Fear has gripped Kalba and its surrounding communities in the Savannah Region after unknown gunmen shot and killed a middle-aged man on Sunday evening, September 7, 2025, according to a myjoyonline.com report.

According to the report, police disclosed that the victim, whose identity has not been released, was returning home to Uro, a community without electricity, after travelling to Kalba to charge his mobile phone.

He was ambushed and gunned down by assailants who emerged from the bush, killing him instantly.

According to the report, his body has been lodged at St Anne's Catholic Hospital in Damongo.

The killing is believed to be linked to the protracted Gbenyiri conflict, which has displaced over 50,000 people and left communities devastated.

Violence in the area reignited on August 23 when a dispute between a Gbenyiri resident and the local chief's son over land ownership sparked bloody clashes.

By the following day, the unrest had spread to Kalba and other parts of the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District, injuring dozens and intensifying instability.

Authorities have deployed 400 police officers to the conflict zone in an effort to restore calm.

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Last week, Inspector General of Police Christian Tetteh Yohuno and senior security officials from the Armed Forces, Prisons Service and Immigration Service toured the area to assess the situation.

But residents say the measures are not enough.

"With this killing, who do you think will trust the system again? Some of us suspected this would happen because the guys are still around in Kalba town, and if you deceive yourself and go there, they will just end your life like this farmer," a resident told reporters on condition of anonymity.

"The authorities need to do more than just talk and go."

This latest attack raises the official death toll from the conflict to 32.

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