{"id":13909,"date":"2024-10-27T10:19:30","date_gmt":"2024-10-27T10:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/?p=13909"},"modified":"2024-10-27T10:19:30","modified_gmt":"2024-10-27T10:19:30","slug":"ghana-rejects-report-on-militants-finding-refuge-in-its-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/13909\/ghana-rejects-report-on-militants-finding-refuge-in-its-north\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana rejects report on militants finding refuge in its north"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ghana’s government on Saturday rejected\u00a0Reuters reporting<\/a> on militants in Burkina Faso that found they are discreetly using neighbouring Ghana’s north as a logistical and medical base to sustain their insurgency.<\/p>\n

In a statement on Saturday, Ghana’s security ministry said there were no “non-aggression policy” or tacit agreements with militant groups.<\/p>\n

“The ministry strongly rejects the portrayal of Ghana as a ‘supply line’ for militants. Ghana’s counter-terrorism efforts are rightly commended by her partners in the relentless regional and global fight against terrorism,” the statement said.<\/p>\n

It added that national security forces were actively engaged in counter-terrorism efforts, particularly along Ghana’s northern border.<\/p>\n

“The Government of Ghana, through its State Security and Intelligence agencies, conducts continuous operations to prevent any terrorist infiltration or cross-border movement of militants and has been doing so over the years with notable successes,” the statement said.<\/p>\n

Ghana shares a 600-km (372-mile) border with Burkina Faso, a country at the heart of an insurgency linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State that has killed thousands and displaced millions across West Africa’s Sahel region south of the Sahara.<\/p>\n

Insurgents have gained ground over the past 12 years despite costly foreign-backed military efforts to push them back.<\/p>\n

The Reuters story cited seven sources, including Ghanaian security officials and regional diplomats, who said authorities in Ghana appeared to be mostly turning a blind eye to insurgents crossing over from Burkina Faso to stock up on food, fuel and explosives, as well as getting injured fighters treated in hospital.<\/p>\n

Most of the sources asked not to be named due to the sensitivity of the issue.<\/p>\n

Ghana’s Information Ministry had declined to comment for the story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ghana’s government on Saturday rejected\u00a0Reuters reporting on militants in Burkina Faso that found they are discreetly using neighbouring Ghana’s north as a logistical and medical base to sustain their insurgency. In a statement on Saturday, Ghana’s security ministry said there were no “non-aggression policy” or tacit agreements with militant groups. “The ministry strongly rejects the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8727,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":6,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","source_name":"Reuters"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2362,1129,27],"tags":[208,158,286],"class_list":["post-13909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-security","category-west-africa","tag-burkina-faso","tag-ghana","tag-sahel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}