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List of wars involving Ghana

This article is a list of military conflicts involving Ghana and includes conflicts such as coups.

Wars edit

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
Congo Crisis[1]
(1960-1964) 		  ONUC   Katanga

  ANC

Victory
Lebanese Civil War
and South Lebanon conflict
(1978–present) 		  UNIFIL   South Lebanon Army
  Israel

  Hezbollah
  Amal
  PFLP-GC

Ongoing
First Liberian Civil War[6]
(1990-1997)
 
Master Sergeant Thomas A. Nelson (right) of the 3rd US Army Special Forces Group inspects Ghanaian troops of ECOMOG at Roberts International Airport located outside of Monrovia, Liberia
 ECOMOG   NPFL Defeat
  • NPFL victory
Rwandan Civil War
(1993-1994) 		  UNAMIR   Rwanda Defeat
Sierra Leone Civil War[7]
(1997-2002) 		ECOMOG &   UNAMSIL[a]

  Sierra Leone

  United Kingdom
  Guinea

  RUF

  AFRC
West Side Boys
  Liberia

Victory
First Ivorian Civil War[8]
(2003-2007) 		ECOMOG

  France

  Ivory Coast
  COJEP

  FNCI
  Liberia

Tentative peace agreement
  • Second Ivorian Civil War
Second Ivorian Civil War[9][10]
(2010-2011) 		  UNOCI

  FNCI
  RDR
  France[11]
  Ukraine[12]

  Military of Ivory Coast
  COJEP
  FPI 		Victory
Mali War[13]
(2013-2017) 		  MINUSMA

  Government of Mali
  France

  MNLA

  Al-Qaeda

  Boko Haram

  Islamic State

Withdrawal[14][15]
  • Ghana withdraws troops in 2017 due to security concerns
ECOWAS military intervention in the Gambia
(2017) 		ECOMOG   Pro-Jammeh forces Ongoing
Western Togoland Rebellion
(2020) 		  Ghana   Western Togoland Restoration Front Ongoing

Violent coups and coup attempts edit

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
Operation Cold Chop
(1966) 		  Ghana (Nkrumah government)   National Liberation Council
Alleged Support:
  United States
  United Kingdom 		NLC Victory
Operation Guitar Boy
(1967) 		  Ghana (NLC)   Coup plotters NLC Victory
  • Coup failure
June 4th coup d'état
(1979) 		  Ghana (Supreme Military Council)   Armed Forces Revolutionary Council AFRC Victory
Nobistor affair[16][17][18]
(1985) 		  Ghana (Provisional National Defence Council)   Supporters of Godfrey Osei
  United States mercenaries 		PNDC Victory
  • Coup plot failed
  • Mercenaries detained in Brazil

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Mohan, Jitendra (October 1969). "Ghana, The Congo, and the United Nations". The Journal of Modern African Studies. 7 (3): 369–406. doi:10.1017/S0022278X00018565. JSTOR 159059.
  2. ^ "410/1 - Project Yellow Knife - Port Francqui Incident - UNARMS". search.archives.un.org.
  3. ^ "486/11/ORD - Losses at Port Francqui - UNARMS". search.archives.un.org.
  4. ^ Kusi, Brig-Gen. Benjamin (October 2017). "Ghana's experiences in peace operations and contingent weapons management" (PDF). Small Arms Survey. pp. 44-45. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 14, 2019.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  5. ^ "Royal Leicestershire Regiment". royalleicestershireregiment.org.uk.
  6. ^ Aning, Emmanuel Kwesi (1996). "Ghana, ECOWAS and the Liberian Crisis: An Analysis of Ghana's Role in Liberia". Liberian Studies Journal. 21 (2): 259–299.
  7. ^ Cooper, Tom; Chick, Court (August 5, 2004). "Sierra Leone, 1990-2002". Archived from the original on 28 February 2009. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
  8. ^ Cooper, Tom; Mladenov, Alexander (August 5, 2004). "Cote d'Ivoire, since 2002". Archived from the original on 3 March 2009. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
  9. ^ "Ghana's air force in a class of its own". africanaerospace.aero. A recent example was in neighbouring Cote d'Ivoire during the genocide, where A109 helicopters were used as gunships and Bell 412s for troop transport.
  10. ^ "Legacy of Ghav's pioneers of peace". africanaerospace.aero.
  11. ^ Nossiter, Adam (4 April 2011). "Strikes by U.N. and France Corner Leader of Ivory Coast". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  12. ^ Рада направила в Кот-д’Ивуар 60 украинских миротворцев и три вертолёта. Комитет ВР и Томенко — против Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine // NEWSRU.UA от 4 февраля 2011 (in Russian)
  13. ^ "Ghana's small unit making a huge impact". africanaerospace.aero.
  14. ^ "Ghana withdraws troops from Mali for security concerns". graphic.com.
  15. ^ "Ghana Air Force Climax Duty Tour In Mali". modernghana.com.
  16. ^ Duvall, Pierre (April 1987). "Soldiers of Misfortune, Part One". Soldier of Fortune. Omega Group Ltd.
  17. ^ Coleman, John (May 1987). "Soldiers of Misfortune, Part 2: American Mercs Board Slow Boat to Ghana". Soldier of Fortune. Omega Group Ltd.
  18. ^ Coleman, John (June 1987). "Soldiers of Misfortune Part Three: Capture, Jail, and the Great Escape". Soldier of Fortune. Omega Group Ltd.
  1. ^ Ghana "changed hats" from ECOMOG to UN after UNAMSIL entered the conflict.
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