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Interior ministry wants weapons returned

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    Ghana's government has given people two weeks to hand in unlicensed weapons or face prosecution, Joy FM radio reported on its online web site on Tuesday.

    The private Ghanaian broadcaster said Interior Minister Malik Al-Hassan Yakubu announced the ultimatum during a news conference at which he outlined measures to combat crime. Yakubu said the government was thinking of asking the US Federal Bureau of Investigation to help it tackle a spate of violent robberies and the unsolved murders of over 30 women in the past three years in and around the capital, Joy FM reported.

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