The head of European Union Delegation to Ghana, Diana Acconcia has said Ghana is still a safe haven despite recent crimes and protests in some parts of the country.
Two persons died last week in the Ejura protest in the Ashanti Region while demanding for justice over the killing of a social media activist, Ibrahim “Kaaka” Mohammed.
A group of soldiers also went on rampage in Wa assaulting residents in the Upper West Region over a missing phone belonging to one of the service men. The development has sparked huge public outcry with some describing it as a state of insecurity in the country.
However, speaking on The Asaase Breakfast Show with Kojo Mensah on Tuesday (6 July), Acconcia said the recent development cannot not be compared to citizen unrest in the Sahel Region.
“We are concerned about security in the whole of West Africa Region for sure, and Ghana is not the most worrisome area at the moment.
“Of course, we are all following the events of the last days regarding unrest and all that, but I don’t see at least from where I am sitting a link between sort of citizenship unrest with the situation in the Sahel, in the wider region,” Acconcia said.
The outgoing head of EU Delegation to Ghana said the bloc is working with Ghana to address the state of insecurity in the sub-region.
Ghana ranks 2nd Most Peaceful Country in Africa
Meanwhile, Ghana has been ranked the second most peaceful country in Africa in the 2021 Global Peace Index report by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP).
The IEP is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit think tank dedicated to shifting the world’s focus to peace as a positive, achievable, and tangible measure of human well-being and progress.
A look at the snapshot of the global state of peace as captured in the report, Ghana is ranked 38th in the world out of the 163 countries reviewed. Ghana scored 1.715 which represents a two point move upwards from the previous Global Peace Index report.
Other African rankings
Mauritius, the only African country ahead of Ghana in the Peace index on first position in Africa ranked 28th in the global space. Botswana took the third place in Africa and was ranked 41st on the global peace index.
Iceland is ranked number one as the most peaceful country in the world with a score of 1.1. New Zealand, Denmark, Portugal and Slovenia are ranked second, third, fourth and fifth respectively.
Least peaceful countries
The five least peaceful countries in the world, according to the 2021 global peace index are Iraq (ranked 159th), South Sudan (ranked 160th), Syria (ranked 161st) Yemen (ranked 162nd) and Afgahanistan (at the bottom ranking163rd).
Fred Dzakpata
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