{"id":13088,"date":"2025-09-10T11:24:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T11:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=13088"},"modified":"2025-09-10T11:24:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T11:24:13","slug":"65-of-displaced-gbeniyiri-residents-return-home-interior-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=13088","title":{"rendered":"65% of displaced Gbeniyiri residents return home \u2013 Interior Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"90\" data-end=\"278\">The Minister for the Interior, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarack, has revealed that over 65% of Ghanaians who fled to neighboring Ivory Coast following the Gbeniyiri conflict have returned home.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"280\" data-end=\"479\">Speaking at a press conference in Accra, the Minister said ongoing peacebuilding efforts by the government and traditional authorities are beginning to restore confidence among displaced residents.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"481\" data-end=\"794\">The clashes, triggered by a dispute over a parcel of land, left six people dead\u2014five on Sunday, August 24, and another the following morning. Eighteen others were injured, several critically, while homes and properties were destroyed, forcing many residents, particularly women and children, to flee for safety.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"796\" data-end=\"1008\">Mr. Muntaka assured that the government remains committed to bringing lasting peace to Gbeniyiri and surrounding communities, noting that security forces continue to maintain order as mediation efforts advance.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_ad jeg_ad_article jnews_content_inline_2_ads  \">\n<div class=\"ads-wrapper align-center \">\n<div class=\"ads_shortcode\">\n<div class=\"a-single a-10\">\u201cI can tell you today that more than 65% of the people have returned home. Our biggest concern, however, remains those still outside the borders. Many are already coming back, but we want to facilitate the process to make it even faster.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-start=\"1251\" data-end=\"1480\">\u201cWe are receiving strong cooperation from the chiefs and the youth. We have set ourselves a target: by the end of the month, when the committee completes its work, we should be able to bring almost everyone back home,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1251\" data-end=\"1480\">The Gbeniyiri conflict, which displaced thousands, has drawn widespread concern from civil society and humanitarian groups, who continue to urge accelerated interventions to secure the area and support affected families.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister for the Interior, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarack, has revealed that over 65% of Ghanaians who fled to neighboring Ivory Coast following the Gbeniyiri conflict have returned home. Speaking at a press conference in Accra, the Minister said ongoing peacebuilding efforts by the government and traditional authorities are beginning to restore confidence among displaced residents. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123457,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,386],"tags":[4036,4037],"class_list":["post-13088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-news","category-security","tag-gbeniyiri-conflict","tag-muntaka"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/123457"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13088"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13090,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13088\/revisions\/13090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}