As Ghana prepares to carry essential elections in December 2024, the 2 main political events are centring their campaigns round their youth wings.
Nonetheless current incidents of violence involving get together youth teams have left analysts involved.
So much is at stake within the upcoming polls – the incumbent New Patriotic Occasion (NPP) is seeking to make historical past by retaining energy for a 3rd consecutive four-year time period, whereas the opposition Nationwide Democratic Congress (NDC) is set to recapture energy with a former president as its flag bearer.
Simmering rigidity resulting from excessive unemployment and an absence of belief in law-enforcement companies has elevated the danger of violence and vigilantism by youth teams of the 2 political events.
A double-edged sword
Earlier this month, 17 youths affiliated with the NPP had been convicted and fined Gh¢2,400 ($203) for attacking the studios of Accra-based United
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