The transition from military to civilian rule in Ghana on October 1, 1969, did not mark the demise of the ethnically based conflicts, which had been one of the most notable features of the military regime (1966-1969). The ethnic bias which had characterized the voting behaviour of the ...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the region’s main economic and political bloc, has been pressuring the military to hold elections and restore civilian rule. The military leaders in Guinea and the ECOWAS had agreed on a 24-month transition timeline in October 2022....
One military official in Kati said this was not an arrest. “What they have done is not good,” the source said, referring to the cabinet reshuffle. “We are letting them know, decisions will be made.” Kati’s military base is notorious for ending the rule of Malian leaders. Last ...
The Military in Politics . . .4 He was sharply disproved in his expectations when Ghana and Nigeria experienced military coups in 1966. In Latin America especially, it is heard that size of the armies is a basic cause of instability. However, the African... AC Stepan 被引量: 35发表: 0...
Ghana Under Milita. Sam C. Sarkesian. The Journal of Modern African Studies . 1974Luckham, Robin. 1971. The Nigerian military: a ... Sam C. Sarkesian 被引量: 1发表: 2008年 The Impact of Military Rule on Nigeria鈥檚 Nation Building, 1966-1979 For a significant part of its post ...
The anthropology of militaries in industrial countries is a relatively young discipline, which has seen significant growth since the end of the Cold War and the advent of the “new wars.” The chapter focuses on the anthropological analysis of social and
The imperial treasury immediately received all the gold in exchange for an equivalent amount of gold dust. At least since the Ghana Empire, gold dust has been measured and packaged for usage. Given how common the technique was in the area, Mali adopted it to combat inflation. ...
The coup curse in Africa Perhaps it is a truism on its own that African post-colonial countries were born and nurtured with a proneness to coups. Kwame Nkrumah, the first black president of a post-colonial African country, Ghana, was overthrown in a military coup on 24 February 1966. ...
FILE PHOTO: Colonel Assimi Goita, leader of Malian military junta, attends an Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) consultative meeting in Accra, Ghana September 15, 2020. REUTERS/ Francis Kokoroko//File Photo BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's interim government on Monday said...
Lodin succeeds Major General Delali Johnson Sakyi of Ghana. Sakyi who was appointed in 2014 will complete his two-year term next month. According to UN, Lodin joined Swedish army in 1978 and recently held the position of director of procurement and logistics for the Swedish armed forces. The...