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Ghana Military Confirms Six Dead in Accra Recruitment Stampede

Officials paused Accra's intake pending a Board of Inquiry into the stadium surge.

Overview

  • The Ghana Armed Forces has suspended the 2025/2026 recruitment exercise in the Greater Accra Region pending investigations.
  • A Board of Inquiry is examining how applicants breached security protocols and rushed the gates at El-Wak Sports Stadium.
  • The military says the death toll remains six and urges the public to treat conflicting reports as false.
  • Many injured applicants are receiving treatment at the 37 Military Hospital, where President John Dramani Mahama visited them.
  • Recruitment in the other 15 regions is continuing as scheduled while procedures are reviewed, and officials have visited bereaved families.