General News of Friday, 24 May 2019Source: Myjoyonline.comDefence Minister picks Chokosi, Konkomba leaders as microphones for peace missionDefence Minister, Dominic NitiwulThe Defence Minister and his entourage, made up of opinion leaders of Chokosi and Konkomba ethnic groups drawn from the Greater Accra and Ashanti Regions, are in Chereponi on a peace mission. But the Minister of Defence is hopeful Friday’s meeting will bring about the needed atmosphere for a lasting solution to the conflict. Akufo-Addo ChereponiPresident Akufo-Addo said “the Ghana that we are trying to build does not have space for conflict and violence. BackgroundThe armed struggle is over ownership of land believed to be nothing more than two acres but with ancestral significance. Land ownership is bargaining power for political representation in the region.

Source: GhanaWeb May 24, 2019 14:37 UTC