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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 Coup plotters NLC Victory. Coup failure; June 4th coup d'état (1979) Ghana (Supreme Military Council)
There have been conflicts such as the Konkomba-Nanumba conflict, [when?] which was fought because of trade dispute. [3] This war is widely known in Ghana and even other African countries. Of all the ethnic groups, the Ashanti were known for the numerous wars they fought when Ghana was called the Gold Coast (British Colony). "From 1806 until ...
Bawku Agricultural Show, 1959. Bawku is a town and is the capital of the Bawku Municipal District, district in the Upper East region of north Ghana, adjacent to the border with Burkina Faso. [2] [3] [4] It is located approximately between latitudes 11o 111 and 100 401 North and longitude 0o 181w and 0o 61 E in the north-eastern corner of the ...
The following is a list of conflicts in Ghana. Modern times. Dagbon. 1896 Battle of Adibo; Denkyira. 1588–1654 Dutch–Portuguese War. October ...
From 1999 through September 2004, Bombande worked as Director of Programmes for WANEP. In this position he worked directly with the Bawku Inter-Ethnic Conflict. Upper East Region-Ghana, and the Intra-Dagbon Akosombo Dialogue Process. [8] In 2004, Bombande began his tenure as executive director at WANEP. [9]
The Kulungugu bomb attack was a failed assassination attempt on Kwame Nkrumah, the President of Ghana. On 1 August 1962, Kwame Nkrumah stopped in Kulungugu, a minor port of entry in the Pusiga District in Upper East Bawku. [1] [2] [3] There was a bomb explosion aimed at killing the President.
The conflict between Gonja on one side and Nawuri and Konkomba on the other side took place mainly in and around Kpanda town in Ghana’s Northern Region. This region is home to a large number of different ethnic groups, who throughout history repeatedly clashed.
Bawku Municipal District is one of the fifteen districts in Upper East Region, Ghana.Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988 when it was known as Bawku East District; which was established by Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 1439, until the southern part of the district was split off by a decree of president John Agyekum Kufuor in August 2004 to create Garu-Tempane District ...