MINISTRY OF NATIONAL SECURITY'S RESPONSE TO REUTERS' REPORT ON ALLEGED TERRORIST ACTIVITY IN GHANAThe Ministry of National Security has noted with grave concern a recent news report riddled with non-factual representations by Reuters, dated October 24, 2024.
This report erroneously claims that Islamist militants are allegedly using northern Ghana as a logistical and medical base to support their insurgent activities.
Specifically, the report wrongly asserts that "Ghanaian authorities appeared to be largely turning a blind eye to insurgents crossing from neighbouring Burkina Faso to obtain food, fuel, and even explosives, as well as receiving medical treatment in local hospitals."Additionally, Reuters, without doing any verifications of their own, referenced an already discredited publication by the Netherlands Institute of International Relations (Clingendael).
That publication has since been challenged and errors pointed out to them by the National Security Ministry.Clingendael, the only source of the Reuters report, inaccurately and oddly suggests that Ghana's lack of terrorist attacks results from a purported "non-aggression' understanding with militant groups to preserve supply lines and places of rest.