{
  "id": 2402866,
  "title": "Interior minister orders Police to crack down on vigilante groups, bans recording of recruit training",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/interior-minister-orders-police-to-crack-down-on-vigilante-groups-2402866",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T14:54:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Adom Online",
    "slug": "adom-online",
    "url": "https://www.adomonline.com/interior-minister-orders-police-to-crack-down-on-vigilante-groups-bans-recording-of-recruit-training/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Interior Minister Muntaka Mubarak has directed the Ghana Police Service to step up efforts against vigilantism and stop the formation of unauthorised self-defence groups across the country. He said a growing trend of individuals, political parties, chiefs and other organisations setting up groups for self-protection posed a serious threat to national peace and security. Mr […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}