Trouble lurks in Bawku, with the flagstaff house 'fingered' as the sound of war drums becomes louder and closer.
The date is November 24, 2021.
As the deafening sound of war drums gets closer and closer, heavy-tick-dark clouds of violence are supposed to be hurriedly forming in the Bawku Municipality of the Upper East Region. The unstable, troubled traditional enclave appears to be quickly returning to the dark days of the pistol and bullet. Many peace-loving Ghanaians are irritated by the speed with which the clouds of war are forming in the business hub and border town.
At the slightest provocation, unstable-intermitted-tension is claimed to be building up in the town. Fear, mistrust, and distrust have replaced trust between the two feuding tribes of Kusasis and Mam