List of wars involving Ghana

This article is a list of military conflicts involving Ghana and includes conflicts such as coups.

Wars

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
Congo Crisis[1]
(1960-1964) 		United Nations ONUC  Katanga

Democratic Republic of the Congo ANC

Victory
Lebanese Civil War
and South Lebanon conflict
(1978–present) 		United Nations UNIFIL South Lebanon Army
 Israel

Hezbollah
Amal
PFLP-GC

Ongoing
First Liberian Civil War[6]
(1990-1997)
Master Sergeant Thomas A. Nelson (right) of the 3rd US Army Special Forces Group inspects Ghanaian troops of ECOMOG at Roberts International Airport located outside of Monrovia, Liberia
 ECOMOG Liberia NPFL Defeat
  • NPFL victory
Rwandan Civil War
(1993-1994) 		United Nations UNAMIR Rwanda Rwanda Defeat
Sierra Leone Civil War[7]
(1997-2002) 		ECOMOG & United Nations UNAMSIL[a]

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone

 United Kingdom
 Guinea

RUF

Sierra Leone AFRC
West Side Boys
Liberia Liberia

Victory
First Ivorian Civil War[8]
(2003-2007) 		ECOMOG

 France

 Ivory Coast
COJEP

FNCI
 Liberia

Tentative peace agreement
  • Second Ivorian Civil War
Second Ivorian Civil War[9][10]
(2010-2011) 		United Nations UNOCI

Ivory Coast FNCI
Ivory Coast RDR
 France[11]
 Ukraine[12]

Ivory Coast Military of Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast COJEP
Ivory Coast FPI 		Victory
Mali War[13]
(2013-2017) 		United Nations MINUSMA

Mali Government of Mali
 France

MNLA

Al-Qaeda

Boko Haram

 Islamic State

Withdrawal[14][15]
  • Ghana withdraws troops in 2017 due to security concerns
ECOWAS military intervention in the Gambia
(2017) 		ECOMOG Pro-Jammeh forces Ongoing
Western Togoland Rebellion
(2020) 		 Ghana Western Togoland Restoration Front Ongoing

Violent coups and coup attempts

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
Operation Cold Chop
(1966) 		Ghana (Nkrumah government) Ghana National Liberation Council
Alleged Support:
 United States
 United Kingdom 		NLC Victory
Operation Guitar Boy
(1967) 		 Ghana (NLC) Ghana Coup plotters NLC Victory
  • Coup failure
June 4th coup d'état
(1979) 		 Ghana (Supreme Military Council) Ghana Armed Forces Revolutionary Council AFRC Victory
Nobistor affair[16][17][18]
(1985) 		 Ghana (Provisional National Defence Council) Ghana Supporters of Godfrey Osei
United States United States mercenaries 		PNDC Victory
  • Coup plot failed
  • Mercenaries detained in Brazil

See also

References

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  8. ^ Cooper, Tom; Mladenov, Alexander (August 5, 2004). "Cote d'Ivoire, since 2002". Archived from the original on 3 March 2009. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
  9. ^ "Ghana's air force in a class of its own". africanaerospace.aero. A recent example was in neighbouring Cote d'Ivoire during the genocide, where A109 helicopters were used as gunships and Bell 412s for troop transport.
  10. ^ "Legacy of Ghav's pioneers of peace". africanaerospace.aero.
  11. ^ Nossiter, Adam (4 April 2011). "Strikes by U.N. and France Corner Leader of Ivory Coast". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  12. ^ Рада направила в Кот-д’Ивуар 60 украинских миротворцев и три вертолёта. Комитет ВР и Томенко — против Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine // NEWSRU.UA от 4 февраля 2011 (in Russian)
  13. ^ "Ghana's small unit making a huge impact". africanaerospace.aero.
  14. ^ "Ghana withdraws troops from Mali for security concerns". graphic.com.
  15. ^ "Ghana Air Force Climax Duty Tour In Mali". modernghana.com.
  16. ^ Duvall, Pierre (April 1987). "Soldiers of Misfortune, Part One". Soldier of Fortune. Omega Group Ltd.
  17. ^ Coleman, John (May 1987). "Soldiers of Misfortune, Part 2: American Mercs Board Slow Boat to Ghana". Soldier of Fortune. Omega Group Ltd.
  18. ^ Coleman, John (June 1987). "Soldiers of Misfortune Part Three: Capture, Jail, and the Great Escape". Soldier of Fortune. Omega Group Ltd.
  1. ^ Ghana "changed hats" from ECOMOG to UN after UNAMSIL entered the conflict.