Following a recently leaked intelligence report suggesting that Islamist extremists were planning to target Ghana and Togo, security has been stepped up in their respective capital cities, Accra and Lome. There is now a visible police presence in public places in Accra, and reportedly, plain clothes police are also patrolling the city. Security has been enhanced at possible targets such as the luxury hotels. For the attack on the Grand-Bassam resort in Ivory Coast in March, heavily armed gunmen entered from Mali in a Niger-registered 4x4 and hid their weapons in the petrol tank. The government of Togo has issued an alert warning citizens against travel to Ghana, citing concerns over terrorist attacks on its territory. In response to the intelligence report, Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama, urged the public to be on alert, warning that no country in West Africa was immune from the threat of terrorism. The police have subsequently said that “adequate measures” have been implemented “to forestall any terrorist attacks or disturbances”.
Following a recently leaked intelligence report suggesting that Islamist extremists were planning to target Ghana and Togo, security has been stepped up in their respective capital cities, Accra and Lome. There is now a visible police presence in public places in Accra, and reportedly, plain clothes police are also patrolling the city. Security has been enhanced at possible targets such as the luxury hotels. The government of Togo has issued an alert warning citizens against travel to Ghana, citing concerns over terrorist attacks on its territory. In response to the intelligence report, Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama, urged the public to be on alert, warning that no country in West Africa was immune from the threat of terrorism. The police have subsequently said that “adequate measures” have been implemented “to forestall any terrorist attacks or disturbances”.