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DTIS and Paramount offer to beef up parliamentary security in wake of MP's murder

Following the murder in early October of Ekow Quansah Hayford, an MP for the president's New Patriotic Party (NPP), in the midst of the general election campaign, the Ghanaian parliament has decided to beef up the security arrangements for MPs by deploying an additional 200 police officers. [...]

Published on 29/01/2021 at 06:00 GMT

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Caroline Ramsey-Hamilton
David Fullerton
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Ekow Quansah Hayford
Julius Agbowadah
New Patriotic Party
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How General Obed Akwa is orchestrating Accra's military diplomacy

Ghana's 16,000-strong army has become one of the main levers of Accra's outsized diplomatic influence in Africa and beyond, with nearly 3,000 soldiers deployed across a dozen UN missions. President Nana Akufo-Addo is particularly fond of his country's armed forces and increasingly relies on his Chief of Defence Staff, Lieutenant General Obed Akwa.

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Chief of staff of the Ghana Armed Forces Obed Boama Akwa.

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France extends anti-jihadist air surveillance to Togo and Ghana

France already has an air force support programme in place in Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Guinea, and is now extending it to Togo and Ghana, which also face a terrorist threat from the Sahel.

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François Gontier lands infra-red binoculars contract despite opposition from parliament and procurement authority

Despite a highly critical report from the Ghanaian parliament, businessman François Gontier has succeeded in winning a $22m contract for infra-red binoculars from the Ghanaian armed forces. At the same time, however, he needs to respond to several summonses from the French judiciary.

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Caroline Ramsey-Hamilton
David Fullerton
DefenderTech International Services
Ekow Quansah Hayford
Julius Agbowadah
New Patriotic Party
Paramount
Stillwater Technologies

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Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Ghana
DTIS and Paramount offer to beef up parliamentary security in wake of MP's murder

Inner circles | Ghana
How General Obed Akwa is orchestrating Accra's military diplomacy

France, Ghana, Togo
France extends anti-jihadist air surveillance to Togo and Ghana

Document | France, Ghana
François Gontier lands infra-red binoculars contract despite opposition from parliament and procurement authority