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The AFRC came to power in a coup that removed the Supreme Military Council, another military regime, from power. The June 4 coup was preceded by an abortive attempt on May 15, 1979, when Flt. Lt. Jerry Rawlings and other ranks were arrested.
The revolution began when the military government of the Supreme Military Council (SMC II), consisting of Lieutenant General Fred Akuffo, put Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings on public trial for attempting to overthrow the government on 15 May 1979. This failed coup had happened because Rawlings, a junior soldier in the Ghanaian Army, and ...
Jerry John Rawlings (born Jerry Rawlings John; 22 June 1947 – 12 November 2020) [1] was a Ghanaian military officer, aviator and politician who led the country for a brief period in 1979, and then from 1981 to 2001.
The Sony Walkman TPS-L2, introduced in 1979, is a notable example. Now, it’s fetching upwards of $2,300 on platforms like eBay. Similarly, the original Sony Trinitron color TVs are valued at ...
Major Kojo Boakye-Djan (or Kwadwo Boakye Djan [1]) was a Ghanaian military officer and coup plotter. He is known to have planned the coup that brought Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings to power in Ghana on 4 June 1979 with other junior officers.
That's literally mint, as this 1979 International Harvester Scout II is painted in the one-year-only hue of Mint Green. It's for sale on Bring a Trailer (which, like Car and Driver, is part of ...
The Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) was a group of Sierra Leone soldiers that allied itself with the rebel Revolutionary United Front in the late 1990s. While the AFRC briefly controlled the country in 1998, it was driven from the capital by an international military intervention of the Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group (ECOMOG).
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy aim to cut $2 trillion from the federal budget by July 4, 2026. They've said they'll fire federal employees, "delete" agencies, and publicize all of their work.