Former President of Ghana, John Agyekum Kufuor has asked all political powers in the country to disown secessionists in the Volta Region describing their actions as a Coup d’état in sharp contrast against the provisions in of the Ghanaian constitution The Volta separatist group known as Homeland Study Group Foundation (HSGF) has …
Read More »Today in History: Ghana’s first coup – Nkrumah’s overthrow in 1966
On February 24, 1966, the National Liberation Council (NLC) overthrew Ghana’s first president, Kwame Nkrumah and the Conventions People’s Party (CPP) in a military coup d’état while he was on a peace mission in Hanoi the capital of Vietnam at the invitation of the president, Ho Chi Minh to resolve …
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