List of wars involving Ghana

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

Wars

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
Congo Crisis^[1] (1960-1964)	ONUC Ghana Others	Katanga ANC Port Francqui incident^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]	Victory Debellation of the State of Katanga
Lebanese Civil War and South Lebanon conflict (1978–present)	UNIFIL Ghana Others	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 Ghana Others	NPFL	Defeat NPFL victory
Rwandan Civil War (1993-1994)	UNAMIR Ghana Others	Rwanda	Defeat Rwanda Genocide Great Lakes refugee crisis
Sierra Leone Civil War^[7] (1997-2002)	ECOMOG & UNAMSIL^[a] Ghana Others Sierra Leone Kamajors CDF United Kingdom Guinea	RUF AFRC West Side Boys Liberia NPFL	Victory
First Ivorian Civil War^[8] (2003-2007)	ECOMOG Ghana Others France	Ivory Coast COJEP FNCI Liberia	Tentative peace agreement Second Ivorian Civil War
Second Ivorian Civil War^[9]^[10] (2010-2011)	UNOCI Ghana Others FNCI RDR France^[11] Ukraine^[12]	Military of Ivory Coast COJEP FPI	Victory Gbagbo captured
Mali War^[13] (2013-2017)	MINUSMA Ghana Others 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 Ghana Others	Pro-Jammeh forces	Ongoing
Western Togoland Rebellion (2020)	Ghana	Western Togoland Restoration Front	Ongoing

Violent coups and coup attempts

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
Operation Cold Chop (1966)	Ghana (Nkrumah government)	National Liberation Council Alleged Support: United States United Kingdom	NLC Victory Kwame Nkrumah deposed
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 Colonel I.K. Acheampong deposed and executed
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

References

^ 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.
^ "410/1 - Project Yellow Knife - Port Francqui Incident - UNARMS". search.archives.un.org.
^ "486/11/ORD - Losses at Port Francqui - UNARMS". search.archives.un.org.
^ 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)
^ "Royal Leicestershire Regiment". royalleicestershireregiment.org.uk.
^ 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.
^ Cooper, Tom; Chick, Court (August 5, 2004). "Sierra Leone, 1990-2002". Archived from the original on 28 February 2009. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
^ Cooper, Tom; Mladenov, Alexander (August 5, 2004). "Cote d'Ivoire, since 2002". Archived from the original on 3 March 2009. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
^ "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.
^ "Legacy of Ghav's pioneers of peace". africanaerospace.aero.
^ 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.
^ 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)
^ "Ghana's small unit making a huge impact". africanaerospace.aero.
^ "Ghana withdraws troops from Mali for security concerns". graphic.com.
^ "Ghana Air Force Climax Duty Tour In Mali". modernghana.com.
^ Duvall, Pierre (April 1987). "Soldiers of Misfortune, Part One". Soldier of Fortune. Omega Group Ltd.
^ Coleman, John (May 1987). "Soldiers of Misfortune, Part 2: American Mercs Board Slow Boat to Ghana". Soldier of Fortune. Omega Group Ltd.
^ Coleman, John (June 1987). "Soldiers of Misfortune Part Three: Capture, Jail, and the Great Escape". Soldier of Fortune. Omega Group Ltd.

^ Ghana "changed hats" from ECOMOG to UN after UNAMSIL entered the conflict.

[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.

[9] Cooper, Tom; Mladenov, Alexander (August 5, 2004). "Cote d'Ivoire, since 2002". Archived from the original on 3 March 2009. Retrieved November 22, 2020.

[10] "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.

[11] "Legacy of Ghav's pioneers of peace". africanaerospace.aero.

[12] 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.

[13] 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)

[14] "Ghana's small unit making a huge impact". africanaerospace.aero.

[15] "Ghana withdraws troops from Mali for security concerns". graphic.com.

[16] "Ghana Air Force Climax Duty Tour In Mali". modernghana.com.

[17] Duvall, Pierre (April 1987). "Soldiers of Misfortune, Part One". Soldier of Fortune. Omega Group Ltd.

[18] Coleman, John (May 1987). "Soldiers of Misfortune, Part 2: American Mercs Board Slow Boat to Ghana". Soldier of Fortune. Omega Group Ltd.

[19] Coleman, John (June 1987). "Soldiers of Misfortune Part Three: Capture, Jail, and the Great Escape". Soldier of Fortune. Omega Group Ltd.

[8] Ghana "changed hats" from ECOMOG to UN after UNAMSIL entered the conflict.

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List of wars involving Ghana

Contents

Wars

Violent coups and coup attempts

See also

References