King Nyaɣisi constructed Yendi between 1420 and 1500. Yendi is the capital of the
Kingdom of Dagbon. The area was abandoned due to an invasion by King
Sumaila Ndewura Jakpa of
Gonja, which resulted in the death of the Dagboŋ King Dariziogo. Yendi was conquered by the
Asante Empire under the leadership of
Opoku Ware I in 1744 or 1745, but there is academic dispute about the verifiability of this. The area was taken over by the
German Empire and incorporated into
Togoland in 1901. The
Ya Na resumed their control over Dagbon after the British seized Togoland from Germany as a result of
World War I. 23 people were killed in a massacre by the Ghanaian army on 9 September 1969. In 2002, a massacre in Yendi killed at least 30 people, including
Yakubu II. ==Politics==