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61 relations: Accra, Achimota School, African Union, Armed Forces Revolutionary Council, Ghana, Arnold Quainoo, Arrest, Capital punishment, Castle Douglas, Catholic Church, Chief of the Defence Staff (Ghana), Coup d'état, Court-martial, Doctor of Letters, Dzelukope, Economic Community of West African States, Flight lieutenant, Fred Akuffo, George Boakye, Ghana, Ghana Air Force, Ghanaian constitutional referendum, 1992, Ghanaian general election, 1996, Ghanaian general election, 2000, Ghanaian parliamentary election, 1992, Ghanaian presidential election, 1992, Gold Coast (British colony), Head of state, Hilla Limann, Honorary degree, Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, International Year of Volunteers, John Atta Mills, John Kufuor, Joseph Nunoo-Mensah, Keta, Kirkcudbrightshire, Kofi Annan, Kow Nkensen Arkaah, List of heads of state of Ghana, London, Militia, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, National Democratic Congress (Ghana), Newcastle upon Tyne, Nicéphore Soglo, President of Ghana, Provisional National Defence Council, Regions of Ghana, Sani Abacha, Scotland, ..., Sekondi-Takoradi, Sentence (law), Soldier, Somalia, Sukhoi Su-7, Supreme Military Council (Ghana), The Hunger Project, University for Development Studies, University of Oxford, Volta Region, Western Region (Ghana). Expand index (11 more) »
Accra
Accra is the capital and largest city of Ghana, covering an area of with an estimated urban population of 2.27 million.
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Achimota School
Achimota School (formerly Prince of Wales College and School, Achimota, now nicknamed Motown), is a co-educational boarding school located at Achimota in Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana.
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African Union
The African Union (AU) is a continental union consisting of all 55 countries on the African continent, extending slightly into Asia via the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt.
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Armed Forces Revolutionary Council, Ghana
The Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) was the government of Ghana from June 4, 1979 to September 24, 1979.
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Arnold Quainoo
Lieutenant General Arnold Quainoo is a retired Ghanaian military officer and served as the Chief of Defence Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces from August 1983 to September 1989.
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Arrest
An arrest is the act of apprehending a person and taking them into custody, usually because they have been suspected of committing or planning a crime.
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Capital punishment
Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is a government-sanctioned practice whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for a crime.
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Castle Douglas
Castle Douglas (Caisteal Dhùghlais) is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.
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Chief of the Defence Staff (Ghana)
The Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) is the professional head of the Ghana Armed Forces.
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Coup d'état
A coup d'état, also known simply as a coup, a putsch, golpe de estado, or an overthrow, is a type of revolution, where the illegal and overt seizure of a state by the military or other elites within the state apparatus occurs.
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Court-martial
A court-martial or court martial (plural courts-martial or courts martial, as "martial" is a postpositive adjective) is a military court or a trial conducted in such a court.
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Doctor of Letters
Doctor of Letters (D.Litt., Litt.D., D. Lit., or Lit. D.; Latin Litterarum Doctor or Doctor Litterarum) is an academic degree, a higher doctorate which, in some countries, may be considered to be beyond the Ph.D. and equal to the Doctor of Science (Sc.D. or D.Sc.). It is awarded in many countries by universities and learned bodies in recognition of achievement in the humanities, original contribution to the creative arts or scholarship and other merits.
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Dzelukope
Dzelukope is a town located near Keta in the Volta Region of Ghana.
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Economic Community of West African States
The Economic Community of West African States, also known as ECOWAS, is a regional economic union of fifteen countries located in West Africa.
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Flight lieutenant
Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt in the RAF and IAF; FLTLT in the RAAF and RNZAF—formerly sometimes F/L in all services) is a junior commissioned air force rank that originated in the Royal Naval Air Service and is still used in the Royal Air Force and many other countries, especially in the Commonwealth.
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Fred Akuffo
Lieutenant General Frederick William "Fred" Kwasi Akuffo (21 March 1937 – 26 June 1979) was a soldier and politician.
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George Boakye
Air Vice-Marshal George Yaw Boakye (December 25, 1937 – June 26, 1979) was an airman and politician.
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Ghana
Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a unitary presidential constitutional democracy, located along the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean, in the subregion of West Africa.
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Ghana Air Force
The Ghana Air Force (GHF) is the aerial warfare organizational military branch of the Ghanaian Armed Forces (GAF).
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Ghanaian constitutional referendum, 1992
A referendum on a new constitution was held in Ghana on 28 April 1992.
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Ghanaian general election, 1996
General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 1996.
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Ghanaian general election, 2000
General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 2000, with a second round of the presidential election on 28 December.
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Ghanaian parliamentary election, 1992
The Ghanaian parliamentary election was held on 29 December 1992.
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Ghanaian presidential election, 1992
Presidential elections were held in Ghana on 3 November 1992.
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Gold Coast (British colony)
The Gold Coast was a British colony on the Gulf of Guinea in west Africa from 1867 to its independence as the nation of Ghana in 1957.
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Head of state
A head of state (or chief of state) is the public persona that officially represents the national unity and legitimacy of a sovereign state.
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Hilla Limann
Hilla Limann (12 December 1934 – 23 January 1998) was the President of Ghana from 24 September 1979 to 31 December 1981.
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Honorary degree
An honorary degree, in Latin a degree honoris causa ("for the sake of the honor") or ad honorem ("to the honor"), is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived the usual requirements, such as matriculation, residence, a dissertation and the passing of comprehensive examinations.
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Ignatius Kutu Acheampong
Ignatius Kutu Acheampong (23 September 1931 – 26 June 1979) was a military head of state of Ghana who ruled from 13 January 1972 to 5 July 1978, when he was deposed in a palace coup.
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International Year of Volunteers
International Year of Volunteers was designated for 2001 by the United Nations General Assembly.
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John Atta Mills
John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills (21 July 1944 – 24 July 2012) was a Ghanaian politician and legal scholar who served as President of Ghana from 2009 to 2012.
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John Kufuor
John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor (born 8 December 1938) is a Ghanaian politician who was President of Ghana from 7 January 2001 to 7 January 2009.
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Joseph Nunoo-Mensah
Brigadier Joseph Nunoo-Mensah (born 14 February 1939) is a Ghanaian soldier and politician.
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Keta
Keta is a town in the Volta Region of Ghana.
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Kirkcudbrightshire
Kirkcudbrightshire, or the County of Kirkcudbright or the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the informal Galloway area of south-western Scotland.
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Kofi Annan
Kofi Atta Annan (born 8 April 1938) is a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1997 to December 2006.
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Kow Nkensen Arkaah
Ekow Nkensen Arkaah (14 July 1927 – 25 April 2001) was a Ghanaian politician who was Vice-President of Ghana from 1993 to 1997.
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List of heads of state of Ghana
This is a list of the heads of state of Ghana, from the independence of Ghana in 1957 to the present day.
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London
London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.
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Militia
A militia is generally an army or some other fighting organization of non-professional soldiers, citizens of a nation, or subjects of a state, who can be called upon for military service during a time of need, as opposed to a professional force of regular, full-time military personnel, or historically, members of a warrior nobility class (e.g., knights or samurai).
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Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings
Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings (born November 17, 1948) was the First Lady of Ghana from 4 June 1979 to 24 September 1979 and 31 December 1981 to 7 January 2001, both times under President Jerry John Rawlings.
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National Democratic Congress (Ghana)
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is a social democratic political party in Ghana, founded by Jerry John Rawlings, who was Head of State of Ghana from 1981 to 1993 and the President of Ghana from 1993 to 2001.
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Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne, commonly known as Newcastle, is a city in Tyne and Wear, North East England, 103 miles (166 km) south of Edinburgh and 277 miles (446 km) north of London on the northern bank of the River Tyne, from the North Sea.
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Nicéphore Soglo
Nicéphore Dieudonné Soglo (born November 29, 1934) is a Beninese politician who was Prime Minister of Benin from 1990 to 1991 and President from 1991 to 1996.
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President of Ghana
The President of the Republic of Ghana is the elected head of state and head of government of Ghana, as well as Commander-in-Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces.
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Provisional National Defence Council
The Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) was the name of the Ghanaian government after the People's National Party's elected government was overthrown by Jerry Rawlings, the former head of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council, on 31 December 1981.
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Regions of Ghana
The regions of Ghana constitute the first level of subnational government administration within the Republic of Ghana.
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Sani Abacha
Sani Abacha (20 September 1943 – 8 June 1998) was a Nigerian Army officer and politician who served as the ''de facto'' President of Nigeria from 1993 to 1998.
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Scotland
Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.
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Sekondi-Takoradi
Sekondi-Takoradi, a city comprising the twin cities of Sekondi and Takoradi, is the capital of Sekondi – Takoradi Metropolitan District and the Western Region of Ghana.
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Sentence (law)
A sentence is a decree of punishment of the court in criminal procedure.
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Soldier
A soldier is one who fights as part of an army.
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Somalia
Somalia (Soomaaliya; aṣ-Ṣūmāl), officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe Federal Republic of Somalia is the country's name per Article 1 of the.
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Sukhoi Su-7
The Sukhoi Su-7 (NATO designation name: Fitter-A) was a swept wing, supersonic fighter aircraft developed by the Soviet Union in 1955.
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Supreme Military Council (Ghana)
The Supreme Military Council (SMC) was the ruling government of Ghana from October 9, 1975 to June 4, 1979.
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The Hunger Project
The Hunger Project (THP) is an organization committed to the sustainable end of world hunger.
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University for Development Studies
The University for Development Studies, Tamale was established in 1992 as a multi-campus institution.
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University of Oxford
The University of Oxford (formally The Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford) is a collegiate research university located in Oxford, England.
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Volta Region
(or Volta), is one of Ghana's ten administrative regions, with Ho designated as its capital.
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Western Region (Ghana)
The Western Region is located in south Ghana, spreads from the Ivory Coast border in the west to the Central region in the east, includes the capital and large twin city of Sekondi-Takoradi on the coast, coastal Axim, and a hilly inland area including Elubo.
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References
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