Halt and Vanguard: Two military operations in Ghana and their consequences

Peter Albrecht; Festus Aubyn; Fiifi Edu-Afful

Halt and Vanguard: Two military operations in Ghana and their consequences

Peter Albrecht
, Festus Aubyn
, Fiifi Edu-Afful

Global Security and Worldviews

West African Network for Peacebuilding
Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre

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Abstract

The use of soldiers for policing roles in Ghana has a negative impact on the Ghana Armed Forces. It politicises soldiers, undermines their authority in the eyes of the public and has the potential to militarise internal security unnecessarily.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Copenhagen
Publisher	Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
Number of pages	4
Publication status	Published - 10 Dec 2021

Series	DIIS Policy Brief
Number	December
Volume	2021

Keywords

Internal security operations
military
policing
natural resources
mining
logging
Ghana

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