burnt down a number of rooms in six different houses during curfew hours on Friday at Natinga around the Bawku Presbyterian Hospital.

This came just four days after a communiqué was signed by the feuding parties in the presence of the Upper East Regional Minister and members of the Regional Security Council.

A joint military and police effort to search for the culprits did not yield any favourable results, thereby creating an atmosphere of suspicion and fear among residents of the Natinga community and the Bawku Municipality as a whole.

Investigations are however underway to apprehend the culprits of the shameful act.

On Tuesday, 19th February, accredited representatives of the Mamprusi and Kusasi groups and three other minority groups from Bawku carried upon themselves the task of ensuring the return of clam to the area by drafting and signing a 13-point communiqué which spelt out some possible ways of restoring calm in the area.

In the communiqué, leaders of these ethnic groups were tasked to brief their followers on the contents of the document, which is to serve as a roadmap to peace in the area.

Community-to-community briefing and education on the causes of conflict by the leadership of the two main ethnic groups, with support from the district information service, is still underway.

High on their expectation list of the communiqué was to restore normalcy to the area within 5 to 10 days after the Bolgatanga meeting.

Some of the agreements reached included briefing community members on the need for all parties to agree to lay down arms and other offensive weapons.

They also agreed to arrest all wrongdoers and deal with them on individual basis and not on social background or as a member of a particular ethnic group. It was further agreed that motorbikes, bicycles and food items should no longer be seized from owners.