Tag: Ghana
Piracy to come under the spotlight at IMDEC 2021
Piracy, smuggling and trafficking will come under the spotlight at the International Maritime Defence Exhibition & Conference (IMDEC) in Ghana in July.
The Ghanaian Navy...
The Past Week in Defence #48 (5 April – 11 April...
In this week’s edition, on the continent, Ghana parades Cobra armoured vehicles, The Nigerian Navy records a substantial number of recent acquisitions, A Southern...
Ghana parades Cobra armoured vehicles
The Ghana Armed Forces have officially unveiled new Cobra armoured personnel carriers acquired from Turkey’s Otokar.
Forty of the vehicles were displayed by President Nana...
Africom commander visits Ghana
US Army General Stephen Townsend, commander, US Africa Command, conducted a two-day visit to Ghana, between 23 and 24 February, in what was Townsend’s...
ISS: Tensions cloud December polls in Ghana
Recurring suspicions over the Electoral Commission’s independence threaten political stability in the long run.
Ghana’s 7 December general election will be the country’s eighth consecutive...
US, Ghana partner to build disaster management capabilities across the region
On 9 November, US Ambassador to Ghana Stephanie S Sullivan officially presented a skills-based Disaster Management Curriculum to Major General Francis Ofori, Commandant of...
Jerry Rawlings, Ghana’s unlikely democrat, dies at 73
Jerry Rawlings, who seized power twice in military coups but is now regarded as a driving force behind Ghana’s emergence as a stable democracy,...
ISS: Are Africa’s borders sacrosanct? Ghana’s Western Togoland crisis
Recent attacks raise questions about how secessionist tendencies have been managed in post-independence Africa.
On 25 September 2020, gunmen raided police stations in Mepe and...
The Past Week in Defence #25 (12-18 October)
In this week’s edition, on the continent, the Gulf of Guinea is a world hotspot for kidnappings at sea, Ghana allocates $86 million for...
Ghana allocates $86 million for armoured vehicle acquisition
Ghana’s Parliament approved $86,1 million in government loans to fund acquisition of 19 armoured vehicles from Israel’s Elbit Land Systems.
According to official records of...
Public service pay increase – and gratuity – add up to bigger headache for...
At nation/state level South Africa faces no major current and medium term threat. This is an indicator of why those in charge of the...
