Executive Summary

With militancy firmly entrenched across northern and eastern Burkina Faso, militants are incentivized to expand their presence to spread the message of jihad, gain new recruits, and over-stretch counterinsurgency efforts.

The rapid proliferation of militancy across Burkina Faso to its southern borders have created fears of spill over, further heightened by a warning by Burkinabe authorities to Ghana, Togo, and Benin. This porous southern border remains vulnerable due to existing criminal and smuggling routes.

Benin and Togo are particularly at risk of militant attacks due to their border with Burkina Faso’s Est Region, where jihadists are entrenched and highly active. The risks are comparatively lower to Ghana and Ivory Coast due to the relative stability of the border regions in Burkina Faso and Mali.

The likely trajectory will be smaller-scale militant attacks targeting border communities and security forces, as well as enforcing jihadist ideology and way of life on the villages. They are also likely to exploit economic, inter-communal, and inter-religious conflicts to create instability and fuel recruitment.

Current Situation

Hon Stephen Yacubu has underscored the importance of expanding the militancy across the borders of Ghana. He stated, the government has provided enough logistics and security personnel across the borders of Ghana and Burkina Faso, Ghana and Togo borders.

“Ghana is alert on any attempt on any attack of the borders, there have been reinforcement in security, we are monitoring the situation, and any attempt will be dealt with, he said.

The Regional Minister for Upper East outlined the readiness of security personnel in a conversation with Omanhene Adu Boakye on Sompa Tv Ade Akye Abia morning show. The minister applauds citizens on the tip off concerning the suspicious movement of a group of persons in a motor bike around Garu Bankprugu, and Nyankpanduri in the Garu Distric in the Upper East District.

Earlier

Ministry of National Security issued a statement on suspicious movement of a group of persons in the Garu and Banpurugu / Nyankpanduri districts.

According to the statement, intelligence gathered indicates suspicious movement of a group person along a mountainous area that borders Bankrugu / Nyankpaduri district in the north east region of Garu District in the Upper East Region.

A copy of the statement below:

Source ………… www.sompaonline.com/Eric Murphy Asare