List of wars involving Ghana

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

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Wars

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Result
Congo Crisis [1]
(1960-1964)
Flag of the United Nations.svg ONUC Flag of Katanga.svg  Katanga

Flag of the Republic of the Congo (Leopoldville) (1960-1963).svg ANC

Victory
Lebanese Civil War
and South Lebanon conflict
(1978–present)
Flag of the United Nations.svg UNIFIL Flag of Lebanon.svg South Lebanon Army
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel

InfoboxHez.PNG Hezbollah
Flag of the Amal Movement.svg Amal
Flag of Palestine.svg 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 Soldiers from Ghana.JPEG
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 Flag of Liberia.svg NPFL Defeat
  • NPFL victory
Rwandan Civil War
(1993-1994)
Flag of the United Nations.svg UNAMIR Flag of Rwanda (1961-2001).svg Rwanda Defeat
Sierra Leone Civil War [7]
(1997-2002)
ECOMOG & Flag of the United Nations.svg UNAMSIL [a]

Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea

Sl RUF.png RUF

Flag of Sierra Leone.svg AFRC
West Side Boys
Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia

Victory
First Ivorian Civil War [8]
(2003-2007)
ECOMOG

Flag of France.svg  France

Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg COJEP

Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg FNCI
Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia

Tentative peace agreement
  • Second Ivorian Civil War
Second Ivorian Civil War [9] [10]
(2010-2011)
Flag of the United Nations.svg UNOCI

Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg FNCI
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg RDR
Flag of France.svg  France [11]
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine [12]

Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Military of Ivory Coast
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg COJEP
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg FPI
Victory
Mali War [13]
(2013-2017)
Flag of the United Nations.svg MINUSMA

Flag of Mali.svg Government of Mali
Flag of France.svg  France

MNLA flag.svg MNLA

Flag of Jihad.svg Al-Qaeda


Flag of Jihad.svg Boko Haram


Islamic State flag.svg  Islamic State

Withdrawal [14] [15]
  • Ghana withdraws troops in 2017 due to security concerns
ECOWAS military intervention in the Gambia
(2017)
ECOMOG Flag of The Gambia.svg Pro-Jammeh forcesOngoing
Western Togoland Rebellion
(2020)
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana Flag of Western Togoland.svg Western Togoland Restoration Front Ongoing

Violent coups and coup attempts

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Result
Operation Cold Chop
(1966)
Flag of Ghana (1964-1966).svg Ghana (Nkrumah government) Flag of Ghana.svg National Liberation Council
Alleged Support:
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
NLC Victory
Operation Guitar Boy
(1967)
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana (NLC) Flag of Ghana.svg Coup plottersNLC Victory
  • Coup failure
June 4th coup d'état
(1979)
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana (Supreme Military Council) Flag of Ghana.svg Armed Forces Revolutionary Council AFRC Victory
Nobistor affair [16] [17] [18]
(1985)
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana (Provisional National Defence Council) Flag of Ghana.svg Supporters of Godfrey Osei
Flag of the United States.svg United States mercenaries
PNDC Victory
  • Coup plot failed
  • Mercenaries detained in Brazil

See also

References

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  3. "486/11/ORD - Losses at Port Francqui - UNARMS". search.archives.un.org.
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  7. Cooper, Tom; Chick, Court (August 5, 2004). "Sierra Leone, 1990-2002". Archived from the original on 28 February 2009. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
  8. Cooper, Tom; Mladenov, Alexander (August 5, 2004). "Cote d'Ivoire, since 2002". Archived from the original on 3 March 2009. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
  9. "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.
  10. "Legacy of Ghav's pioneers of peace". africanaerospace.aero.
  11. 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.
  12. 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)
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  14. "Ghana withdraws troops from Mali for security concerns". graphic.com.
  15. "Ghana Air Force Climax Duty Tour In Mali". modernghana.com.
  16. Duvall, Pierre (April 1987). "Soldiers of Misfortune, Part One". Soldier of Fortune . Omega Group Ltd.
  17. Coleman, John (May 1987). "Soldiers of Misfortune, Part 2: American Mercs Board Slow Boat to Ghana". Soldier of Fortune . Omega Group Ltd.
  18. Coleman, John (June 1987). "Soldiers of Misfortune Part Three: Capture, Jail, and the Great Escape". Soldier of Fortune . Omega Group Ltd.
  1. Ghana "changed hats" from ECOMOG to UN after UNAMSIL entered the conflict.