on the matter. This yet another undesirable  development nearly took the shine out of a pragmatic Dagomba-Konkomba peace restoration, building and conservation initiative pursued following the 6th August,2024 community violence at Zobgei, also…

Averting Inter-Ethnic War in Dagbon,Northern Ghana

Mr Mohammed

Your Royal Highnesses; Naa Bakpema Kari-Naa Abdulai Natogmah Naa Bapira Demon Naa Alhassan Naa Bapira Zangbalin-Naa Naa Yeba Ngan-dana Naa Bapira Gbungbali-Naa Saboba Naa Ubor Bowan John Sakojim IV Waapuli Naa Naalongni Naa Ubor Biniyam Collins IV Garimata Naa Nkpegu Naa Kunji Tamanja Kumakeek Naa Tangmee Majoriba The Security Elders, Chiefs and People of Mion Traditional Area Media Ladies and gentlemen: It is for peace that Your Royal Highnesses have paid a royal visit to me, my elders and the good people of Mion Traditional Area. Your visit isarightstep that…

Dagomba-Konkonba Peaceful Co-Existence Spans 300 Years

Mr Mohammed

Story: Abdul Razak Mohammed His Royal Majesty, ndan,Ya Naa Abukari I, the King of Dagbon (Dagomba Kingdom), Northern region of Ghana, says Dagombas and Konkombas have an age-long  good neighborliness, mutual respect and peaceful co-existence track record. This, he noted, spans a period of three hundred years until sadly and from nowhere, bad blood crept into their midst since the 1990s resulting into the first ever Dagbamba-Konkomba armed conflict. His Royal Majesty said humans as they are, cannot once a while, escape misunderstandings and conflicts and should they happen to…

Editor’s Pick

Mr Mohammed

At this most crucial moment in Ghana’s development history, it is disheartening to hear of incidents like the recent Zogbie one that has led to the loss of precious lives. The various ethnic groups in the Northern region should consider the fact that, they are never real enemies against each other but rather, poverty, squalor and under development is their real common enemy they need to confront together in their own interest. We of the Economic and Environmental News Africa magazine, therefore wish to implore the youth in the northern…

Treat Zogbie’s Incident as Localized and Isolated

Mr Mohammed

Story: Abddul Razak Mohammed His Royal Highness, Ubor Bowan John Mateer Sakojim IV, The Paramount Chief for Saboba Traditional Area, has called  for peace to prevail in Zogbie, Mion District, Northern Region of Ghana following the resent reported eruption of violence in the said community. He has also called on all Dagombas and Konkonbas to at this difficult times, treat the  most unfortunate  incident as localized and isolated and  never  as  war between the two ethnic groups. “It is with deep regret that I, Ubor Bowan John Mateer Sakojim IV,…