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1966 coup: We will set records straight on distortions – Adomako Baafi hits at Kwesi Pratt

A fiery exchange unfolded on Peace FM’s Kokrokoo on September 1, 2023 between Kwesi Pratt Jnr, the Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, and Yaw Adomako Baafi, a former Communications Director for the New Patriotic Party (NPP). The two clashed over the issue of justification or otherwise of coups and the changing stance …

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Meet Pickles, the dog who found the stolen FIFA World Cup in 1966

In 76 days, 32 countries will gather in Qatar for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the very first edition of the Mundial to be held in the Middle East and the Arab World. The 2022 FIFA World Cup will have seven past winners as Brazil and Germany lead the pack …

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Watch first-time footage of Nkrumah in public after his overthrow in 1966

In February 1966, Ghana experienced its first taste of a military takeover when the country’s first president, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, was kicked out while he was on an international assignment in Hanoi, Vietnam. The man touted for gaining independence for the country, was on a peacemaking trip over the Vietnam …

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What Kwame Nkrumah said in 1966 about the ‘biggest sin’ against Ghana

On February 24, 1966, while Ghana’s first president, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was on a peacemaking trip over the Vietnam War in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, his government was overthrown. Launched by the National Liberation Council, the coup d’état was code-named “Operation Cold Chop.” Kwame Nkrumah had left a 3-person presidential commission …

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How Ghana’s 1966 World Cup boycott led to Africa’s inclusion

Ghana’s run to the World Cup quarter-finals in 2010 remains one of Africa’s most impressive performances in the most prestigious tournament in football. Indeed, no African country has ever gone beyond the last eight. Cameroon got there first, in 1990, while Senegal repeated the feat in 2002. However, Ghana’s most …

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