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EVENTS
Buluk 14 Events : Nov. 8, 2020 to Feb, 22, 2023
August 12, 2022
Dr. Ceasar Alimsinya Atuire, Senior Lecturer, Department of Philosophy and Classics (University of Ghana), has won a 5-year grant worth 3.2 million Pounds (4 million USD or 33 million Cedis) by the Wellcome Trust Discovery Awards.
The grant, the first by the Trust, is to finance academics from any discipline who can present a creative project to deliver significant understanding to improve human life, health, and well-being.
Dr. Atuire’s Project, “Moving Beyond Solidarity Rhetoric in Global Health: Pluriversality and Actionable Tools,” seeks to explore how understandings and practices of solidarity in global health can play an active role in increasing equity and justice. He will lead a global team with co-investigators from Costa Rica, Canada, Austria, South Africa, India, and Australia.
Congratulations Dr. Caesar Atuire!
March 7, 2023
The vetting committee of the NDC in the Upper East Region has affirmed Hon. Clement Apaak as its parliamentary candidate for Builsa South for the 2024 elections.
April 27, 2023
(Source: Phoenix via ‘Buluk Kaniak’) Gregory Afoko acquitted after 8 years
An Accra High Court presided over by Justice Afua Merley Wood, a Justice of the Court of Appeal, has acquitted Mr. Gregory Afoko and Asabke Alangde over the murder of the former Upper East Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). The trial which lasted for eight years, saw Justice Afia Merley Wood… summing up the whole trial which lasted for about four hours on Thursday, April 27, 2023. The seven-member jury panel hearing the murder case… had retired to return their verdict of not guilty on all [charges]….
Update (source: Ghanaweb General News of Tuesday, 18th February 2025)
“Gregory Afoko files fresh bail application after nearly 10 years on remand.
Gregory Afoko, a farmer accused of murdering Adams Mahama, the former Upper East Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has filed a fresh bail application after nearly a decade on remand.
This follows previous bail applications that were denied, with the court ruling that there had been no unreasonable delay in his retrial. Afoko’s previous retrial ended in a hung jury, with a 4-3 guilty verdict in his favor on April 27, 2023. The court has since ordered a retrial, which is currently underway.[…]
On Monday, February 17, 2025, Justice Marie-Louise Simmons adjourned the case to March 5, 2025, due to an improperly constituted jury panel. Afoko’s bail application filed on February 17, 2025, is scheduled to be heard on February 21, 2025.
EIB Network’s Legal Affairs Correspondent, Murtala Inusah, reports that this is Afoko’s third bail application, following previous denial in June and October 2023 […]
Update (source: GHOneTV, Friday, 21st February 2025)
“Court grants Gregory Afoko GHS 500,00 (five hundred thousand ) bail with two sureties after nearly 10 years on remand over Adam’s Mahama’s murder.” Gregory is seen with his lawyer, Nana Yaw Osei, in one picture and in the other he’s with his older brother, Paul Afoko (in smock and hat), and his lawyer and some members of his legal team. 
December 2023
Wiaga Muslim Community. Market days in Wiaga, Sandema and Fumbisi:
December 26, 2023
(Robert Asekabta 28.12.23: Election of Miss Feok 2023
Miss Albright Asekabta Ayietalie was crowned Miss Feok 2023 on 26th December, 2023 at Lakeside hotel in Balansa, Sandema. This was one of the events that marked the annual Feok Festival of the Bulsa people to signify the bumper harvest and the conquest of Babatu a notorious Zambarama slave raider.
The contestants were seven in number… At the end Albright Asekabta Ayietalie emerged first with 23,980 votes. Her award was a motorcycle and three certificates on most Eloquent, Star performer, Highest Voter and a certificate of participation.
The first runner was Celina Afellie with twenty thousand, two hundred and forty eight votes and she was awarded with a double door refrigerator and a Miss Culture certificate.
The second runner was Shelli Abangkaniaka. She had an award of a mini refrigerator.
The contestants. Sitting: the winner Miss Albright Asekabta Ayietalie. Source: Buluk Kaniak
February 16, 2024
Christine Arnheim, daughter of Margaret Lariba Arnheim from Gbedema, has been a dentist in Münster with her own practice since 2021 (see Buluk 14, p. 12). After a year of regular training weekends, she successfully obtained an additional qualification in Aesthetic Dentistry at the Westphalia-Lippe Dental Association. Congratulations!
J.H. Akanluk Akanpatulsi
March 14, 2024
Death of Mr. Joseph Henry Akanluk Akanpatulsi, Rtd. Chief Economic Planning Officer & Fellow, Ghana Institute of Planning.
June, 2024
Professor Caesar Alimsinya Atuire, Department of Philosophy and Classics at the University of Ghana (Legon), was appointed President of the International Association of Bioethics during the 17th World Congress of Bioethics in Doha. Congratulations!
July 17, 2024
(From Facebook post Celebrating Our Legends)
On Wednesday 17th July 2024, the Doninga Chief, His Royal Majesty Nab Akanbeagnab Mackarios Akanbong Esq, paid a courtesy call on the Overlord of Bulsa-his father, to officially announce to him of his recent appointment as Ambassador to Iran. He is currently the Head of Chancery in Brussels-Belgium!
July 17, 2024
(From Facebook post Celebrating Our Legends)
On Wednesday 17th July 2024, the Doninga Chief, His Royal Majesty Nab Akanbeagnab Mackarios Akanbong Esq, paid a courtesy call on the Overlord of Bulsa-his father, to officially announce to him of his recent appointment as Ambassador to Iran. He is currently the Head of Chancery in Brussels-Belgium!
Addditions from the Internet (https://brussels.mfa.gov.gha/embassyofficials/aspx)
Ghana Embassy Brussels: Deputy Head of Mission: Mr McArios Akanbeanab Akanbong.
(https://brussels.mfa.gov.gha/acting-head-of-misssion-mr-mcaarios-akanbeanab-akanbong-undertakes-working-visit-to luxembourg)
The Acting Head of Mission, Mr. McArios Akanbeanab Akanbong, undertook a working visit to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg on Wednesday, 31st January, 2024.
The discussions during the visit centered on opportunities for strengthening Ghana-Luxembourg relations through economic partnerships and trade. Issues of peace, security and regional stability were also discussed.
Mr. Akanbong was accompanied on the trip by Mr. Mohammed Sheriff Iddrisu, Minister-Counsellor/EU Relations; Ms. Maame Abena Gyamerah, First- Secretary/Diaspora and Economic Relations, and Mr. Francis Boakye, First-Secretary/Bilateral Relations.
McArios Akanbeanab Akanbong, acting head of mission and Doninganab, in Luxembourg
October 20, 2024
The three parliamentary candidates of the Builsa South Constituency, Hon. Daniel A. Gariba (NPP), Hon. Dr. Clement A. Apaak (NDC) and Hon. Christopher Akamzedeboka (PNC) met for a dialogue.
Update: Results of General Elections held on December 7, 2024
Bulsa South
Parliamentary:
Dr. Clement A. Apaak (NDC) = 8,974 votes.
Daniel Kwame Gariba (NPP) = 5,061 votes.
Christopher Akamzedeboka (PNC) = 1,639 votes.
Total votes cast = 15,958
Total votes valid = 15,674
Total votes rejected = 284
Presidential:
John Dramani Mahama (NDC) = 10,540
Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia (NPP) = 4,531
Total votes cast = 15,958
Total votes valid = 15,374
Toral votes jejected = 584
Bulsa North
Parliamentary
James Agalga = 13,344
Thomas Kofi Alonsi = 10,155
