An area of eastern Ghana has declared itself a sovereign state. The region known as Western Togoland has had secessionist attempts in the past.

Armed men demanding the secession of Western Togoland from Ghana blockaded major entry points to the Volta region of Ghana on Friday morning.

Local sources say the group are holding three police officers hostage, including a District Commander, and attacked two police stations. Prior to the blockade, the group reportedly broke into an armory and stole weapons.



"This is a very serious situation because just few weeks ago we saw [what happened] when they mounted signs along the major roads welcoming people into the Western Togoland State," a local resident told DW. "Blocking the roads with heaps of sand, burning tyres [and ] even holding security personnel hostage."

About 12 hours before Friday's dawn operation, the Western Togoland Restoration Front (WTRF) published photos of the graduation ceremony for around 500 personnel who underwent training for months in secret locations, raising questions over the effectiveness of security agencies in the region.


Seeking sovereignty

Ghana's Western Togoland region is predominately wedged between Lake Volta and the Ghana-Togo border. Currently, a number of splinter groups are demanding the area be recognized as a sovereign state.

In a press release, the chairman of the WTRF, Togbe Yesu Kwabla Edudzi I, declared that efforts for consolidating statehoood, which began on 1 September 2020, were being put into practice.



The press release also claimed "roadblocks to assert its sovereignty are all over the Southern sector."

The movement says it wants to force the Ghanaian government to join United Nations (UN) facilitated negotiations aiming to declare Western Togoland an independent state.



Ghanaian police have been ordered to "leave the region in 24 hours" and surrender weapons. Some radio stations appear to have been taken over by members of the WTRF. The group has demanded the release of prisoners currently being held in detention for secessionist activities.

Travelers urged to be cautious

Meanwhile, on Facebook, Ghanaian police have cautioned travellers to be aware of "security operations" in some communities in the Volta Region.

Local media have reported the minister of the affected Volta Region, Archibald Letsa, urged travelers to remain calm and allow security personnel to do their jobs.

A tumultuous past

The territory of Western Togoland was first colonized by Germany in 1884 and incorporated into the Togoland colony. After Germany's defeat during the First World War, the colony of Togoland was divided between France and Britain as protectorates. The western part of Togoland became part of Britain's Gold Coast colony, which became independent in 1957 to form modern-day Ghana. Togo gained independence from France in 1960.

Western Togoland is a member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO). Four million people live in the region. In terms of language and culture, Western Togoland, especially the Volta region, has more in common with Togo. Locals in the region say they feel underrepresented by Ghanaian authorities.

A previous unsuccessful attempt to declare Western Togoland independent from Ghana took place in 2017. In March 2020, around 80 members of the separatist group were detained for protesting the arrest of seven leaders of the Homeland Study Group Foundation. The charges were later dropped.

Source: https://www.dw.com/en/ghanas-western-togoland-region-declares-sovereignty/a-55051426

And the disintegration continues...

Personally, I think all African countries should renegotiate their sovereignty. It is foolhardiness to be clingy to the greedy, unlawful, illegal and immoral partitioning of Africa in 1884 by white racists.

We need new countries in Africa. We should however not resort to this level of crass violence to achieve it.

Until we sit down and talk, across Africa, we will keep having this issues. I mean, look at the Ambazonia issue in Cameroon.

Africa, Think.

Let's see how far they go.

JerryLekki:
Personally, I think all African countries should renegotiate their sovereignty. It is foolhardiness to be clingy to the greedy, unlawful, illegal and immoral partitioning of Africa in 1884 by white racists.

We need new countries in Africa. We should however not resort to this level of crass violence to achieve it.

Until we sit down and talk, across Africa, we will keep having this issues. I mean, look at the Ambazonia issue in Cameroon.

Africa, Think.

You have a point.

But then again, splitting isn't necessarily an African thing. Former USSR split, North and South Korea did. Québec has had multiple referendums to split away from Canada, etc.

Along what lines should a continent as diverse as Africa split? It will only be a matter of years before the new countries start splitting again. Besides, the effects of splitting affects generations unborn cause families might be separated if care is not taken and even with the splitting, y'all would still be neigbours and if there is no peace, it will affect y'all's economy badly. What Africa needs is a government structure that is similar to what we have in Canada. Let each province in a country be as autonomous as possible.

WE WILL ALL END GOING BACK TO HOW IT USE TO BE BEFORE THE EUROPEANS CAME AND MERGE US FOR THEIR SELFISH END.

LAST LAST EVERY ONE GO ANSWER HIM PAPA NAME - THEN FULANIS WILL BE DRIVEN BACK TO FUTAJALON AS NOBODY IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WILL ALLOW THEM TO DWELL IN THEIR PLACE.

This is what happens when you don't put enough funding in your military, imagine IPOB trying to forcefully claim a part of Nigeria, under this Buhari Administration any National threat no matter how minimal is meet with extreme force

Edit : please before you comment that Buhari supports BH(boko haram) look at the strength & territories of BH and the millitary might of Nigeria during 2014(before buhari became president) and compare them to the current situation, currently Boko haram controls no territory within Nigeria and their activity has been pushed back from Northern Nigeria to the North east and currently they only operate in Borno (all IDP camps outside Borno have been closed) plus Buhari increased the millitary Budget to 2 Billion and has purchased multiple attack helicopters/jets to aid in the war on insurgency

Another jokers

This is just the beginning of disintegration.

Biafra loading.... 70% progress

Let's see how Ghana handles this and what becomes of the Western Togolaise clamour.

Their success or failure will serve as a blueprint/lesson for Nigeria and her agitators for secession.

So....this thing na everywhere.

helinues:
Another jokers

Togo and Ghana put together are not up to Oyo state

I see they're allowed to protest peacefully there.

When a State does not have what is required to stand independently, internal rebellion is inevitable. And that's more heartbreaking


I wish them well

If only I knew this topic was the reason I booked space, I would have spent my time searching for NwaAmaikpe and await the comment of my new nigga Slawormir.
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American are great for uniting together
Russia wants Ukraine to come back


Africa want division

Division based on different tribe and religion

Whenever we meet a stranger, we try to evaluate the person in terms of our perception. We try to see what we share in common. The more similarly,the tendency to open ourselves more to friendship. We reserve a space  for those who share our family, language, ethnicity and expand it to those who share our hobbies,job, religion etc. This  common trait enable us build bridges beyond ourselves and those outside of us .

In the same way, when the dissimilarities are more, we create a barrier . We do not include them in our circle . We create imaginary wall. We hold our emotion so tight .

We are consciously or unconsciously connecting with people or saperating from them.The boss who isolates himself from the  workers treating them as  human machine  is building a wall of saperation . The master who offers a word of appreciation,, ask how the children are doing  builds bridges of connection. Every wall we build breeds a new wall . 

Whatever keeps us from reaching out to people is a wall. It could be sence of superiority, wall of selfishness, intolerance, group,fear etc

To curb this, we should see ourselves first as human and admit that the other is a living being like us. Developing closeness to the entire human. Seeing ourselves in terms of this group or that group obstructs us from a wider identity as human beings. We should refrain from getting so attached to our religion or group as that would blind us from seeing the value of another religion. We can take a cue from doctors and red Cross members who offer assistance to injured without inquiring about the patient group. Our motive should be universal compassion and desire to alleviate the suffering of others.

https://tobechispeaks./2020/09/07/of-walls-and-bridges/

I hope they have enough resources to manage a State.

Yoruba land restoration,fulanis beware,,Amotekun on the move

This news will come as aphrodisiac to ipob...they will start masturbating harder now...

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Ghana wey no kukuma big pass warri.....

in other news,this is what Ipob has been dreaming of for decades......but what can I say-"ipob-no-be-togoland"....

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can we safely say Nigeria is ready to be retired.

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WoundedLamb:


You have a point.

But then again, splitting isn't necessarily an African thing. Former USSR splitted, North and South Korea splitted. Québec has had multiple referendums to split away from Canada, etc.

Along what lines should a continent as diverse as Africa split? It will only be a matter of years before the new countries start splitting again. Besides, the effects of splitting affects generations unborn cause families might be separated if care is not taken and even with the splitting, y'all would still be neigbours and if there is no peace, it will affect y'all's economy badly. What Africa needs is a government structure that is similar to what we have in Canada. Let each province in a country be as autonomous as possible.

Seconded.

Wow!!!
Africa!!!
I hope this won't result to war.

So Ghana get their own Biafuro dia

Interesting times ahead

Next is Oduduwa and Biafra!

Sparogatively, Biafrans shouldn't see this approach as viable under this government because the blood the broom wielding ex-millitary man will shed share , will get to every household in the region.

Small protest like dis we go hear Operation Phyton Dance as if say we dey learn programming language.