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A quiet crisis: Bawku, smuggling, and the extremist war next door

By Gideon SARPONG Under the relentless blaze of a September sun in 2021, amid the chaotic symphony of cranes and cargo at Ghana’s Tema Port, what began as a mundane customs check unraveled into a spine-tingling exposé of hidden dangers. Inside a 40-foot shipping container from the United States, falsely declared as personal effects, were nine pistols, eight assault rifles, and 219 rounds of live ammunition. The discovery first announced by the G…
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The Business & Financial Times broke the news in Accra, Ghana on Monday, October 6, 2025.
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