Ghana

FOREIGN MILITARY ASSISTANCE

Air Force personnel on parade
Courtesy Embassy of Ghana, Washington

Contingent of the Ghanaian navy on parade
Courtesy Embassy of Ghana, Washington

Like most African armed forces, the Ghanaian military has depended on foreign military assistance since independence. Initially, Ghana looked to the West, especially Britain, for equipment, training, and command support. As Ghanaian politics became radicalized and the world divided along East-West lines, Ghana's military diversified its sources of military aid by developing ties to radical states such as the former Soviet Union, China, the German Democratic Republic (GDR, or East Germany), and Libya. After the Cold War ended, Ghana again turned to the West for most of its military needs.

Data as of November 1994

Ghana - TABLE OF CONTENTS

• INTERNATIONAL SECURITY CONCERNS
• INTERNAL SECURITY CONCERNS
• THE ARMED FORCES IN NATIONAL LIFE
  • The Armed Forces in the Past
    • The Asante Wars
    • World War I
    • World War II
  • The Development of the Modern Army
• THE MILITARY AND THE GOVERNMENT
  • The National Liberation Council, 1966-69
  • The Acheampong Regime, 1972-78
  • The Akuffo Coup, 1978
  • The 1979 Coup and the First Rawlings Government
  • The 1981 Coup and the Second Rawlings Government
• THE MILITARY AND THE ECONOMY
• ARMED FORCES' MISSION, ORGANIZATION, AND STRENGTH
• MILITARY MANPOWER, TRAINING, AND MORALE
  • Manpower
  • Training
  • Morale
  • Uniforms, Ranks, and Insignia
• FOREIGN MILITARY ASSISTANCE
  • Britain
  • Canada
  • Soviet Union
  • German Democratic Republic
  • China
  • Israel
  • United States
  • Italy
  • Libya
• STATE SECURITY SERVICES
• CRIMINAL JUSTICE
  • Criminal Code and Courts
  • Prison System
• HUMAN RIGHTS
• MILITARY TRENDS