Alleged Dynamite Explosion in Hamile: Immigration Officer, 2 Others Killed; 4 Others Shot, Curfew Imposed

Hamile explosion: Air Force team deployed to airlift injured immigration officer to Accra – Muntaka

The Ghana Air Force has been deployed to transfer an immigration officer injured in an explosion at Hamile in the Upper West Region to Accra for specialist medical care. The officer was receiving emergency treatment at the Nandom Hospital after the blast, which claimed three lives during a border patrol operation on Tuesday, November 3, […]

Alleged dynamite explosion in Hamile: Immigration officer, 2 others killed; 4 others shot, curfew imposed

AT least three people have been reported dead and others critically injured following a suspected dynamite explosion in the Ghana-Burkina Faso border town of Hamile in the Upper West Region. The dead are an immigration officer and two private civilian citizens. According to a Nandom-Hamile-based journalist, Mohammed Abdulai, who narrated the incident to The Ghanaian …

Government imposes 11-hour curfew on Hamile and environs

The government has imposed an 11-hour curfew on Hamile Township and its surrounding communities in the Lambussie District of the Upper West Region following security concerns in the area. The restriction, announced by the Ministry of the Interior on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, takes immediate effect and will run daily from 6:00 pm to 5:00 […]

Interior Ministry imposes curfew on Hamile township and its environs following death of Immigration Officer

The Minister for the Interior, on the advice of the National Security Council and by Executive Instrument, has imposed curfew on Hamile Township and its environs in Lambussie District in the Upper West Region from 6:00pm to 5:00am with immediate effect.

Upper West Region: One Immigration officer dead, another critical after dynamite blast

A dynamite explosion at Hamile in the Upper West Region has claimed the life of a Ghana Immigration Service officer and left another in critical condition. The blast occurred on Tuesday, November 3, when a motor tricycle transporting suspected dynamite exploded along an unauthorised route in the border community. The civilians riding the tricycle also […]

Gov't launches investigation into Hamile explosion - Interior Minister

According to the Minister, the findings of the investigation will inform government's next line of action.