Bawku Mediation report set for presentation to the President

The long-awaited Bawku Mediation Report will be presented to President John Dramani Mahama on Thursday, December 11, 2025, at the Jubilee House.

The meeting is expected to bring together key national figures and institutions that have played roles in efforts to restore calm in the troubled area.

Invitations have gone out to the National House of Chiefs, the Peace Council, the Christian Council, the Office of the Chief Imam, the Catholic Secretariat, representatives of the UNDP, the British High Commission, elected regional ministers and the National Security Coordinator.

Their presence signals the level of national commitment invested in finding lasting peace for the people of Bawku.

Sources close to the process say the presentation represents an important moment in the mediation efforts led by His Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.

The Bawku conflict has deep roots in a long-running chieftaincy and ethnic dispute between the Kusasi and Mamprusi communities.

Over the decades, various committees and state actors have attempted to resolve the crisis, beginning with the 1957 Opoku Afari Committee, whose decision in favour of the Kusasi was later upheld by the courts. Despite these rulings, tensions persisted.

Successive governments have intervened at different times, with efforts from President John Kufuor in 2008 and then Vice President Mahama in 2009, combining mediation and security actions.

Community-based initiatives, such as the Bawku Inter Ethnic Peace Committee, formed in 2009, helped ease tensions for nearly a decade until violence resurfaced around the 2020 elections.

In recent times, the Asantehene has led a high-level mediation that brought both factions to the Manhyia Palace for dialogue.

His sessions concluded on December 1, setting the stage for the submission of the final report to the President.