Editing Ghana Armed Forces (section)

==Ghana Army==
The [[Ghana Army]] is structured as follows:
[[File:Ghana's 50th Independence Anniversary.jpg|thumb|The [[Ghana Armed Forces Central Band]]]]
* The Northern Command with headquarters in [[Tamale, Ghana|Tamale]], Central Command with headquarters in [[Kumasi]] and the Southern Command with headquarters in [[Accra]]. In March 2000 Northern and Southern Commands were formed after the two infantry brigades were upgraded in status.<ref>Africa South of the Sahara 2003, 32nd Edition</ref> Previously there were three brigades: 1st Infantry Brigade (HQ in Teshie), 2nd Infantry Brigade (HQ in Kumasi) and Support Services Brigade (HQ in Burma Camp).
* 6 [[Infantry]] [[Battalion]]s of the [[Ghana Regiment]]. 3rd Battalion of Infantry, 4th Battalion of Infantry and 6th Battalion of Infantry in the Northern Command, 1st Battalion of Infantry, 2nd Battalion of Infantry and 5th Battalion of Infantry in the Southern Command.
* two Airborne [[company (military unit)|companies]] attached to Northern Command; Airborne Force
* 64 Infantry Regiment, a presidential guard force (formerly known as [[President's Own Guard Regiment]])
* 1 Training Battalion
* One Staff College
* Reconnaissance Armoured Regiment (two armoured reconnaissance squadrons)
* [[Defence Signal Regiment (Ghana)]]
* Two Engineer Regiments (48 Engineer Regiment and 49 Engineer Regiment)
* 66 Artillery Regiment

In 1996, the [[Support Services Brigade]] was reorganized and transferred from the Army to be responsible to the Armed Forces GHQ. 
From that point its units included [[49 Engineer Regiment]], the [[Ghana Military Police]], [[Defence Signal Regiment (Ghana)]], FRO, Forces Pay Office, [[37 Military Hospital]], Defence Mechanical Transport Battalion (Def MT Bn), Base Ordnance Depot, Base Ammunition Depot, Base Supply Depot, Base Workshop, Armed Forces Printing Press (AFPP), Armed Forces Fire Service (AFFS), the [[Ghana Armed Forces Central Band]], Ghana Armed Forces Institution (GAFI), 1 Forces Movement Unit ([[Tema]] Port), 5 Forces Movement Unit, Base Engineer Technical Services (BETS), 5 Garrison Education Centre (5 GEC), the Armed Forces Museum, Army Signals Training School, and the Armed Forces Secondary Technical School (AFSTS). By 2016 the Forces Pay Office had been upgraded to the Forces Pay Regiment.

The Armed Forces uses imported weaponry and locally manufactured secondary equipment. [[M16 rifle]]s, [[AK-47]]s, [[Type 56 assault rifle]]s, [[ballistic vest]]s and [[personal armor]] are standard issue, while much of the secondary equipment used by the Army and Air Force are manufactured internally by the [[Defence Industries Holding Company]] (DIHOC). External suppliers include Russia, Iran, and China.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-03-01 |title=Two-thirds of African countries 'now using Chinese weapons' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/twothirds-of-african-countries-now-using-chinese-military-equipment-a6905286.html |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>

===Peacekeeping Operations===
[[File:UN Peacekeepers Kigali.jpg|thumb|300px|Peacekeepers from Ghana Army (GA) in [[Kigali]], [[Rwanda]] in a [[Volkswagen Iltis]].]]
The Armed Forces are heavily committed to international [[peacekeeping]] operations. Ghana prefers to send its troops to operations in Africa. However the [[United Nations]] has used Ghanaian forces in countries as diverse as [[Afghanistan]], [[Iraq]], [[Kosovo]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Nepal]], [[Cambodia]] and [[Lebanon]].<ref name="Ghana's Regional Security Policy">{{cite web |url=http://www.kaiptc.org/Publications/Occasional-Papers/Documents/no_20.aspx |title=Ghana's Regional Security Policy: Costs, Benefits and Consistency |page=33 |format=PDF |access-date=2014-04-27 |work=Kaiptc.org |publisher=[[Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508150900/http://www.kaiptc.org/Publications/Occasional-Papers/Documents/no_20.aspx |archive-date=2014-05-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Currently, Ghanaian armed forces are posted to United Nations peacekeeping missions in:<ref name="Ghana Armed Forces − Peace operations">{{cite web |url=http://www.geneva-academy.ch/RULAC/peace_operations.php?id_state=71 |title=Ghana Armed Forces − Peace operations|access-date=2014-04-27|work=RULAC |publisher=Rule of Law in Armed Conflicts Project}}</ref>
* [[MONUC]] ([[Democratic Republic of Congo]]) − 464
* [[UNMIL]] ([[Liberia]]) − 852 (disestablished 2018)
* [[UNAMSIL]] ([[Sierra Leone]]) − 782
* [[UNIFIL]] ([[Lebanon]]) − 651

Ghana armed forces provided the first Force Commander of the [[Economic Community of West African States]] Monitoring Group ([[ECOMOG]]), Lieutenant General [[Arnold Quainoo]]. Quainoo led the force from July 1990 to September 1990.<ref>{{cite book |title=Peacekeeping In Africa : Capabilities And Culpabilities  |last=Berman, Eric G. |author2=Sams, Katie E. |year=2000 |publisher=[[United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research]] |location=Geneva |isbn=92-9045-133-5 |pages=94–95}}
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Ghana Armed Forces peacekeepers have many roles: [[patrolling]], as [[military police]], [[Election observers|electoral observers]], [[Demining|de-miners]] ([[Bomb disposal|bomb disposal units]] and [[clearance diver]]s), [[ceasefire]] monitors, [[humanitarian aid]] workers, and even [[special forces]] or [[frogmen]] against [[insurgent]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gaf.mil.gh/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=32&Itemid=118 |title=International Peacekeeping |access-date=2014-04-25 |work=Gaf.mil.gh |publisher=Ghana Armed Forces |archive-date=2013-07-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130704113503/http://www.gaf.mil.gh/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=32&Itemid=118 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== Niger Coup ===
A group of opposition political parties and civil society organizations, comprising the [[National Democratic Congress (Ghana)|National Democratic Congress (NDC)]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-10 |title=NDC kicks against planned military intervention in troubled Niger |url=https://citinewsroom.com/2023/08/ndc-kicks-against-planned-military-intervention-in-troubled-niger/ |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Niger Coup: War cannot be a preferred option – NDC to ECOWAS |url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/niger-coup-war-cannot-be-a-preferred-option-ndc-to-ecowas |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=www.myjoyonline.com |date=10 August 2023 |language=en}}</ref> and [[Ghana Union Movement|Ghana Union Movement (GUM)]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-14 |title=Osofo Kyiri Abosom threatens to demonstrate if Akufo-Addo sends troops to Niger |url=https://citinewsroom.com/2023/08/osofo-kyiri-abosom-threatens-to-demonstrate-if-akufo-addo-sends-troops-to-niger/ |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana |language=en-US}}</ref> has jointly urged the Akufo-Addo administration to refrain from deploying the Ghana Armed Forces to restore the democratically elected president of [[Niger]], [[Mohamed Bazoum]], who was ousted from power by General [[Abdourahamane Tchiani]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Don't send troops to Niger – Presby Church |url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/dont-send-troops-to-niger-presby-church |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=www.myjoyonline.com |date=16 August 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

However, [[Kennedy Agyapong|Hon. Kennedy Ohene Agyapong]], the Chairperson of the Interior and Defense Committee in Parliament, has expressed his endorsement of the nation's deployment of troops to Niger.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-16 |title=I support sending Ghanaian troops to Niger - Chair of Defence and Interior Committee of Parliament |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/I-support-sending-Ghanaian-troops-to-Niger-Chair-of-Defence-and-Interior-Committee-of-Parliament-1826147 |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=GhanaWeb |language=en}}</ref>