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Expect more brutal murders - Kwesi Aning warns

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  • Fo. Koku - Tanyingbe 10 years ago

    WE KNOW THEM. KILLINGS DURING THE CPP ERA. KILLINGS DURING THE RAWLINGS ERA. STOPED DURING K4 ERA. THEN STARTED ............. ALL DIE BE DIE

  • goza gotoro 10 years ago

    The crooks in the police force know most of the hard core criminals in all corners of the society. They are on the pay roll of the criminals, and leak intelligence info to the criminals. As for the judges the least said about ...
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  • OZA 10 years ago

    What about the so-called dead babies in the hospitals?

  • insight to the bone 10 years ago

    this govt is soaked in corruption and has compromised our future with their shady deals with the Chinese . you talk of humble beginnings only to support those who destroy any chances we have at a better future for our childre ...
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  • bush 10 years ago

    check the nigerians cos ghana was not like this b4.Our leader akuffo addo was not an acception.He wanted to see war if the ellection did not go his way.

  • PUMA 10 years ago

    Wo y3 aboaaaaa paaaaa had it not been Akufo Addo you people hate sooooo much that you will die before him, where would you and your fucking father and stinky mouth mother be? Nkwasiafuo, mmoa.

  • Greata 10 years ago

    The Republick of Corruption is now selling babies.

  • senuior citizen. Braunschweig Germany 10 years ago

    Dr Mensah Otabil must be congratulated for saying that Ghanaians are jokers.why should FO KOKU Tanyingbe says that all killings which begun during the forth Republic were made by NPP\.Freedom of speech and expression have pav ...
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  • Voice of the People 10 years ago

    Real cause of this is a total lack of leadership in all spheres of Ghanaian society. There are pockets of GOOD leadership but insufficient for where the country is now and moving to. From the crooked MPs, to crooked President ...
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  • prempeh 1 10 years ago

    Ghanaians should understand that our beloved country Ghana used to be a play basket after our independence has now become a basket case itself, our factories are all gone, roads are in a very bad shape, hospitals are collapsi ...
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  • PUMA 10 years ago

    We know of the Dwolukope mafias, who were operating under darkness kidnapping husbands and wives and killing them in cold blood.Tanyigbe don't bring yourself ok? because we still remember the atrocities your people meted to r ...
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  • The Mask 10 years ago

    Everyone with a problem should be able to come up with at least one solution to the problem. No solution as an answer is unacceptable.

    How many detectives has the Ghana Police service got and how far do they pursue cases. ...
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  • obroni 10 years ago

    The most problem in ghana are the corrupt policemen. My experience was in
    Dodowa that the police suportet a robber
    because i dont give them the demandet
    bribe. In Konongo/Odumasi i reportet a
    theft and the police told me ...
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  • KWESI 10 years ago

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    HOSTEL ACCOMMODATION WILL BE PROVIDED FOR A MONTH.
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  • real 10 years ago

    business man who reside at tema I got my glock 45 trust me I will protect my self whiles I'm in Ghana i have been robbed two times in tema and Accra at a gun point ,police did nothing to help my friend got shot at tema comm ...
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  • RastafaraI 10 years ago

    close down the Kofi Annan institute ...is that that contribution?..these guys could do lot more

  • Natural Mystic 10 years ago

    Hi Rastafaral, am one of those you call 'book long guys".It does not help if you just criticise without providing alternative suggestions.

    I can't believe that mother Ghana has now turned into a killing field.

  • koo nimo 10 years ago

    when the established institutions like the police, court and the media are all corrupt. i even wish i could kill some people because of the criminal conduct of ashanti police. in kumasi even pips and buffalo take bribe to fra ...
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  • JUSTICE 10 years ago

    Some Ghanaians believe`s in sikaduro get rich quick, that is why they are killing innocents people and children.

  • EDENSU 10 years ago

    The problem is lack of trust and total break down of law and order. Demolitions of buildings, toll booths, are done by the Police, without any court orders. Police and military caused some arrest in Tamale after a gruesome m ...
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  • Akwasi 10 years ago

    Another hypocrite!! Talk of Ya-na

  • B-WISE 10 years ago

    These killings are partly a problem of moral breakdown in Ghana. Greed, hatred, envy, deceit,lack of self control, unnecessary show offs, and many other issues of morality are the causes of these murders. Economic growth has ...
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  • Maclean 10 years ago

    This is non-story if you live in the United States of America where killings by weapons described in the report are on daily basis. Are they to do with corrupt system in America?

  • BE WISE 10 years ago

    Ghana Police must patrol around all corners of the country not only on main roads. They themselves must be carefully investigated before joining the police. It is surprising where and how some of these armed robbers get the ...
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  • delia 10 years ago

    You are comparing apples and oranges

  • Nyansapo 10 years ago

    Akwasi,

    I acknowledge your view but you have presented a misguided and one sided argument. It is not the issue of law enforcement agencies alone but what needs to happen is that we need to understand the motivation for tho ...
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  • zee 10 years ago

    Dr. Aning,it sound too good to enfoce, I mean what you said. well must of the leaders and somebody like you got your education in the UK and USA,if not, still you have be coming to the states and th UK but yet still none of y ...
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  • DISCIPLINE HOLLAND 10 years ago

    I THINK THE REASON IS PURELY BASED ON THE BAD GOVENANCE BECOS WHY CANT WOYOME TILL TODAY BEEN PROSCUTED?

  • Abeeku Mensah 10 years ago

    What does the good Dr. Aning mean by "..to use established processes and procedures to resolve differences"? What and where are those established processes and procedures? In fact things are what they are because of the lack ...
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  • Wuofei 10 years ago

    Spot on Abeeku

  • WARD GDX - WE THE PEOPLE 10 years ago

    WHEN YOU HAVE CULTIVATED NIGERIANS ON YOUR LAND AND THEY ARE THRIVING, BRUTAL MURDERS AND OTHER HARD CRIMES ARE CONSEQUENTIAL OUTCOMES.

    PERIOD.


    GHANA IS PLAYING WITH INFERNO OF DOOM WITH THAT MANY NIGERIANS IN THAT C ...
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  • Clarence 10 years ago

    I think the various justices institutions in our country is letting the people down and this might have being contributing to lawlessness in our country. The criminal justice system must be seen as working and not targeting t ...
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  • David Harlley 10 years ago

    When what the police tells the court is final even if there was no investigation,what do you expect?.When people use power to buy ''justice''what do you expect?. when people use money and lies to win cases against the upright ...
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  • ADUANABA 10 years ago

    THIS MAN CANNOT BE SERIOUS, NO SECURITY EXPECT WILL GO PUBLIC LIKE THIS. WHERE WILL IT COME FROM? WHO IS BEHIND IT? YOUR REASONS ARE NOT ENOUGH. SECURITY PREDICTION CANNOT COME FROM ANY BOOKS OR TRAINING ALONE MR EXPECT WHAT ...
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  • KWASI APONKYE 10 years ago

    NKWASIAFUO WHAT DO U EXPECT..WHEN U HAVE FOKING NIGERIANS IN YOUR MDST ...WITH YOUR PASSPORTS AND MARRYING YOUR CHEAP WOMEN.

  • Dannybee 10 years ago

    When there is real economic growth, crime naturally goes down because there are jobs and means of sustenance available. When resources are limited and few people seemingly have access to them, it creates a competitive environ ...
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  • Saint James 10 years ago

    This is a senseless analysis of the situation.Who is this Dr Kwesi Aning?

  • Vishnu 10 years ago

    Dr. Aning's findings are good and forecasting but we also have to look at the our "community" system where each one is our good neighbor and we encourage and support one anther than stepping on each other

  • Vishnu Kofi Okyere-Darko 10 years ago

    Dr. Aning's findings are good and forecasting but we as Ghanaians should take a critical look at our "community" system where we support, encourage each other and admonish criminal activities.
    Also, we need to stop picking ...
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  • w3 10 years ago

    Our security agents lack foresight

  • ATIMPIMUSEMU! 10 years ago

    I am sorry to tell you this but, it 1960 Ghana population was only 12 million. Since the 1980's there was a mass migration of Asantes-bono to America and the UK. You see the people in Ghana today are not real Ghanaians and th ...
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  • foxnews 10 years ago

    why not attack the politician?they have the money,go after all this crook ministers,MPs and those criminals in at the presidency.

  • Awinyet 10 years ago

    Dr, your discovery is right; there's an influence hiding behind, first influence is opposition in government, second the judiciary, third the religious leaders, forth the law enforcement servicemen, fifth get rich skimmed juj ...
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  • a concern citizen 10 years ago

    Criminologists would suggest same. if the criminal justice system is slow to investigate,arrest and prosecute then people will resort to taking the law in their hands by getting quick action result.The Police need to be quick ...
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  • Siisi 10 years ago

    Please Doc, the change you refer to is the legalized injustice of leadership's collective plunder of the public purse through such devious schemes as fat salaries unrelated to performance and astronomical (and re-current to t ...
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  • TEE 10 years ago

    WHY ARE THEY NOT ATTACKING MAHAMA RAWLINGS ATUGUBA AFARI DJAN ASIEDU NKETIA AND THE REST OF THE NORTHERNERS SCHOOL BOYS MINISTERS

  • TEE 10 years ago

    JUST 5 YEARS GHANA HAVE CHANG FROM GOOD TO WORSE LAWLESSNESS

  • Akomadan Adjei Nkansah Belgium 10 years ago

    ASIEDU NKATIA BIHAND ALL THIS, BECOS THEY NEED BLOOD FOR THIER JUJU,THAT IS WHY THEY KILLED MILL,AFTER 9HOLES,HMMMMMMM NSEM PII

  • Frank Asante 10 years ago

    Security I believe shd. start from the home.Yes we have an array of Agencies with a core mandate to protect lives and property but we shd. also be mindful of our home security.Put strong metal bars behind all access doors th ...
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