By: Anthony Obeng Afrane The PNDC decentralized political power and the decision-making process. The regime promulgated its Blue Book on the Creation …
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Ghana In Retrospect Part 12: Ghana Under the Provisional National Defence Council -PNDC, 1981-1992
by Awake Newsby Awake News 7 minutes readAt about 11:00am on the coup day the voice of Rawlings came on air calling for nothing less than a revolution – …
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Ghana In Retrospect Part 11: Ghana under Hilla Limann; September 24, 1979 – December 31, 1981
by Awake Newsby Awake News 8 minutes readBy: Anthony Obeng Afrane As President, Dr. Limann stated that “agriculture will be our first priority now, and the foreseeable future. It …
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Ghana In Retrospect Part 10: The Armed Forces Revolutionary Council – AFRC June 4, 1979 – September 24, 1979
by Awake Newsby Awake News 10 minutes readBy: Anthony Obeng Afrane The demise of SMC II saw a new military junta – The Armed Forces Revolutionary Council – AFRC, …
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Ghana In Retrospect Part 9: General Akuffo and the SMC II; July 5, 1978-June 4, 1979
by Awake Newsby Awake News 10 minutes readBy Anthony Obeng Afrane The exit of Acheampong led to the reconstitution of the Supreme Military Council with General Akuffo as Head …
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Ghana In Retrospect Part 8: THE FALL OF ACHEAMPONG
by Awake Newsby Awake News 14 minutes readBy Anthony Obeng Afrane Notwithstanding the initial economic strides made by the NRC, it soon faced enormous problems which plunged the country …
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Ghana In Retrospect Part 7: The National Redemption Council (NRC)
by Awake Newsby Awake News 13 minutes readby Anthony Obeng Afrane [dropcap]G[/dropcap]hana’s second attempt at democratic administration suffered a set-back when Colonel Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, then Commander of the …
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By: Anthony Obeng Afrane [dropcap]D[/dropcap]espite the remarkable achievements of Busia in a period of twenty-six months, he was overthrown in a coup …
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Ghana in Retrospect Part 5: Ghana Under BUSIA, October 1969 – January 1972
by Awake Newsby Awake News 7 minutes readBy: Anthony Obeng Afrane [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Second Republic was inaugurated at the Independence Square on October 1, 1969 with Dr. K. A. Busia …
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Ghana in Retrospect Part 4: The Alleged Role of The Danquah-Busia (UP) Tradition in Nkrumah’s Overthrow
by Awake Newsby Awake News 9 minutes readby Anthony Obeng Afrane Clement Sangaparee’s account: Ghanaians have always prided themselves as being a peace loving and cultured people to whom …