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US, Ghana partner to build disaster management capabilities across the region

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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

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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

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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)

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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

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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...

Suspected pirate attack off Ghana

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A Denmark-flagged tanker has been approached by a suspicious boat off the coast of Ghana but managed to avoid a potential attack. This is according...

Africa Command donates COVID-19 supplies to Ghana

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The US military’s Africa Command has donated approximately $75 000 in COVID-19 supplies to the Ghana Armed Forces. The command used Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and...

Two South Koreans reportedly kidnapped from fishing vessel off Ghana

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Unidentified gunmen have apparently kidnapped two South Korean nationals from a fishing vessel south of Lome, Ghana. The vessel appears to be hijacked, according to...

Medical delivery drones launched in Ghana

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The world's largest medical drone delivery service has been launched across Ghana. It will provide vaccines and treatments to some of the country's most...

US donates PPE to Ghana’s armed forces

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The United States, through the US military’s Africa Command and the Department of State, has donated personal protective equipment (PPE) and medical supplies to...

Ghanaian Z-9EH makes an emergency landing

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A Harbin Z-9EH helicopter belonging to Ghana’s Air Force made an emergency landing on 25 June, but none of the eight people on board...

ISS: Breaking terrorism supply chains in West Africa

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Last month Burkina Faso and Côte d’Ivoire jointly conducted Operation Comoé along their borders. They captured 38 suspected terrorists, killed eight, and dismantled training camps. The...

US Air Forces Africa delivers medical supplies to Ghana

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The US Air Force’s 86th Airlift Wing delivered medical supplies to the government of Ghana on 24 April to help support the country’s COVID-19...

Drone coronavirus flights in Ghana

Ghana is using delivery drones from US-based start-up Zipline to test people more quickly outside major cities for coronavirus, the company said. Ghana has 834...

Coronavirus confirmed in Gabon and Ghana

Gabon and Ghana confirmed their first coronavirus cases on Thursday, becoming the ninth and tenth countries in sub-Saharan Africa to register positive cases. The region...

Ghana to probe Airbus bribery claim

Ghana ordered a probe into accusations of bribery by European aircraft manufacturer Airbus to ensure purchase of three military aircraft between 2009 and 2015....

Ghana starts construction of new naval base

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Ghana’s president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has officially launched construction of the country’s new naval base with a sod-turning ceremony. Akufo-Addo said the base is...

AFRICOM, Ghana create plan for long-term security, stability

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U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) hosted senior-members of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) between 13 and 16 November to discuss long-term defense and security planning...

Ghanaian military interested in equipment from Indonesia’s PT Pindad

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Indonesia’s PT Pindad and Ghana’s Ministry of Defence have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) as part of efforts exploring the procurement of weapons...

Ghana orders Boeing 787 Dreamliners

Ghana is the latest African nation to support development of an international airline to boost its economy and develop tourism as its government signed...

Ghana operating Otokar Cobra armoured vehicles

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Ghana is one of the most recent customers for the Turkish Otokar Cobra and Cobra II armoured vehicles, with both models seen in service...

Drones help Ghana farmers

Ephraim Kofi Kenney does not like to work in the fields scaring pests away. But today he must. A flock of migratory birds repeatedly...

Africom, Ghana host military intelligence conference

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U.S Africa Command and the Ghana Armed Forces host 2019 North and West Africa Directors of Military Intelligence Conference United States Africa Command (Africom) and...

Three arrested for Ghana presidential plot

Ghana police foiled a suspected coup when they arrested three people believed to have been amassing makeshift bombs, weapons and computer equipment in a...

Paramount Group Celebrates 60 Years of Ghanaian Naval Excellence at IMDEC...

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JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – 21 July, 2019 – Paramount Group, the African-based global aerospace and technology company, announced its support for the Ghanaian Navy’s...

Greater collaboration in maritime security, trade could be key to Africa’s...

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Maritime security and trade may be the key to Africa’s economic future, according to Eric Ichikowitz, senior vice president of Paramount Group. Despite the seismic...

New base and vessels for Ghana’s Navy

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Ghana has recently signed a contract worth $200 million to construct a Forward Operating Base (FOB) at Edzinlibo in the Western Region in order...

US Navy strengthening bonds with Ghana’s navy

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Ghana is an important partner for the United States and this partnership is critical to maintaining maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea, according...

Paramount the platinum sponsor of Ghana’s International Maritime Exhibition

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Paramount Group has announced it is the platinum sponsor of the International Maritime Defense Exhibition and Conference (IMDEC) underway in Accra, Ghana. IMDEC coincides with...

Piracy, smuggling and trafficking to come under the spotlight at IMDEC...

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The Ghana Navy will host over fifteen Chiefs of Navies from across Africa along with 250 international senior officials from Navies, Coast Guards and...

Canadians kidnapped in Ghana rescued

Ghana forces rescued two Canadian women kidnapped last week outside their hostel in Kumasi, the Ghanaian government said in a statement. The women, aged 19...

Aid workers kidnapped in Ghana

Two Canadian women working for an aid agency were kidnapped at a golf club in Ghana’s second city Kumasi this week, police said. The women,...

Securing Ghana’s shared seas

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Ghana is making efforts to deal with illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU) fishing in its waters, with collaboration, technology and training seen as...

Drones to deliver vaccines, blood and drugs across Ghana

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Hundreds of drones will begin delivering life-saving vaccines, blood and medicines to patients in Ghana this week in the largest scheme of its kind,...

SAA concludes MoU with Ghana

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South African Airways (SAA) has concluded a Memorandum of Understanding that will see it spread its wings in Ghana. The MoU, signed between SAA CEO...

Gunmen kill Ghanaian journalist

Gunmen killed an investigative journalist who helped uncover corruption in Ghana football, rights groups and his employer said. Ahmed Hussein-Suale was shot three times by...

Ghana unveils domestically-produced APC

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On 30 December, at the 38th annual Technology Exhibition of the Kantanka Group in Accra, the Kantanka Technological Centre of Excellence (KTCE) showed off...

IMO maritime security workshop in Ghana

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Maritime security depends on the capacity of national authorities to develop effective port security plans and procedures and the ability to self-audit...

ISS: Political vigilantism threatens stability in Ghana

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For over 25 years, Ghana has progressively entrenched democracy while maintaining relative peace and stability. It has gone through seven consecutive elections...

US first lady going solo in Africa

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US first lady Melania Trump departed for Africa for a four-country trip that serves as her first major solo sojourn abroad on...

Ghana marine police receive two patrol boats

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The Ghana Police Service Marine Unit has taken delivery of two Ally-Gator boats sponsored by the Japanese embassy and the United...

United Accord 2018 kicks-off in Ghana

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Ghana Armed Forces partnered with participants from other African nations, European allies and U.S. Army Africa to kick-off exercise United Accord 2018...

Ghana soccer probe demanded

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Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo called for a criminal investigation into the head of the country's football association, Kwesi Nyantakyi, for fraudulently using...

US troops in Ghana will bolster regional peace

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Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo defended his government's approval of expanded military co-operation with the United States, saying it would enhance peace efforts...

South Korea deploys anti-piracy warship after hijack of fishing boat off...

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South Korea has deployed a naval vessel from its regional anti-piracy effort to help in the search after a fishing boat was...

Ex Obangame Express concludes in Ghana

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The Ghanaian portion of exercise Obangame Express 2018 (OE18) concluded on 28 May in Tema, Ghana, with a closing ceremony. Participants from the...

Ghanaians protest against US defence co-operation

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Thousands of people protested in Ghana's capital Accra against expansion of defence co- operation with the United States, a rare public display...

Ghana votes in favour of hosting US military

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Ghana's parliament ratified a deal granting "unimpeded" access to the United States to deploy troops and military equipment in the West African...

UNMISS recalls police unit over alleged sexual abuse

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The UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan recalled a Ghanaian police unit working at one protection camp while it investigates allegations of...

Ghana cannot deport ex-Guantanamo Yemeni detainees

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Two ex-Guantanamo Bay detainees transferred to Ghana by the United States have been granted refugee status and cannot be deported even though...