Security Analyst, Irbard Ibrahim, has described the discourse around the dismissal of some 501 military recruits in December 2015 as worrying. The peace ambassador and governance expert in an interview with Kwame Tutu on Rainbow Radio 87.5fm, expressed disappointment in the way and manner the issue has been addressed. The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) in … Read more
The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has said that the dismissed military recruits who have threatened to join ISIS are free to do so. GAF dismissed some 501 military recruits in December 2015 for staging an unauthorised protest which officials say was mutinous. The recruits, who were undergoing a six-month mandatory training at the Army Recruits … Read more
The 501 army recruits who were dismissed by the Ghana Armed Forces in 2015 are free to decide wherever they want to go, but the military will not reinstate them, Public Affairs Director of the GAF, Lt Col Eric Aggrey-Quashie, has said. In an interview with Adom FM, the convener of the dismissed recruits, Frank … Read more
President John Dramani Mahama has pledged that his government will maintain the highest credibility in this year’s elections. Speaking at the graduation ceremony for military officers at the Ghana Military Academy Friday, the President who was in his full military ceremonial regalia said the government is also committed to ensuring that maximum level of security … Read more
Jerry John Rawlings was born in Accra on 22nd June, 1947, to a Ghanaian mother from Dzelukope, near Keta, in the Volta Region, and a Scottish father. He was educated at Achimota School where he obtained his General Certificate of Education ‘O’ Level in 1966. He enlisted as a Flight Cadet in the Ghana Air … Read more
Lt. Gen. Joseph Henry Smith was born on the 9th of January, 1945 in Takoradi. He is married with five children. Education He attended Achimota School from 1959 to 1963 and successfully passed out with the West African School Certificate. He enlisted into the Ghana Military Academy as an Officer Cadet. He was commissioned 2/Lt … Read more