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Paul Adom-Otchere, the host of Metro TV’s Good Evening Ghana, has recounted the story of how founding a member of the New Patriotic Party, Kwame Pianim, tried unsuccessfully to stage a coup d’état against then head of state, Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings, in 1982. Adom-Otchere narrates that the celebrated …

The US has officially determined that the events leading to the overthrow of the Burkinabe President Christian Roch Marc Kabore constituted a military coup. The State Department subsequently announced that it is freezing nearly $160m in foreign aid to the West African country. Kabore was deposed in late January in …

The US State Department has announced it is freezing nearly $160m (£118m) in foreign aid to Burkina Faso. The announcement follows a detailed assessment of the events leading to the overthrow of President Roch Kaboré in late January, which the US has now determined was indeed a military coup. It …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has taken a swipe at the international media for amplifying political instability in Africa and rather going lull on similar occurrences in the West. When asked if there could be a coup in Ghana, in an interview on France 24 in Brussels, Belgium, Ghana’s leader wondered why …

Former Ghana President, John Agyekum Kufuor has advised Ghanaians not to hail coup plotters. Speaking to the VOA in an interview, the revered Ghanaian leader stressed that a coup is not an experience he will recommend for any generation. He said people who intend to stage coups should not be …

The Ghana Police Service says it has arrested Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic, Kwame Baffoe alias Abronye DC. His arrest follows an invitation extended to him by the police in relation to some allegations of coup plot he made against former President John Dramani Mahama. More soon Source: www.ghanaweb.com

The Ghana Police Service has invited Kwame Baffoe, famously known as Abronye DC, to help in investigations into claims by the latter that the former president, John Dramani Mahama, is planning to stage a coup in the country. Abronye DC, who is the Bono regional chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), alleged …

The Bono regional chairman of the NPP Abronye DC has alleged that former President John Mahama has met the Al Qaeda militants to stage a coup in Ghana. According to the NPP stalwart, John Mahama is in ties with the group to help him undertake a coup to become president again. …

Deputy Minister of Defence, Kofi Amankwa-Manu, has cautioned persons calling for for coup d’états in Ghana to desist from their utterances. He said that such pronouncements only create fear and panic and also derail development. He said this in an interview with journalists on the sidelines of a programme to …

Oliver Barker-Vormawor, a convener for the #FixTheCountry Movement, has hinted that he will organise a coup in the country if Parliament passes the Electronic Transaction Levy (E-Levy). He described the army as useless, whilst commenting on the viral photos and videos of an E-Levy cake presented to the Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, …