BLACK SOCIAL HISTORY The Massacre of Liberian Refugees by Ghanaian Security: A Pictorial Account

The massacre of Liberian refugees by Ghana security and mass arrest of countless more unaccounted for enter a second day and the rest of the refugees on Buduburam Refugee Camp are living in fear tonight.

Liberian refugee girl shot by Ghana Security

The face of the Buduburam refugee camp massacre and raid by Ghanaian Security forces against unarmed Liberian refugees has emerged. A pictorial account of the shooting of an innocent Liberian refugee child by Ghana security forces on Sunday following a raid by security forces of Ghana of Liberian refugees on the Buduburam refugee camp where Liberians who fled their country since 1990 after civil broke out in their country.

This innocent Liberian refugee child met her demise when Ghana security forces opened fire on Liberian refugees, killing this Liberian refugee chill and four others, according to our an eyewitness in Ghana, Henry Heggin who provide this photo shot of a gunned down Liberian refugee child killed by Ghanaian security forces.

Liberian refugees in Ghana according to our correspondent in Ghana reports Liberian refugees in Ghana are frustrated, angry and broken by the failure of the Liberian Embassy in Accra to respond to killings of Liberian refugees in a serious, robust and forceful manner to hold the President of Ghana John Atta Mills and government feet to the fire to account for those Liberian refugees killed by Ghanaian state security forces and demand the many refugees rounded up and thrown in jail be immediately released without delay and any precondition.

Refugees rounded up

The refugees, by our correspondent’s account has been told by Liberian refugees on Buduburam refugee camp that they are living in fear and their safety no longer guaranteed because the government which should be protecting them has resulted to killing and reigning havoc on them. The refugees have also melted their anger and dismay with the Liberian government and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees for not taking strong stance against the Ghanaian government for the killings of a Liberian refugee child and four others and rounding up and jailing of several others.

Bullet Shells from Security forces

Refugees interviewed by our correspondent say they feared their fellow refuges rounded up and in the custody of Ghanaian authority could be tortured by security forces and demand that they be released immediately and unconditionally.

Ghana security forces stormed the Buduburam refugee camp where Liberian refugees have been hosted by Ghana since 1990 to prevent the installation of a corp of officers the Buduburam Refugee Camp Welfare council, after the previous administration was removed by the refugees for failure to seek their welfare.

They complained that welfare leadership team had no interest in their wellbeing and were bent on their exploitation and converting their opportunities to Ghanaian citizens, emphasizing that Ghana ridiculous refugee laws prevent Liberian refugees from running their own affairs but Ghanaians who do not know what it means to be a refugee are the ones running the affairs of Liberian refugees in Ghana.