Accra, June 20, GNA - The Minister of the Interior has renewed the curfew imposed on Gushegu Township and Bawku Municipality and their immediate environs with effect from Monday, June 20, 2011.

The curfew hours for the Gushegu Township are 1200 midnight to 4am and Bawku Municipality from 11pm to 4am hours each day, according to a statement signed by Dr Benjamin Kunbuor, Minister of the Interior.

It said the decision was made on the advice of the Northern and Upper East Regional Security Councils and by Executive Instrument. The statement said the Government was encouraged by the return of relative peace to both the Gushegu Township and Bawku Municipality and their immediate environs and appealed to all stakeholders to continue to ensure that lasting and sustainable peace returned to their communities.

Meanwhile, Government reiterated that there was a ban on all persons in the Gushegu Township and Bawku Municipality and their immediate environs from carrying arms, ammunition or any offensive weapons, and that any person found with any arms or ammunition would be arrested and prosecuted.